Congratulations to you on all of your weight loss success! (and your hubby too!) I had RNY on 2-20-07. I recently passed my one year anniversary and have similar situations to yours. I have very little food restrictions and I feel like I tend to graze at times too, which is very scary as I do not want to slip back into old habits. I'm hoping not. My weight loss has slowed as well. I'm down a total of 177 pounds. My highest weight was 362.. 349 day of surgery. Now I've been sitting at 172-174 for about a month and a half.

Thank you so much Leslie for emailing me--that is nice of you--yes we do have alot in common hey! I also was 380 on my surgery day 2/6/07! i started out at 448--and lost 68lbs before surgery--ad now i am down 115 lbs since surgery a total of 183 lbs-- Boy you are doing better than me!! I still have 67 lbs to my goal of 198 as i am tall and that is a good weight for me my prime doc thinks.. And i like you just want to have a weight that has a 1 in the front of it!! I have a slow thyroid and take Synthroid 125mcg--I am sorry to hear that you had cancer and had to have your thyroid out--I pray that you are cancer free now.. I also have diabetic complications and I battle Fluid retention from my kidney disease so it makes it hard as i can gain 10-15 lbs overnight in fluid--gets so frustrating sometimes.. i will add you to my friends list OK Add me too and we can help each other and encourage one another.. God Bless SUSIE Smith from PA ps--where did you have your surgery?? I had mine in Danville PA at the Geisinger Medical Center--I am a little upset as my surgeon left and went back to NJ where he used to be--But i am thankful that he was here for a few yrs and did my surgery as he is one of the best--i had open RNY by Dr Peter Benotti talk later

Congrats on your wonderful success Charlotte!!! It sounds as though you are very happy and much healthier. My journey is still very much ongoing. I have a minimum of another 50 or so pounds to lose and had surgery on 2-26-07. I am struggling right now with emotional eating and grazing on the wrong foods. I have every faith I will get it under control especially as summer hits but right now am fighting the depression that goes along with dissapointment in myself and the lack of willpower. Hopefully reading everyones blogs will help inspire and create a better emotional environment for me to move forward. I'm new on this site but am really enjoying reading all that everyone has to say!!! Best Wishes, Leslie

Hi everyone.... I had RNY on 2-26-07 with Dr. Pennings in Post Falls, ID. I weighed in at 433 when I had my consult. I had lost about 35 pounds right before that on my own. My highest weight that I know of was 468. Dr. Penning's asked that I get off 50 pounds prior to surgery. I managed to do so but not an easy task when you havn't had the surgery yet. My husband and I actually had RNY the same day and were in the same hospital room together. We both weighed in at 380 on surgery day. We didn't have any complications from the surgery and recovery was about 2-3 weeks. We are both doing well now. I have lost down to 252 which is a 181 loss from my consultation weight and a 216 pound loss from my highest weight. My husband has also lost similiar weight. We feel great and can't believe how much being overweigh impacted our lives and mental stability. Life is new and we feel like we are getting a fresh start. I would say at one year out my biggest struggle is stress eating and grazing. I can eat more and do not have many food limitation. It's more responsibility pn me to make the right choices. a recent hurdle has been that I found out I had cancer of the thyroid and had it removed this last month. I'm looking at some radiocative iodine therapy and possibly more surgery. It's a very stressful thing to deal with and eating is how I have been coping. I found out about the possible cancer in 11-07 and ever since have been so stressed out. I had been religous with all the do's and dont's of gastric dieting but have managed to neglect everything I've learned for the past few months. I've only lost 20 pounds since 11-07 and that's discouraging. Thats only 5 pounds monthly. So, I'm going to get through the radiation then try to pick up the pieces again! Not sure how but I'm hoping summer will inspire me too. I really want to get down to any number with a 1 in front of it!!!! Leaving you on a positive note....I would like to pass onto anyone reading this that I am so very happy at the choice I made and never one day since surgery have I regreted my decision. Both my husband and I were on sacks of medicines and our health was failing quickly. Now he's on no meds and I'm not on very much. We want to do things all of the time, our romance has been kicked up several notches and we see each other in a swing together when were 80. We certainly couldn't do that before. I'm grateful to my surgeon and his office staff who I would recommend even to people that are way out of his area. Sometimes you need to travel further to get quality!! Thanks for listening.... Leslie

That's the best post I've read in a while. Let me buy you a cold one. Congradulations.....I'm very happy for you. Keep up the great work. Charlotte