Celines, I like the structure od a gym... the employees help with giving me ideas with how to do toning ...I hate flabby skin! So every other day I walk on the bike trail ... 3 miles... and on the alternate days I go to ladies Super fitness and do upper and lower toning excersises with the machines... I plan to work up to the low impact aerobic classes. and eventually the weight. at home I have the palettes bands.. and when i can't get to gym or walk... I do excercise wsith them... good luck... hope you find something that works for you! V.

Hi Dawn! I know it's hard not to worry about the scale...because it's been such a visual guide these last four amazing months! It's been telling us things we have dreamed of (at least I have been dreaming of!). Anyway....my surgeon told me that if he thought his patients would do it, that he would suggest hiding the scale for a year after the surgery. He says it is simply not an accurate reflection of how our bodies are adjusting and redistributing and so forth. Of course, you absolutely can't take the scale away from someong who is FINALLY losing the weight they have been attempting to be rid of for so long!! Be encouraged! The scale isn't the only measure of our weight loss. It's just so stinking fun to see it go down! Press on, Sister! -Mary P

HI GUYS, IT IS ME AGAIN. I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF YOU ARE EXERCISING AND WHAT TYPE OF EXERCISES ARE YOU DOING? I'M WALKING 4 TIMES A WEEK FOR 30 TO 40 MINUTES. WHAT SHOULD I ADD TO THIS ROUTINE? OH AND BY THE WAY, I HATE GYMS, ALL OF THEM

KIMBERLEY, I UNDERSTAND YOU 100% MY ONLY TWO SISTERS ARE ALWAYS SAYING, "IF YOU WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT YOU JUST STOP EATING AND DO EXERCISES, YOU DON'T NEED A SURGERY." YES, JUST LIKE THAT. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! I JUST WANT TO SCREAM AND TELL THEM SHUTTTT UPPPPP! BUT IS NOT WORTH IT BELIEVE ME. THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES SAYING THAT, OTHER PEOPLE WHEN THEY SEE ME THEY SAY HOW GOOD I LOOK WITH 70 POUNDS LESS. I JUST DON'T GET IT, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO GET SUPPORT FROM YOUR OWN FAMILY BUT NO, THEY JUST PUSH YOU TO SEE IF YOU FALL AND SAY "OH I TOLD YOU SO." IT MAKES ME SO ANGRY. WHAT I DID IS TO LOOK FOR OTHERS WHO HAVE HAD THE SURGERY OR ARE THINKING ABOUT IT TO GET SUPPORT AND CHAT ONCE IN A WHILE. I JUST IGNORE MY "SWEET" SISTERS. WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER, KEEP ON GOING AND DON'T LET THEM PUT YOU DOWN. THIS IS YOUR TIME AND YOU DESERVE TO ENJOY IT. GOOD LUCK!

I know exactly what you mean. I thought for sure I would have lost more by now. I'm also sitting at 205 -- can't wait to see the 200's gone forever!