Purchase a container of small curd low-fat cottage cheese. Begin the test with a full container, and perform the test in the morning before eating anything else (this will be your breakfast on that day). Eat until comfortably satisfied, but complete meal within 5 minutes or less. The idea is to fill the pouch before there is much time for food to flow out of it. Note that the small soft curds do not require much chewing. Stop eating when comfortable, but not stuffed After eating your "fill" of cottage cheese, you will be left with a partially eaten container that has empty space where cottage cheese used to be. Starting with a measured amount of water (8 ounces, for example), pour water into the container of cottage cheese until the water is level with the original top level of the cottage cheese. Measure accurately. Voila! - the amount of water poured into the container is the functional size of the pouch. If this is your first time doing the test - DON'T PANIC. You are likely to find that the "cottage cheese" size of your pouch is way bigger than your surgeon told you he/she made it at the time of surgery. Dr. Flanagan's data indicates that the average size of the mature pouch by cottage cheese test is 5.5 ounces. He has also found that sizes ranging from 3 to 9 ounces have NO IMPACT on the person's success in weight loss.

You are doing great! I thought we are at 6 months out now! This is July already! I am going for my 6 month appointment today.......... I will let everyone know how it goes! Keep up the good work Hun!

Here is an article from web md.. http://my.webmd.com/content/article/78/95829.htm?lastselectedguid={5FE84E90-BC77-4056-A91C-9531713CA348} Containing info for hair loss... I'm taking it now and have added flaxseed oil and evening primrose oil. We'll see if it helps (just started) Jan

too funny.... I'm the same height too. I figured that will be a good weight amount to be at and finally be normal with my weight. I dont want to get too skinny and look sickly...lol.

Tracy, I'm pretty close to your beginning weight. I started at 238 lbs and lost 65 lbs. Its amazing that we all lost so much weight. What is your goal weight? Mine is 120lbs because I'm short. Linda