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!

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

i've always thought that sodas and diet sodas made w/aspartame are not very good for you. i had my first real soda in 10 months just yesterday, my hubby poured me a little cup of coke zero. (splenda sweetened) it was quite good, i never liked real coke b/c it was too sweet and left a film on my teeth, and diet coke had a chemical aftertaste, but the zero is pretty good. i am definitely sticking to water as my main source of hydration though, i don't want to get back on the bandwagon. i recently quit smoking and last time i quit (pre-op), i turned into a soda junkie and gained 40 lbs. my husband is a popaholic though, and as a compromise he has switched to only splenda sweetened drinks. (diet RC, diet rite white grape, coke zero, etc.) i'm not saying that splenda is harmless, but i think it's the lesser of the evils as far as artificial sweeteners go, hehe. i do have one guilty pleasure though--diet rockstar energy drinks. they're splenda sweetened and "lightly carbonated" (about half as fizzy as a regular soda) so i've been drinking them for a while. it's not a daily habit though--sometimes i drink them on weekends as a pick-me-up since we usually stay up later. while there is a lot of caffeine in them, they also have good stuff like B vitamins, vitamin C, and milk thistle extract, which is good for liver function.

Jeannie, u r a wonderful friend to stand by her like this...I know u care so much for her...I just can't believe this has happened. I will keep praying for them, the family, a good friends like u. Sunni was always so kind and sweet to me so if there is anything I can do just let me know. Angela [email protected]

not good, they can't do the surgery, talking about a feeding tube cause she won't eat. It's killing me that I can't be there. We drove in it was 2400 mile round trip. Do you have yahoo messanger? I am jsd753 please add me so we can chat if you do.