Poll: How much have you lost?

My surgery was 4-14-05 and I have lost as of today 103 pounds. Yeah!!!!!!!! I am for joy! to you all! Good job everyone Christy

Hello Ladies and is there any other gents out there that had WLS in April... Dang I feel out number here ! LoL..... Well all you ladies are doing great, but I have ya all beat on the weight loss so far. As of this morning, I am down 121 lbs. since my surgery on Monday, April 18th of 2005. I do have to say I have a ways to go but I just broke through a 2 week plateau last Sunday and I figured what the cause was. I was not getting in enough calories and protein per day so I started keeping track of what I was eating and came up with a figure that I was only getting in between 500 to 700 calories a day and only 60 grams of protein, so I sat down and figured out how to get in at least 850 to 1000 calories and kicked up my protein to 80 grams per day and BAM ! I got the scales to move finaly only 3 pounds, but Hey thats better then nothing I figured. Someone from another board mention that if your not taking in a bit more then your body is burning that the body is goes back to burning its reserves and the weight loss will stop and then you have to kick start again by eating just 50 -100 calories more and off it goes. Its worked for me. I was so scared two weeks ago when I did not see the scale move I went back to the basic liquid diet - 2 protein shakes and then 2 cups of split pea and bacon soup and drank 70 ozes of water and it did not do nothing so I up to 3 protein shakes and 8 ozes of cheese a day (spread thru out the day of course) and one soup and I am feelin so stuffed but I guess it works as I am losing once again. Ok! sorry for writing a book... But I had to explain myself... OK.. Thanks you all for the support! I don't know what I would do with out you all and OH. YOU ALL ARE THE BEST.... WERE ONE BIG FAMILY... Take care, Tom

I had my surgery on 4/18/05 and I've lost 86lbs. I'm 302 now... ALMOST INTO THE 200'S!!! YAYAYAYAAY Peace, Michelle

hi, pre-op 253 lbs 4/12/05 surgery date i have lost 88 lbs Kristina

AND BRING UP THE REAR , I HAVE LOST 71 POUNDS. I KNOW A SLOW LOSER BUT HEY I AM LOSING INSTEAD OF GAINING AND FOR THAT I THANK GOD WITH ALL MY HEART. SURGURY DAY 4/08/05 CONGRADULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU.

Hi Gina, I am 5 months out and have lost 70lbs as of last week. I am closing in on 200 very fast now, I cant wait to be in onderland. Congrats on your success. Hugs Heidi ~70lbs

Surgery was April 11th, and I have lost 63 pounds as of this morning. I still have about 47 to go. Feels good, though, doesn't it?

Congrats all on the losses!!! I have lost 79 lbs and have 27 to go. Hugggz~Christy

I'll add my numbers to the list. I've lost 81 since my surgery date on 4/12 (120 since my first consult in January). I averaged all the weights posted so far and we have lost an average of 83 lbs. I think we are all to be congratulated!! Hugs, Vicki

My surgery date was 04/26/2005 and to date I have lost 62 pounds. I was in the hospital for six days after surgery due to infection and developing pneumonia. I have had to have the opening stretched twice since surgery. I am doing fine now. In fact, I have never felt better. The best thing for me is the drop in my clothing sizes.