I became a member of the century club as of 11/7/03. I had surgery 1/28/03 and I have about 15 more pounds to go. As of today I have lost 3 more pounds! Woo Hoo. Good luck to all! Kim Collins

P.S. I finally hit my 100 pound mark!

Janet, Congratulations....that is awesome! Aren't new found freedoms so fun? Keep up the good work!

Yep...hit the brick wall about 4-6 weeks ago. Even gained almost three pounds one week. Kept gaining and losing the same few pounds. Has taken almost six weeks to clear the 150's....which is dreadfully slow for me. I had been losing 2-3 pounds a week pretty consistantly up until then. Tried lots of things to get things moving again...with a lot of frustration. Last week, I decided that I better get serious again before I was out of time. Went back to exercising this week (weight training only). Cut out just about all carbs. Drink four protien drinks a day. Drink 100+ ounces of water. Guess what? The scale is moving! Since Sunday I'm down 5 pounds and by the looks (or should I say feel) of things I am probably losing inches again too! I know it's frustrating. All I can suggest is getting back in there and doing everything you can do before more time goes by and it gets harder to lose. Good luck to you! Lap Rny 1/31/03 274/149/135

Me too! It didn't start until about 7-8 months post op...but it's killer! Never heard of 'internal deoderant'....not sure I really want to take another thing every day either. Of course, it would be nice to not have to evacuate every time I think I may toot!