When I hit 80% of my excess body weight lost, my surgeon said, "well, you have hit the goal for your surgery... anything else you lose is going above and beyond." I panicked! I wanted to lose 100 pounds! But what he said made sense. The surgery is supposed to make you lose around 80% of your excess body weight and keep it off. Anything above that is your own hard work. Which is cool. I feel more of a sense of accomplishment for every pound I lose now. The surgeon said that it would take me 6-9 months to get the last 15-20 pounds off. I tried to do the liquid diet, but failed miserably. Let me know how you do!

Yay Rebecca! I love breaking into a new "decade".

Happy birthday Joan!. Sher

Welcome Julia, Don't despair. It sounds like you need to shake things up a bit. Maybe changing your exercise routine a bit by alternating your aerobic exercises on the bike with some strength training to build some muscle which will help burn more calories. Double check your food intake, go back to basics protien first then small amount vegetable or fruit. Stay away from those bad carbs like white bread, potatos, and pasta. My nutritionist said recently that I should be getting 900-1000calories a day. Sometimes if you are not getting enough calories in and you are exercising up a storm your body will try and keep all those calories as it thinks you are starving it. Also shoot for 60-70 grams protien a day. Alot of us have had our weight loss slow down or stall, you are not alone. You can continue to lose. Hang in there. Try and shake it up a bit. Sher

yes HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU