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06-21-2007, 01:05 AM
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| | Big Loser
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Posts: 161
Weight Statistics 30JAN07 Start Date:
30JAN07 Surgery Date:
Height:
246 lb Start Weight:
170 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
76 lb Weight Loss:
30 lb Lb Left to Lose:
30.8943089431 % % Lost:
30JAN08 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index39 BMI Start:
26 BMI Current:
22 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
|  Where did my hair go!?!?!?!
Hello all, I know I don't post as much as I used to, but just wanted to give you all an update on me.
I am doing well, still on my plateau, stuck at 173, but last month, my hair started falling out by the handfuls! I know I know, it is gonna happen regardless, I guess I am just really thankful that my hair was really really thick before the surgery, so you can't really tell, but it is so much thinner now than it EVER has been. But I went last Sat. and got a bunch of it cut off just to get the weight off. I will post new pics soon, maybe on my 5 month pics.
But I just wanted to let you all know that I look at the site every day even though I might not post, but you all are doing great! Hope you all have a great weekend, and I will post my pics in about a week and a half!
HUGS!
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06-21-2007, 03:21 AM
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| | Super Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan
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Ahhhh, ((((((((HUGS))))))))
So you've hit the point where your body is declaring your surgery a success...and revolting that things happened sooooo fast. 
Stick to your program and you'll do fine.
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06-21-2007, 04:42 AM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SOMEPLACE LONG ISLAND, NY
Posts: 6,809
Weight Statistics June 1, 2005 Start Date:
5' 5"
Height:
310 lb Start Weight:
167 lb Current Weight:
159 lb Goal Weight:
143 lb Weight Loss:
8 lb Lb Left to Lose:
46.1290322581 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index51.5810650888 BMI Start:
27.7872189349 BMI Current:
26.4560946746 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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(((HUG))))
its a tough phase that most experience!
GLAD your doing well and you will get thru
the plataue soon enough.
JUST your body meltin inches off.....
and keep in mind you wont loose all your
hair just a big time thinning!
GLAD you stopped in and said
"HELLO"
hugs
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06-21-2007, 06:45 AM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Central Virginia
Posts: 2,952
Weight Statistics 4/30/2007 Start Date:
9/5/07 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
233 lb Start Weight:
127 lb Current Weight:
125 lb Goal Weight:
106 lb Weight Loss:
2 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45.4935622318 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index39.9899902344 BMI Start:
21.7971191406 BMI Current:
21.4538574219 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I haven't had the surgery yet, but twice I've lost about 65 pounds and lost the hair. It doesn't all fall out, just enough to scare you when it comes out in handfulls! And it all grows back. At least mine did twice, so don't worry. ;o)
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06-21-2007, 07:14 AM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NY
Posts: 10,174
Weight Statistics 4/19/2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
260 lb Start Weight:
152 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
108 lb Weight Loss:
-13 lb Lb Left to Lose:
41.5384615385 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index38.3910943079 BMI Start:
22.4440243646 BMI Current:
24.36357908 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Congrats on your loss. Sorry you've hit a stall. It's nice to see you pop in though. Sorry about the hair too, but from what i've read and my own atkins experience, it will come back.
I hope that all is well and am looking forward to the pictures! they are VERY inspirational.
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06-21-2007, 07:43 AM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SOMEPLACE LONG ISLAND, NY
Posts: 6,809
Weight Statistics June 1, 2005 Start Date:
5' 5"
Height:
310 lb Start Weight:
167 lb Current Weight:
159 lb Goal Weight:
143 lb Weight Loss:
8 lb Lb Left to Lose:
46.1290322581 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index51.5810650888 BMI Start:
27.7872189349 BMI Current:
26.4560946746 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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JUST wanted you to read this on plataues phyllis:
And i have seen this on plataus and it makes much sense too:
Consider how difficult it is for you to run up ten flights of stairs
all in
one shot. Can you do it? I'm betting NOT unless you are a
top-notch-conditioned Olympian, right? Now, of course, you could
EVENTUALLY
get up those ten flights of stairs if you rested on the landings
periodically to catch your breath and pause for a moment before your
heart
explodes. you'd get up those stairs - but only if you rested on the
landings
or PLATEAUS.
