First off, happy unbirthday to anyone that has one today! Food today? ____________________________________________________________ I'm thinking I'm kinda maintaining this weight... eating well and not losing any weight- and it was a real ***** GETTING to this number... I see the docs on Tuesday- perhaps they'll give me a little insight on the skinnage- maybe it's what's left of what I can actually lose?! Pre-breakfast Coffee/diet cocoa mix/carb countdown skim Next up Melting Mama * Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire. ~Arnold H. Glasow www.meltingmama.blogspot.com/

Century club for a bandster in one year! WOW you're a ROCK STAR!!! That's just awesome lady, CONGRATS, ~Lara

CONGRATULATIONS Jaime, You're story is incredibly inspiring and wonderful to read. Happy shared birthday, ~Lara

Mechelle! Okay- it's gotta be the size. I hear it ALL the time. We're very close in weight- I'm 5'5' - 144 lbs - so we probably look somewhat similar at this point. Generally - it's other overweight folks that say this kind of stuff to me. Probably because I am so dramatically different now and they're just used to me being just like them, you know? "You can't possibly need to lose anymore weight." "Where?" Do I need to SHOW you where?! As for lying about it - I don't know if I'd bother! Use the doctor as your scapegoat "My doctor told me to get to ______ lbs - it's what I am supposed to be for my height." Point blank. Melting Mama *                            Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.  ~Patton http://meltingmama.blogspot.com/                                            

Who would have thought, not me in a million years. Here's the deal, I have had about 5 co-workers (all semi-=overweight, 1 healthy) tell me I do not need to lose any more weight, huh Who are they kidding!!! I'm 5'6" weigh 156 pounds and I wear a size 15 pants, some 13/14. There is no way I am stopping now, I'm going to 140 (dream would be 130). I am still overweight!!!! Why go through this surgery to only go partway??? Sure I will listen to my surgeon and abide by what he tells me, I have no doubt that he will tell me I can go to 140. In the mean time it is none of their business, I know, and hopefully I will keep losing but who would have ever thought that I would ever consider lieing about losing more weight. I just wanted to vent, thank you. Mechelle 283/157/140 (maybe I'll just spite them and go to 130)