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I'm almost 13 years out. I am not anemic, however, my ferritin is low (over the last two years it’s hovered between 5-7 on a scale of 12-170). I’m going to see a hematologist today... do you think she’ll recommend iron transfusions? Are there other options? Between January and March I upped...

I saw an interview from a doctor involved in this study (link below). I'm not sure they know why... Is it because the body works hard to digest food and giving it a 13 hour break gives it time for healing? Is it coincidental because those who fast 13 hours spend more time sleeping...

I've been reading recently about fasting at least 13 hours from dinner to breakfast and not eating after 6pm and its role in cancer prevention. It seems like something simple we can do... But it's not easy! Here I sit at 8:20pm and my family just finished dinner.

Would stomach inflammation preclude doing to switch portion on the intestines?

Wow. I would be pissed. I could see him going in and finding out he couldn't sleeve your stomach because of band damage and doing just the DS part... But I can't think of a legit medical reason if he had agreed on the DS before that would change when he went in. Did you say who your doctor...

At about 10 years post op I got lax. I was eating 4,000-5,000 calories a day but when I shifted to eating more carbs - gold fish crackers (2-3 servings), pasta at dinner (2 servings) and cereal (2servings) at night.... I gained 30lbs in 2 years. I still ate lots of meat , cheese, veggies, butter...

Logically this makes sense - but the bodies and minds of morbidly obese do not work logical. Part of it was psychological for me. I had failed at every diet I ever tried. Even successful diets yielding 100lb losses left me above 300lbs. (I was 415lbs or higher at my highest). Surgery gave me...

Me too. I lost 265lbs but gained back almost 50 with a fairly aggressive DS. I could easily have kept going had I not taken a step back and stopped eat trigger foods. (Crackers and bread for me). And I gained the weight back even with the malabsorbtion... I would never be this successful with...

Protein or albumin / prealbumin?

I just realized my food tracking app has all the amino acids... I'll just aim for 200% of each? See below image.

The other day I ran around for a couple hours getting up and down from the ground with my son and my legs were sore as though I had lifted weights. If my protein levels are even low normal I may have to add eggs into my diet but otherwise I feel great just on plant based (tofu and tempeh and...

Thank you! I will check it out. I take chlorophyll which contains some protein but I'll look into separate amino acids. My labs are coming up ...

You're correct, as usual. I guess I like to look for patterns to make sure I don't suffer these issues. But at the end of the day I know it's about how my body reacts, what my labs are trending and what I eat. Thanks for reminding me.

Two questions: How quickly can protein deficiency occur? Studies on the best type of protein for us? I've seen relatively recent post ops concerned but I think to so many people who fad diet and eat nothing but potatoes or drink juice for weeks and they don't suffer from protein...

I'm sorry you're going through this. Would you mind posting your lab values for protein, albumin and prealbumin? I'm curious how low you are and those results might help figure out if it's protein vs. something else causing the swelling.

Wow. I too wonder if we take too much calcium. At one point I know I was toxic with it (muscle twitches, arm jerking). I had to cut back. It's so hard to balance because each of us has different genes, different lengths of our intestines and have adapted to it differently. I am concerned...

I'd take the vitamins and eat the chili. Legit question - have you had a stomach bug or food poisoning since DS?

1. What you eat determines how often and urgent the pooping is. I can easily control it. I think about a year out I ate two entire rolls of summer sausage in an hour and had some oil leakage I couldn't control. But that was my fault. After having my son it's harder to hold in gas as well. I...

Thank you for posting this. I am bad at weight lifting. I wish I had the stamina and confidence to resistance train. I am going to give up one or two days a week to do more weights. I admit when I do I feel better. For some reason the cardio is 'easier' for me. Although that is probably...

Amazing. I'm a week late but congrats!!