Well, running up ten flights of stairs in one shot is what we are
asking our
body to do after WLS in the way we want the body to lose a massive
amount of
weight. As our body loses weight so rapidly, it occasionally has to
"rest
on the landings" to catch its breath, get its bearings, take a
breather.
Then once it feels rested, it takes another shot at dropping the pounds
again. It's remarkable that the body can drop so much weight so quickly
anyway after surgery. but it can't do it all in one long shot like
running
up ten flights of stairs in one long shot. It has to rest on the
landings
or PLATEAUS.
Keep this analogy in mind when you hit those plateaus. PLURAL.
PLATEAUS. No
such thing as ONE. you'll have many along your journey. When those
plateaus
hit, you still must do what you need to do. DON'T stop the good
nutrition,
the vitamins, the exercise. keep those routines going. And once your
body
is done "resting" in between the flights of stairs, it will kick in
gear
again for the next flight or two. And the more pounds that are dropped,
the
slower the pounds will drop too. so you will not lose rapidly during
that
last stretch of 25-30 pounds. it's like an athlete who gives his all
during
the race, sees the finish line in sight, and does all he/she can to
finish.
the muscles ache, the heart is about to burst. but the athlete DOES
finish
the marathon. some athletes "walk" across the finish line. but the
point is
they FINISHED.
Understanding plateaus will help you relax a bit and keep you from
self-doubt, which is something you don't need right now along your
journey.
hopefully it will help you thru the frustrating moment!
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06-21-2007, 07:58 AM
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| | WLS Mentor
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Milford Kansas
Posts: 1,205
Weight Statistics 09/01/2006 Start Date:
5' 4"
Height:
254 lb Start Weight:
144 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
110 lb Weight Loss:
4 lb Lb Left to Lose:
43.3070866142 % % Lost:
02/01/2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index43.5942382812 BMI Start:
24.71484375 BMI Current:
24.0283203125 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Sounds like your right on track and doing great.
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06-21-2007, 09:39 AM
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| | WLS Master Guru
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Louisiana
Posts: 899
Weight Statistics 4/23/07 Surgery Date:
Height:
385 lb Start Weight:
257 lb Current Weight:
190 lb Goal Weight:
128 lb Weight Loss:
67 lb Lb Left to Lose:
33.2467532468 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index62 BMI Start:
41 BMI Current:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I am dreading the hair thinning stage but I am preparing, I have already begun to wear ponytail pieces and buns in my hair so it won't look so bad.
Roz
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06-21-2007, 02:04 PM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas
Posts: 1,702
Weight Statistics 3-16-2007 Start Date:
July 23, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
294 lb Start Weight:
177 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
117 lb Weight Loss:
17 lb Lb Left to Lose:
39.7959183673 % % Lost:
7-23-08 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index46.0418801515 BMI Start:
27.7190911116 BMI Current:
25.0568055246 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I had read about the hair lose on the boards here and about how biotin might help. Since my surgery is about a month away, I went and bought some of the biotin and started taking it last Monday. My hair is thin and "baby fine" so I will need all the help I can get. LOL
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06-21-2007, 07:26 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SOMEPLACE LONG ISLAND, NY
Posts: 6,809
Weight Statistics June 1, 2005 Start Date:
5' 5"
Height:
310 lb Start Weight:
167 lb Current Weight:
159 lb Goal Weight:
143 lb Weight Loss:
8 lb Lb Left to Lose:
46.1290322581 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index51.5810650888 BMI Start:
27.7872189349 BMI Current:
26.4560946746 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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BIOTIN will help the new growth come in faster and nicer but it wont prevent the thinning.
I was on it before my surgery and did hve the thinning bad.
good luck and im sure it will be fine.
my hair has come back alot now in year 2 post op!
hugs
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