MARILYN....None of us are failures.....I had open RNY MARCH 26 2003 & HAVE ONLY LOST 55 LBS AS OF JUNE 30... I wasted a month by eating too many carbs in soy meat & tomatoes because a friend had lost weight eating these thing but IT DIDN"T WORK FOR ME!!!!..Like everyone says we are all different....I am so thankful that I feel good & have so much energy but I have to work at my weight loss every day because I too can eat ANYTHING I WANT (T SEEMS) & sometimes I DO JUST THAT!!!! Just keep doing what you are doing & know that our prayers are with you. 445/390/150 long way to go but I WILL GET THERE!!!!!

Isn't it a great feeling! I am down to 175 and I hadn't been 175 since before I got married! I can't wait for 150!!!

You are not a failure. There is no such thing. Everyone loses at different rates and times. You should feel great about the fact that you get out and go to the gym 5 times a week. I can only manage to hit the treadmill 4-5 nights a week and then I don't even stay on it for too long. Most of the people who have lost a lot more weight started out at a lot more than you. It seems like the more you weight, the faster you lose. But at some point eveyone slows down. I make sure to get in my 64 oz of liquid (not all water, I like decaf tea), 60 gram of protein (no drinks because I can't stand them), and somewhere between 600-800 calories. Maybe you are not taking in enough calories. Maybe your body is in shut down because it thinks you are starving it? I seem to lose faster when I actually "cheat" a little and eat some carbs or fats (nuts, animal crackers, chips). I don't eat a lot of them at one time but I also don't plan on spending the rest of my life on a "diet". I had this surgery so I don't have to diet all the time. Keep up the good work and what is ment to be will happen. Keep that chin up and SMILE!!!!!!

I question myself and ask ~ Am I a failure with this surgery? I say this because I weighed in at 297lbs which means that I've only lost 3lbs in 28 days since my last weigh-in. I'm only 4 months post-op and have only lost a total of 44.5lbs. I know that I should not compare but sometimes it is so hard not to. So many people have lost between 60-100lbs already and here I am the slow turtle in the race. I exercise 5 days a week at the gym, I drink my water, I take my vitamins and get my protein in daily. What is wrong with me? Why is this surgery not working for me? I have so many questions and yet no answers. I'm sorry that I'm being so ungrateful and is complaining to you all with my "issues" but I'm just venting with frustration. I know that I should be thankful that I made it out alive. I know that I should be thankful that I've not suffered any sickness. I mean, I can eat regular foods and nothing bothers me at all even the foods with natural sugar. I do avoid those bad things that can be so tempting at times but I've truly been a very good girl and have not cheated with no sweets. I don't even eat beef or pork and have not eating them since October 10, 2002 which was when I decided to try to discipline myself before my wls. Okay, I'm going to stop complaing but if there are any praying people out there, please say one little prayer for me right now. THANK YOU

Congratulations, I haven't been in "ONDERLAND" since I was like 12yo. As of this morning, I was 200lbs even. Can't wait to join you. 262/200/155