Good idea Cassie!! I am planning on 30 minutes on my gazelle. I am pretty active at work... Jeannie

My emotional issues acutally don't stem from my weight. I had problems before but I always thought that they were triggered by my self esteem issues and body image issues. Now that I don't concern myself with them and I feel normal body wise, the depression and anxiety is still there but for other reasons. It seems that after surgery when my hormone levels started to change that it triggered my problems and they escalated. I started going to counseling and my therapists is great. I was just wondering if I was the only one that this happened to.

Honey you are not alone!! I am one who can eat anything also, and dont exercise. I am so tired all the time, and havent seen any change in my energy since surgery. I started at 298lbs I am now at 183lbs and I wear 18's. I am very happy with my success so far, but I am also not happy with where I am. I am still so far from goal. I have been lucky with getting meats down. I also do protein drinks to help get in my protein everyday. I thought I chewed and chewed, and felt it get stuck and like I couldnt breath, so I started chewing even more, almost to a complete liquid, and it stopped. Now I can eat meats just fine with no problems. It would be great to have a walking buddy!! Hey with todays technology, cant we all get on line a walk and talk and see eachother on cam or something, lol!! Try harder to get your protein in, I know it isnt always easy. As for the snacks, I get bad at times and need snacks. I have got rid of my chips, and made sure I have veggies like carrots and broccoli and yogurt and string cheese so that when I do snack, I am snacking better. The occasional sweet treat gets in and I dont beat myself up about it I just try harder the next day. Keep up the good work, you will lose more, we are just at points where we are plateauing, and slowing down. We do have to work harder now. Especially with the exercising. YOur doing great sweetie, keep it up!- Melissa

I also hate exercise, but I like how I feel afterwards. I will attempt to start again in the morning on the elliptical machine. I had been doing it consistently for about 2 months, and stopped last month. I had noticed a change in the tone of my thighs, and now that is gone. Back to jelly... Thanks for posting this. Anne

Your posting sounds like a posting I should have wrote. I know what you mean about having a desk job and snacking all day. That's me. It's also really scary that things I eat do not make me sick. I kind of wish they would. Exercising is very hard to get motivated to do. Maybe you could try walking. Nothing drastic. Do you have a mall close by. I have been walking in a mall over the winter months and it seems to help a little bit although I am just kind of stuck at 97 pounds. I want to be in the "century" club so bad I can taste it but the scales just won't move. I wished I lived closer to you also so I could call you up and see if you were ready to go for a walk. Hang in there and just keep telling yourself - tomorrow's another day and tomorrow morning try again to not eat the junk food and tell yourself you're going to eat right. I'll try to do the same. Goodluck (to both of us). Becky