POLL: How much have you lost?

i started at 277 and now weigh 154, down 123 lbs. total. that's according to my home scale though, i have noticed with all the doc visits and tests lately that my home scale is 4 lbs off from the clinic scale, 9 lbs. off from my surgeon's scale, and 10 lbs. off from my gastroenterologist's scale. GRR! (seems like the further i have to drive to the doc, the heavier i weigh in, hehe) at home i weigh in my nightgown first thing in the morning at home, but i don't see how clothes, shoes, water, vitamins, and breakfast can add up to a 10 lb. difference! besides, my scale read the same as my surgeon's in the beginning. according to my home scale, i have 4 lbs. to my personal goal. my surgeon listed my "ideal weight" in my chart as 137 though (i'm 5'7.5"), but i thought it was unrealistic. i've been sick for the last month and lost 6 lbs. this week. it kinda scares me b/c i lost 6 lbs. in the entire month of december! i haven't been exercising or doing much of anything either. i guess i'm just plain ol' sick. if i lose down to my ideal weight, i won't complain, i just wasn't expecting to. i'm still a (regular) size 14 and wouldn't mind seeing some 12's or even 8's, hehe. still, 14 is way better than 26/28!!

Hey Scarlette, my weight loss has slowed too..I weighed 313 the morning of surgery and now I weigh 176....Thats minus 137 pounds so far. 160 is my surgeons goal, 150 and then plastics is my goal...Plastics in July hopefully! Ange

Hi all, This is all normal we are going through. After the 6 mo. mark it does slow down. But I look at it this way as long as we maintain or at least lose something that is great. My surgeon tells me by the time we all hit the 2 year mark we would have lost all the weight, then it is maintaining it. I hear from alot of people at my support meetings that about 12-15 mos out you start to drop alot again. I have been losing, but stalled now due to no exercise just had gall bladder & hernia repair 3wks ago, I have another 3 wks to go before the green light is given to exercise again. I started at 254lbs, now 156lbs. 2lbs. to go to hit Century Club 16lbs until goal. I can and will do it!!!! I went from size 20 to a 10, from 2xl shirts to mediums.WooHOO!!!! Good luck all, just start the basics again, I had to after this surgery and it has shrunk my pouch again,which helps. Lynnd

I'm always so ashamed to answer this question. I'm 5'5, my preop wt was 247lbs. I am stuck at 180lbs (have been for a long time) Total wt loss 67lbs. I will be 1 yr out on the 1st. I feel like a total failure! I wear a pretty solid 14 clothes. I work out daily. I do have a problem with grazing some days and don't dump from sugar. (wish i didnt know that!) I am bound and determined to get another 20-30lbs off. Unfortunately I will be having a bilateral mastectomy on the 15th of this month so I will lose some wt there as I have very large breasts. Not quite the way I want to lose weight tho! You all have done so fantastic!! Keep up the good work!

I am down 158.5 lbs as of this morning. Started at 290 and weighed this am 131.5. I am also going for my first plastics consult this week.. Eileen

Hi Other Marchers, I'm down 165 lbs. Also going through a long stall, only lost 9 lbs since Dec. 10th ... with the last month being at an almost complete stall. Still have scads to go before goal, but hoping to make the 200+ club by anniversary time. take care, Myra G 442/277/170

I am at a crawl too. Started at 286 and now I am 176. -110 but my goal is 150. Seems the last 20-30 lbs is so hard. he last few weeks I jhave lost and gained the same 3-4 lbs. Definately time to get back to basics. But look how well we have all done!!!!! And the fact most of us has stalled means we are responding normally I would guess!!! Lets get the rest off gang! We can do it. Remeber most surgeons do say the process takes 18 months.

Hi all, I've lost 138 lbs since 3/28/05. I started at 352 and am down to 214. The scale's been up and down the past month. It's my fault because I've been eating lots of stuff I hadn't eaten since my surgery and stuff I shouldn't be eating anyway. Sadly, my pouch is very tolerant. I've only dumped about 10 times since the surgery. The only food that seems to make my heart race are surgery milk products like frozen yogurt or breakfast cereal. I even ate a whole candy bar the other day with no problems. Rats. Wish I had problems with it because now I have to choose not to eat it because it's not good for me than choose not to eat it because it makes me sick. I have 14 lbs to onderland and feeling inspired to reach that goal! Heidi S

Hi, everyone. I've missed you all, but life's been throwing us some curves (and I don't mean body-wise) I have lost 121 pounds since 28 March 2005. My goal was 120 pounds, so I am a pound under my conservative goal. I was a size 26-28W and now fit quite comfortably in a 12. I have my ups and downs. Some months I lose nothing and others, I lose 4 or 5 pounds. I don't mind that my loss has slowed down. I know it will come off. I am very pleased. Oh, and I need to have a new picture! I don't look anything like this one any more

Congratulations to all........ My highest weight was 320 in 2001 I went on a diet and lost some weight and gained and lost again.....Before surgery I weighed in at 240 pds. Surgery day I weighed 231 pds. and today I am down to 145pds....for a total of 86pds since surgery day....My doctors goal weight for me is 133pds, And my goal weight is 139 pds standing at 5`1 and a half......The weight loss has really SLOWED down...... Wishing you all the best Janice 320/231/145/ ?????????