I was beginning to fear it would never happen...but then on Saturday I got on the scale and 205 showed in the window!!! I could hardly believe my eyes . Thanks to all who have supported me and kept encouraging me...you guys are my own personal angels and I don't know what I'd do without you all. Thank you all!

I'm so in the same boat! I haven't lost a pound in one month. However, I have put on clothes that 20 days ago did not fit. So I know something's happening, but I agree... I want that number on the scale to moooove! I do have to plead guilty to not exercising as I should. I'm kickstarting that and going back to 3 meals a day and no grazing... I must be part of the century club soon, or I'll have a fit! BTW, never thought I'd feel proud to say this but... I'm obese! Not morbidly obese (as I was before surgery) and not severely obese. Just obese. Whoo hoo! Here's the journal I'm using to keep track of what I eat. I'd bought the book (THIN FOR LIFE) a while back when I was trying to lose weight before, and I really liked it, and loved the journal. It's a great tool to find out what we're REALLY putting in our mouths, plus it offers some good motivation http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0618344241/qid=1109772151/sr=8-4/ref=pd_csp_4/104-4455578-7602358?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

I am sooooooooooooo glad that I am not alone!! I have not been doing the best either. Don't get me wrong, I love my new body, but I haven't really lost anything for a while now. I know that the inches are going down, but I want to see a different number on the scale. I know that we aren't suppose to dwell on the numbers...but it is so hard not to. I need to start up the excersising and make sure that I write down my fluids....that really helps me get the ounces down. If I don't write them down, I tend to slack. We can all start doing better together...........OK? LeAnn

How is your diet? Do you log daily what you eat? Are you getting enough protein and water? What about excersize?

Interestingly enough, I've found some conflicting information... I wonder what is correct: From: http://home.comcast.net/~muzicluvr777/Eval.htm Drink your protein ! ! ! (120-180 mg per day)Why? Even considering that the definition of proximal used by the surgeon varies greatly, in ALL proximal RNY surgeries, the duodenum is bypassed. In order for dietary protein to be absorbed, it must go through several enyzmatic reactions in order to be broken down into amino acids, which are the only form the protein can be absorbed into the small intestine. The first and second of these steps are missed - even in the most proximal RNY. (1.Acid breakdown in the stomach, and 2.delivery of bile and digestive enzymes from the pancreas through the duodenum - necessary for protein breakdown) [This part is in medical-ese, but I can't say it without being so] The two most important proteolytic (protein breakdown) enzymes are secreted from the pancreas in inactive forms - trypsinogen and chymotrypsinogen. In the duodenum, the enzyme enteropeptidase activates trypsinogen to trypsin, which, in turn activates, among others, chymotrypsinogen to chymotrypsin. The trypsin and chymotrypsin split certain peptide bonds within the protein. Another pancreatic enzyme splits off single amino acids from one end of the protein chains that occur in the digestion process. Since the chewed food doesn't even start the digestive process (for protein anyway****il it reaches the common channel (where the 2 upper parts of the Y), it has significantly less time to "do its work" and breakdown the dietary protein into the amino acids that we (or anyone) can absorb. Therefore dietary protein should not be counted for more than 25-50% of its value in the proximal RNY patient. In the distal patient, dietary protein would not be counted at all.