I think it's actually working!

A few weeks ago I finally picked up the Biotin. I got the 5000mcg ones and I was taking one a day. I also picked up some cheap Suave Volumizing shampoo. It claims it gives 3 times more volume to the hair. I started using both at the same time.

So far one or both seem to be working for me!

I feel like I am no longer losing hair at the rate I was before taking the biotin. I doubt it's regrowing any hair just yet since it's still early but it's at least not falling out in clumps anymore. That is significantly reduced at least.

I suppose the shampoo is working too. It doesn't seem like it is as stringy or unhealthy anymore. I feel like I have more body as well. Whether it is the shampoo or the biotin working I don't know but I can totally see the difference in my hair and so can my husband, so I know it's working if he can see the difference, right! ROFLOL!

So, now here's to hoping I get some regrowth before it all falls out again about October. LOL

The Pregnancy Plateau

I knew I'd hit it sooner or later, LOL, right?!

I'm just still so thrilled I got below 200 and I have been below 200 ever since! For the last 3 weeks I have been between 196-198! I have not gotten any lower and I have not really gone much higher, but I have been watching the scale slowly increase in oz each day lately.

To be honest the last few days I have been on the higher end of that range in the AM. But I am still not back to 200 . . . YET!

I HATE seeing the scale go up even though I know why it is. I actually am bummed a bit when I look down and see my formally "semi" flat belly now more rounded. {{{sigh}}} I KNOW this is all a good thing and that baby is growing! I am very much excited about that fact! I can't wait to actually start looking pregnant again. I just hate that I still have so much excess skin around my apron area that it basically covers up any baby belly I have.

I really, absolutely, HATE my skin apron. **pout** But there is not much I can do about it at this point. I do what I can with what I have.

Also I am still losing hair!!! I completely thought that with pregnancy hormones coursing through my veins that my hair would at least slow down it's falling out volume! But alas it hasn't. I'm trying to take some advice. I'm going to try and stop putting it in ponytails, I bought volumizing shampoo, and I am now taking 5000mcg of Biotin.

I'm just more concerned that if this keeps up, when I get to that point 3 months after baby is born when hair starts to fall out again, that I will end up BALD!

My bariatric clinic doesn't know shit about why the hair falls out though. I read the boards and it just seems to depend on the person, because I know my clinic just kept saying "As long as you get in all of your protein your hair will NOT fall out!" Well BS! I was getting in 80g-100g of protein a day, every day and my hair was STILL falling out. Argh!

I knew this was going to happen but I didn't think it would keep going on for as long as it has! I am really hoping the biotin will start to halt the hair loss, if anything.

Back to the pregnancy, I was dumbfounded when at 12 weeks my morning sickness literally disappeared! Usually it was a gradual thing for me but this was like a night and day thing for me. The day before I was still sick to my stomach still barely getting in 1000 calories and the next day I felt able to eat anything and ate whatever I felt like since I was still not at that 2000cal mark! Even with eating like a PIG I still only got in about 1200-1300 calories. That has slowly increased and I can get in about 1500-1800 calories now. This of course causes my weight loss stall but gives baby and I much needed fuel to grow and grow a baby.

Even still at week, nearly 14, I am still not in maternity clothes and I have dropped a whole jean size. And the maternity clothes I did buy are now a bit big for me . . . for now, LOL. I'm still very much comfortable in my regular jeans, but like I said I'd love to look pregnant soon!

Some Final Before and "Current" Pictures

Well since I have stayed below 200#'s for nearly 2 weeks now and it seems like the morning sickness has left the building I figured I should get some pictures up of just how far I have come since this time last year!

I have to admit though, I still feel very FAT, but when I look at these comparison pictures I am blown away. Even my husband said "I don't remember you ever being that big!" I'm glad neither of us remembers it, and it just proves to me how much he loves me for ME and not my size! XOXOX~LOVE~XOXOX

Now the jeans are a size 16, but they are kind of a "big" 16. I do have a smaller sized 16 and I probably should have worn them for the pics because they would have made my legs look thinner, LOL but oh well.

The shirt is from my sister! I've never fit into anything my sister's wore before. This is my YOUNGER sister to boot! LOL It's too tight for my taste but it really shows off my progress I think. But is also shows off my horrible "bat wings" that I really hate. Again, oh well!