I had many criticize my route, but it was effective. lean meats and leafy green vegetables and nothing else. I consumed 225 calories a day the first 3 months, and 450 calories a day the second three months, and even now, I am at about 1000 - 1200 calories a day. I still find that the key is seriously the water, the less I drink the more I retain. I do not exercise, so I do portion control and content monitoring. Kat Klein, Texas 275/247.5/148 Start/surgery/current

Hi Ruth You have my deepest sympathy!! I am right there with you!! What is wrong with us???? I just hope the weather clears up around here so I can at least get outsied!! mY 2 Year old is a terror,so its hard to go ANYWHERE with him!! Hes into everything that hes not supposed to be into!! Drives me crazy!!! You'd think I'd be skinny by now!!!! I know I will get some exercise chasing him around this summer! I have been fighting getting those extra pounds off that I gained!! Keep going up and down! What a battle! Its so funny though,I try not to eat allot one day and gain,then the next day.I get mad and don't try and drop a couple pounds!! But anyway I feel your pain.....

PS. Karen, I LOVE your new avatar. It is SOOOOO cute.

I have no magic wand or special formula to help you lose more weight. You know what, I have been struggling to lose for the past year - I have lost almost 100 pounds, from a starting weight of 266, but I just cannot get any more to shift. I am trying to reach my amended goal of a normla bmi at 154 pounds. I would love to be skinny and be 135 pounds, but that aint gonna happen anytime soon. It is so frustrating, but I find comments that tell you, just do this or just do that are VERY unhelpful. It is my opinion that our bodies are all different. We all have different histories and as such a 'method' that works for one will not work for another. I believe our histories influences how our bodies lose (or not) weight. Whilst it can be encouraging to read all about those that reached 'skinny' in a year, it can also be unhelpful as we measure ourselves against these people. What we (and I include myself in this) need to do is value ourselves and our accomplishments as they really are - how we would measure a friends accomplishment. We have done a wonderful job, no matter that we haven't reached the perfection that we held in our heads before we started this journey. As I said, I don't have any answers, but I do know that you are not alone. Keep working at it, dont' give up, even if you don't lose any more weight, you will be very successful at maintaining.

Hello 2006 Mayers, My Name is Krissy and i am a May 2,2007 Rny and i really need some advice from someone who is older in this journey than i my highest weight is 281 11 months later eight is 207 that is only a 73lb weight loss what is wrong with me!!! although i am happy with 73lbs why can't i be like all of the sucess stories that i read. I actually eat a total of 1300 to 1400 calories a day get in 60-80 grams of protein occasionally get all my water in about 48 ounces a day on average... excersise no i don;t not on a consitant base due to knee problems please someone feel my pain......... Krissy