Trying to stay positive!

You are doing an amazing job! Keep it up and you will get to goal. I think the hair loss was the hardest part for me. I have always had a head full of thick, curly, beautiful hair. Now I am left with stringy, thin, yucky hair...but, it has stopped falling out and I have TONS of new growth. So it looks really dumb because I have 1-2 inch hairs all over my head that stick out no matter what I do. The mental/emotional roller coaster of losing sucks too! But now that I am at goal, doing well maintaining and embracing this lifestyle as the way I want to live the rest of my life, all of those things seem trivial. You will get there. 

Things are bound to slow down, after a rapid weight loss in the beginning. It will slow down, the close that we get to goal. You have done so well, celebrate that, and wearing smaller sizes and resolution of your health issues.

I had my 3 month appointment yesterday, and the bariatric internist said that there isn't any way to prevent the hair loss, but it will come back. Expensive potions and vitamins don't work and it is just something that our bodies have to go through. Surgeries, rapid weight loss, low calorie, and low protein can cause hair loss. We have all the risk factors. I remember, when my stepmother lost some of her hair after having a C-section years ago.

Big hugs, Maria!

I understand the frustration!  Arg! Why can't things just go the way we want them to when we want them to?  Seriously!

Meanwhile, I'm really really proud of you.  I am sorry you're feeling this way, and hope that head work will help you out of the funk.  

Peace to you, honey!

Try not to let the slow down get your spirits down. I remember posting something very similar when I was about 4 months out. I had a stall that lasted about 5 weeks! Funny thing was that my clothes continued to get looser even though the scale stayed the same. Then one morning I got on the scale and it showed a 6 pound drop. Halleluia! That was a good day for me and it will happen to you too.

In the beginning of this weight loss journey people kept referring to this as a "wild ride".  I thought that term was kind of silly back then and I didn't know what they meant. But now I realize it is a great description of the first year after WLS.  Each day you wake up and like "Mama always says...Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get".  But it all has a way of keeping on a positive trend as long as you are sticking pretty closely to your calorie plan.

Keep your chin up!
kathy

awwww Mariaaaa,
come on babeee shake it off my italian bella girl
keep on doing what ur doing and think of how far u have come i think we all know ur frustration i too freak out here and there but i have every confidence that all of us will get to gola sooner or later

Thanks guys!

I am really trying to stay positive. Trying to keep a running list of all the positives. I guess with my drug of choice unavailable to me now, I really struggle alot with these emotions. I guess I just used to stuff them all down.

Lightweights, you are awesome!! Love you guys!

Maria

Maria, check your clothing sizes. I know that when I hit those "breathing spots," or "landings on the stairway of weight loss" (that last one was courtesy of someone in my surgical support group), I found that I generally was dropping inches as my body shuffled what was left of my body fat around.

Once it was done doing that, I would start to lose again. Hang in there - stuffing got me to a very bad place, and this surgery has helped me to climb out of it. You WILL lose, you just need to give your body some time.

Maria,
I hope this will give you some support, but just know that you are an inspiration. I remember reading your posts before you had surgery. I still read your post and think what an amazing job you are doing! Keep your chin up...and please keep leading on! Sherry