Wow, you look great, wtg!  You've lost A LOT of weight for just four months!!  I'm doing ok, down 49.4 pounds since surgery, plus 22 before surgery, so 71.4 total.  The surgeon's office had my RMR tested because I was losing slower than they would expect me to with my intake and it showed that resting metabolism is quite slow, so they put me on medication to try to help that.  It seems to help a bit, we'll see how things are in another month.  :)

I had surgery just a couple of weeks after you, on 3/17 and am only down 49.4 pounds since surgery (also lost 22 pounds before surgery, so a total of 71.4 pounds).  So I think losing 61 pounds sounds awesome!  They say that the "average" weight loss (although in my opinion from reading what people tend to lose I think it's actually a bit lower than average) is 20 pounds the first month and ten pounds a month thereafter, so you are above the average with your weight loss, even if only a little bit.  

As for what surgeon's recommend, they are all different, as my surgeon's office said to be active but not get my heart rate up to aerobic activity until we can take in enough calories to not end up burning more muscle.  They want me walking, being active, building muscle (so weights/resistance), but not doing aerobic activity until I can increase my calories higher, otherwise we will lose more muscle will just slow our metabolism in the long run.  But like I said, they all recommend different things.  It sounds to me like you are doing great!

Thanks for sharing your wow moment!!  Congrats on your success as well!!

On tuesday I was running late so just grabbed some old clothes off of a pile in my closet and threw them in my gym bag for later that day.  Got to the gym that afternoon and went to change into shorts....UGGGG they were too big, way too big.  I can almost fit both legs into one leg of the shorts !!!!!  I knew they wouild be big but I never dreamed they would be THIS big!!!   I guess I am still having issues with my changing body,  in my head i know im losing weight but i just have trouble with the notion that i need new clothes!!!   I still reach for the larger sizes.....LOL.    I did break down and buy some new work scrubs and a few other summer items to tide me over for a while.   I am down almost 70 pounds and hope to lose about more!!!!!

THis pic was me at work today with the oversized shorts .   Looking at this pic really helps put things (body image wise) into perspective for me

Usually 65-80 most days. I do 3 miles four times a week. Speed walking/jogging. Weights as well. What do you think?