Anytime something hits home with me, I try and share............ Glad it helped you!! Blessings, Karen

I don't know John. After having all my diagnoses read "morbidly obese" even if I had bronchitis, hearing I'm overweight is just fine with me! lol But, then, I'm a little bit warped anyway. I emailed my skinny mom yesterday and she was so excited. I was even happier when my surgeon told me I'm ahead of his schedule. Woohoo! He told me if I decide to up my walks to 5 miles a day I have to get an okay from my orthopedic surgeon. LOL I've avoided my orthopedic surgeon because of my weight. Did you know that walking up and down stairs puts 3X your body weight on your knees? Crap, no wonder so many overweight people have knees that are shot!!! So, I really can't wait to see him because I'm not putting 795 pounds on them. I'm *just* putting 564 pounds on them now. LOL At least he can't give me the "you HAVE to lose weight!" speech now. * Cyndi *

Thank you so much for this post....I needed it more than you could ever know!

I too have stalled....I am down 80lbs....and the 2-3 lb flux is annoying!!!! Discouraging too! let me know what works, I am at a loss!

First of all, stop weighing yourself so often. Once a week is good enough. I was making myself nuts with the ups and downs and now that I am weighing once a week I have found that I am losing 2-3 pounds a week. When I was weighing myself everyday, I was getting depressed. When I was at a plateau for a week, I started taking fiber and man, the weight started coming off again. You are doing great with your weight loss. I have lost 75.5 pounds and thought that was good. Keep up the good work. Hugs, Esther