Michelle, I am so sorry that you are having such drastic health problems. I've wondered how you were doing and now I know. You just get healthy again and work on the last of the weight when you are back to snuff. You have lost so much weight and you will reach your goal! Susie 235/135

I agree with all of you - I started at 300lbs and just yesterday hit 185lbs. I havent lost anything in so long and just got on the scale and only lost 5 lbs in the oast mth and a half. I have a total weight loss of 115 lbs. I am very happy for that but want to get down to 170. I am 5'10 and have looked at all sorts of things that say 170 should be "my weight" Any ideas on how to jump start this loosing again? I would love to loose the last 15lbs by march 9th 1 yr since my surg. Doubt it will happen but who knows! Congrats to all of you - And continued best of luck!! 300/185/170

I started out at 256 and my weight has stabilized at 149 for a total loss of 107. I haven't lost anything in almost two months. At 5'11 wearing a size 8, this should be good weight to stick with. I am smack in the middle of the normal scale. We can always improve, and now I want to start working out and see if my muscles can hold in some of this flabby stomach!!

Ditto on the crawling weight loss. I've lost a total of 110 lbs, 15 pre and 95 post-op. I have 17 to go to get to the goal the surgeon and I set. I may even try to go down about 5 more after that but it surely has been a slow go lately. I know partly is because I'm not as good as journaling my food intake, which for me makes a big difference. Partly because I'm eating more carbs than I should be. I still have a huge sweet tooth and eating sugary things makes me nauseous but sometimes I still give in and have a few bites of something I shouldn't. But I've upped my exercise and am paying more attention to my water intake, with which I struggle at times, so I'm staying positive and am doing what I need to do to be successful. If I can just get that last 17 off by March 22nd when I see the surgeon I will be ecstatic!

I have now lost 150 lbs (as of this morning!) and would still like to lose 7-12 more. I suspect that the only way I'll do that is lots of exercise (which I haven't been doing lately) plus whatever my excess skin would weigh IF (big if) my insurance would cover any post-op plastic surgery. I'd still like to lose 2 more lbs in the next 12 days, as my wife and I are about to leave on a Caribbean cruise and I'd like to be at 190 lbs for that. Still, I'm pretty content with where I'm at right now. Greg (342/192/185)