My experience overall has been a very positive one. I had my vsg 4 mos ago. I am down 60 pounds but ..am losing tons of hair daily especially when I wash them. Anybody have any suggestions....my thyroid is in check. Take biotin daily and use rogaine.....also usually get all my protein in...any suggestions are welcome.

I just got my surgery time, 9:30 am on Tuesday August 18th. Excited, nervous, ready to get it done. A little about me, I am 45 years old and I have a 10 month old daughter, yup 10 months. A late start, but she is the best thing that ever happened to me. I made the decision to do the surgery after back and forth of yes/no/maybe when I took my daughter to a Little Gym, All the moms were younger and thinner and I thought oh boy. Then the teacher said everybody to the blow up mat, this is like the bottom of the bouncy house. So the 3 moms and me sat in the middle holding our kid and the mat blew up, I am freaking out! then we had to stand with our kid in our arms and hop off run around the side and then lay on the mat with our kid on our chest and roll with them over and over. I stopped dead in my tracks and thought, I will crush her! I begged off saying, I don't think she will like that, all the time, thinking I need to get it together. Needless to say we didn't sign up for the 12 week class. Plus, I have yet to take a picture of me and my daughter, sad I know, but I just can't! I know I am going to regret not taking any when she is this young, but I will make up for it shortly! Then and there I said to myself, well crap I can't be the old and FAT mom So, I called and made the appointment. I have always been heavy, my highest being 250 and size 24 (I am 5'4") I actually lost that 50 and stayed around 200 for awhile and then I did Jenny and lost 46 pounds and got to a size 6, well it was probably an 8 but I got my butt in those size 6's! I am sure there was some organ crushing going on, but I didn't care. Of course, I put that weight back on! `~sigh~ Then I got pregnant (after 6 years and a lot of fertility drugs!) I was really good, I was so worried about putting on weight, and then I got gestational diabetes and was even more careful about putting on weight. I only put on 28 pounds. I was so proud of myself. Then I lost the weight pretty quick, I was back down to my almost pre pregnancy weight! Then on maternity leave, I didn't work out and put on another 30 pounds and here I am. Ready. Post more soon (sorry for the long post, I just couldn't stop writing) Updated on 12 Aug 2015: Brutal! But necessary to see my progress Updated on 18 Aug 2015: So it's done. Don't feel too bad a little pain in stomachs but a lot of gas pressure. Hopefully it won't get too bad. Gooduvj to wartime with upcoming surgeries. Posture tomorrow Updated on 19 Aug 2015: So not feeling so bad. Feels like I did a million crunches!! I have some chest pains from the gas but other than that. Doing fine! Thanks goodness Updated on 17 Sep 2015: So I am down 20 pounds in one month. The Dr. said this was good, since I started on the low end of morbid obesity (thanks doc) with a BMI of 41. I am hoping to lose 15 to 20 pounds for the next few months. I still don't feel thinner, but that could be my mind playing tricks on me. Good luck to all. Updated on 20 Oct 2015: Feeling good, can't believe 30 pounds are gone, hopefully I keep it up or down as the case may be. I am still losing 2-3 pounds a week which my Dr said was normal since I started with a lower BMI, as long as the numbers keep dropping I will be happy. I do miss drinking with my meals, I hate the 1.5 of no drinking, I also loved to have coffee with my breakfast, but it is an adjustment. Hope everyone is doing well.

So I have been lurking for a while now and reading tons of reviews as I get ready to start my own journey. Today I decided to post because Im so excited I got approved for VSG. I called my insurance and they said I was approved which was a big relief because I honestly didn't think it was going to happen. My surgery is scheduled for December 9th and my surgeons office didn't submit the paperwork to UHC until Nov 22nd. According to UHC I might not have gotten an approval until December 15th so I've been stressed all week! A little bit about me I'm 26, my birthday is on December 9 (which is also my surgery date because its the last date they have for the year) I am 5'3 242 pounds and I've been struggling with my weight since college. Does anyone have any tips and tricks for me? I'm nervous about the 2 weeks of liquid after surgery because I'm a picky eater. It's taken me forever to even find a protein shake with out sucralose as it is so id love some recipe ideas. Updated on 18 Dec 2016: So I am 9 days post op and I'm feeling really good so far. I won't lie the hardest part is the 2 weeks of full liquids and I'm struggling not to cheat i can't wait until Saturday! It has also been a struggle getting all of my protein and water in every day has been different. So far I am down about 17 pounds from my high of 242 to 224.4! Updated on 26 Jan 2017: I've been fairly lucky where other than portion size and some pressure when I eat, everything has been going well and I feel really good. I'm down 29 pounds and currently at 213.2! Updated on 27 Sep 2017: Just wanted to say I’m 66 pounds down after 8 months. I am really happy I did the surgery for the past few weeks I’ve been having some sugar cravings so I need to figure out what’s causing that. I currently weigh 176 and am hoping to lose another 16 pounds. I hope everyone is doing awesome