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Have you had blood work done recently? I believe some vitamin deficiencies can cause hair loss.
Sparklekitty / Julie / Nerdy Little Secret (#42)
Roller derby - cycling - triathlon
VSG 2013, RNY conversion 2019 due to GERD. Trendweight here!
Nutrigrain bars are not a "healthy snack," they're nothing but sugar and carbs. Try having a snack with low carbs and lots of protein, like cheese, meat, or a protein bar (at least 10g protein per 100 calories), it may help your hunger.
Sparklekitty / Julie / Nerdy Little Secret (#42)
Roller derby - cycling - triathlon
VSG 2013, RNY conversion 2019 due to GERD. Trendweight here!
I read somewhere Terry Crews does intermittent fasting and doesn't eat in the AM, and it works really well for him!
Congratulations on kicking soda to the curb! It is often very difficult to do-I know it was for me! I am having my surgery in a little over two weeks-I start my preop diet on Monday! 
I don't know if this is something your care team told you, but mine indicated I can have as much salad as I want, with a non-creamy dressing. Maybe adding in some crunchy veggies will help? The biggest thing is to remember everyone has bad days, and you are trying to change a lifelong pattern. Give yourself credit when things go well, and be kind to yourself when you don't. Progress is the name of the game, not perfection. The more you practice, the more it will turn into a habit. I have concerns about it because I get HANGRY. Lol. We're all in this together though!
That's a very good point. I wasn't required to lose anything before surgery, so instead I used the time to identify my food triggers (e.g. stress, being too tired to cook) and develop a plan for coping with them without resorting to food. Those plans really helped me after surgery!
From the length of the hair that's falling out, can you tell if it's the new regrowth, or simply more of the old hair that hadn't fallen out until now?
Also, just to rule out the obvious, are you taking a multivitamin? I think there are other types of deficiencies besides biotin and protein that can affect hair growth.
I didn't have any hair loss the first nine years post op. Then last year my hair fell out in huge clumps. My eyebrows even fell out! Mine appears to be related to a some significant malnutrition and I'm working on that.
The doc I see for skin cancer took a look a couple of weeks ago and put me on Biotin tablets and vitamin E, 400 mg per day. (be careful when you start the E. At that dose it can cause diarrhea). I also started protein-loading my diet. No idea if any of this will work for me or would work for you, just throwing it out here.
On the upside, my eyebrows are back.
Good luck. It's amazing how attached we can get to our hair, and how traumatic it is to lose it.
Do you have to lose a certain amount before surgery? I had to do the six month supervised diet, but I was not required to lose anything. I think my surgeon had a rule that you could not gain more than 10 or he would not operate. I made healthier choices, but did not lose any weight. I knew I needed surgery to help me lose the weight.
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
You may want to try skipping breakfast. I know we've all heard that "breakfast is the most important meal of the day", but my understanding is that medical research shows that skipping breakfast is fine. Even before surgery, I found that breakfast "woke up" my stomach early and made it more difficult to stick to a diet.
