I promise, I am not completely awol on you guys. I just have been working some incredibly ridiculous hours and I just have to get my boundaries under control. I am still hanging in around 110. I am not really happy about it. I am even less thrilled on the days that I dip down to 109, but for the most part, my body just seems to like 110. It doesn't matter what I do, I can't seem to get some extra weight on. I am trying to not get to overwhelmed about it all because growing up I was always extremely thin. I actually feel more normal and pretty much like I did growing up now than I ever felt normal being obese. I don't like that I am too thin, but I am just starting to accept that this just may be the way it is for me. I found lots of pictures of myself in high school and college where I pretty much look as thin as I do now if not even thinner. So coming to realization with it all. The only difference is now I have this sagging skin to go along with it. Fortunately I can't complain too much because this sagging is very hidable...(if that is even a word). I can't wait to wear my new bathing suit that I bought several weeks ago. It's a two piece but of course it covers up those wrinkly sags and because I have sags on my upper thighs I had to get a suit that kind of is like a skort. I am not complaining since it is an extra small and the last one that I bought was probably a size 20. Fortunately last summer I was lucky because I had some 9/10's that I had been hanging on too. Now my problem is finding professional clothes that fit me in my size. I am fitting into mostly 0's and 2's. I have tried juniors..can find a pretty good selection at JcPenney, but that is about it. The juinior tops are not as professional as I would like and I haven't been able to find any business suits this small. Well that is my rant for the night. I know I am severely latent and overdue with a prayer request posting, but I believe I am going to have to bum out on you guys for a while and we will just have to pray for those posting on the Monday weigh in or individually. Janie - I have been thinking of you every since your surgery...sorry to hear it has gone so rough for you. Margaret - Glad to hear you are on the Mends. Laurie - Worrie about you...I hope you will give us a report soon...or I will have to drive down there and check on you hun! Belle - Glad to hear your surgery went of without a hitch...I am sure you are loving the new you! Anna - Glad to see you are finding a resolution for your issue with not wanting to get PG. Keep us posted. And for anwyone I might be missing...please excuse me...I promise it is not intentional...I haven't been able to read up on everyone to see what your prayer needs are, but know that I am here lurking and praying when I see your needs. Hugs all, Lindy

Anna, thanks for your reply. I now believe I've not been getting enough protein either. Today I had a shake for the first time in a while and I forgot how filling they are!!!! I've been off the wagon for a couple of months now (my ceiling on the first floor of my apartment fell in due to the 2nd floor bathroom sink overflowing and it was downhill for me every since). I may have said a lot there, admitting that stress has triggered my poor eating habits and benging... Well, hopfully I'll continue to take the shakes or getting more protein in everyday and my hair will stop falling out in the clumps that it is and I won't continue to eat everything in the house!!!! Thanks for the encouragement!!!!! Sonya

Sonya - both Anna and Suz make great points about the protein, supplements and exercise. Don't forget the water also - water is a great way to drive away a craving for a bit. Down an 8 oz glass instead of reaching for a snack and see if that will help. I am struggling as well and know exactly how you feel when it comes to will power. It is so easy to slip back into those old comfy habits. Grabbing carbs that are quick when we feel hunger and for me even eating when I know I'm not really hungry. I feel the most guilty for that because that is such a huge blessing from this surgery - not to feel the intense hunger - I do best when I eat small portions frequently. Never give up - coming this far is such a great feeling - you can make it to the finish line! Marilyn

Hi Anna - Maybe you do need to eat more or change up what your eating? I actually have started to eat very small amounts of rice, pasta and every so often 1/4 of a bagel and I'm amazed at the fact that I dropped more weight. It is mind boggling. I thought that I was done at 160 and was happy to try and maintain there, but I keep going lower, now down to 155. It is slow, but it still keeps moving down. I personally think it is all a guessing game, cause our bodies like to do what it wants to do without consulting us. Your doing great and I'm sure it will start to move again soon. Marta

I'm probably a lot like you...I can't eat a lot a one sitting so I have to stretch it out over the course of the day. My husband gets on me all the time about not eating enough, too...but I get in plenty of calories, believe me! He just isn't used to me not eating several dinner plates full of food at each meal...so what I eat now seems like nothing. It really is a "real" serving size, though. I get on the scale sure that I have gained, too...it almost never says anything significant. I did have my first "I gained it all back" dream last night...perhaps I am obsessing about my weight again? I know that I move enough (even without proper exercise) and eat enough to maintain my weight...maybe our metabolism is on the upside now. Wouldn't that be great?!