Post Op - almost 5 years out and doing great!!!

The last time I was here was right after my surgery, and I thought it was time to update everything. My surgery was March 20, 2001. My starting weight was 478, I got down to about 290, then stopped, and gained about 20 lbs back. I finally lost the rest of the weight, but had to get back to the basics to do it. I am now 185 lbs., feeling great, and preparing for a belt lipectomy on 2/7/06. I really would like to hear from others who are a few years out to find out how everything is going! For those of you who are "stuck" like I was, don't give up!