Hi Kelsey, Welcome back.....Glad to hear you had your surgery. I would do mine over again. I love it. The food I am on is mostly Protein Shakes, Cottage Cheese, Chicken, Tuna, Steak, Cheese, beans and eggs. I eat a soft (cooked well) vegetable for dinner. I had a very small piece of Watermelon and so far everything goes down just fine. I still have 25 pounds to go so I am staying on mostly protein though and I have SF Popcycles or Fudgecycles. I also drink at least 64 ounces of water or crystal lite a day. My weight loss has slowed down but that's normal when you get closer to goal. Good luck and keep up the good work. Hugs, Esther

What? Your dr. is not pleased?? I had surgery the same day and was 354 at surgery. I'm down to 269 as of today. I think 299 is fabulous! I could be doing better as well. I have a tough time eating so early in the day which means I eat more later (plus I'm in law school and in class until 8 or 9 at night). I'm usually eating soup, ceasar salad, lf wheat thins with melted lf string cheese on them. I don't dump, so I'm regularly eating bread, pasta, etc. (I know I should stop!) I'm taking 1 multi vitamin, actigal capsules 3 times daily, 2 calcium chews. I usually also have 1 AchievOne per day or I try to choke down those nasty protein bullets. As for exercise, I usually end up walking 3x a week at the mall of america. About 2 miles in 40 minutes. I take the stairs whenever I find them. Not much more, unless exercising my eyes during reading counts!!! Congratuations on your decision to have surgery. I don't regret it and it sounds like you are going great! Keep up the good work!

Wow! That is wild! Congrats to you too, Kathy!

Mayers are awesome I am working hard this week to lose more by the next weigh in. Hugs to you all, Esther

That is a half of a ton of weight.....when you look at it that way we do rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But I also feel that even though many of us are only losing 2-3 pounds per week, we still rock, Gayle