Hi amber Wow 114 lbs that is amazing. You have lost more than twice what I have in the same time frame, so expect a plateau to let your body catch up. I have only lost about 7 lbs in the past three months. It dosnt matter what I do, how little I eat how much I exercise it dosnt want to drop. I need to up my proteins too, but if I were you I would be happy to let my body catch up with the huge loss you have had. Try not to stress because already you have had such a wonderful achievement. hugs from down under Helen

Amber - you and I are almost at the same place - it is almost eerie. My surgery was 4-11-05 (1 day difference), my beginning weight was 291 (5 lbs. differecne), and my weight now is 177 (5 lbs. difference). How strange is that. My goal is to reach 150. How tall are you? I am 5'4. My ideal weight is 132 for my height, but I found a link that factors in your age with your height and gives you a comfortable weight to be at and it was 144 (I am 36). I figure if you figure in the extra weight for excess skin 150 is a good figure. I am not sure how good my goal is by I just set a goal in the past couple of weeks. Did not want to get my bubble burst. Good luck with the weight FREEZE !!! Heather ps. are you cold all the time - I am constantly freezing.

Mine went way better than previous years. Luckily we're all far out enough that we can eat a variety without getting sick anymore. I have taken to grazing sometimes. I think I easily managed over half a pound of shrimp by myself on turkey day. I so love shrimp! I would eat 2 or 3 at a time. They are low in calories and have some protein so it's still a good choice. When it came time for dinner I had a bite of turkey, 3-4 bites of pork stuffing, 5-6 bites of broccoli casserole and mashed potatos and gravy and 2 asparagus tips. Sounds like alot but it was really almost nothing. I only use salad forks when I can, that way I get smaller fork fulls. Actually I don't do whole fork fulls, just tiny half salad fork fulls. If that makes sense. I still have that problem where I feel like I have to eat all that is in front of me. I hate to see it there on the plate sometimes. I did have a slice of cheesecake for dessert and ate it all except for the end of the slice. Luckily I went to my moms so nothing came home with us. Oh yeah, I did make some deviled eggs early in the day and made the mistake of taking a whole half in my mouth at once. YIKES! Didn't eat another one after that. Amber 296/182/140 -114 POUNDS!

It's been a really long time coming, but I knew it would happen eventually. I certainly can not complain. I am 13 days away from being 8 months post op. I'm quite amazed I've made it this far without gaining or not losing. Luckily I didn't gain this week, but I did not lose at all. I know I need to up my proteins. I only get what I can from foods since I've been out of my favorite hot chocolates for so long. With the cold weather and tight budget at my house we've been eating more carbs. Bad for me but good for the budget. So anyway I just thought I'd share. Hope everyone is having a great day and staying out of this dreadful cold freeze. Amber 296/182/140 -114 POUNDS!

I had several wow moments this week. 1. My youngest sister who has always been smaller than me gave me 3 pairs of new jeans that were too small for her. Fits me perfectly. 2. I went back home for Thanksgiving (Chicago) and visited my old work location in Hoffman Estates, IL. I was walking towards my old department with my sister and an ex-coworker thought I was one of my sister's daughters. She didn't recognize me until I started talking. 3. I went to a babyshower on Saturday and wore some jeans that fit me two weeks ago. I had to wear a belt and still had a hard time keeping them up. Everyone was calling me Miss Baggy Pants.... 4. I just got the pictures from the baby shower and didn't realize how much younger I look now. 5. I pulled up to my mom's house when I got into town (Chicago suburb) and one of my nephews whom I haven't seen in over 10 yrs, stopped his car in the middle of the street.... Stuck his head out of his car window and called out my name..... He immediately got out of his car.... left it running and door wide open and ran towards my and gave me the biggest hug and told me how great I looked. He had such a big grin on his face.... That was awesome!! 6. I was walking with one of my ex-coworkers whom is a fast walker and I was actually keep up with her and talking at the same time. I used to be a few steps behind her and whizzing, huffing and puffing and unable to talk while walking. She even noticed how I was keeping up with her pace. I love my new tool!! I just wish I had done this sooner. Pam