I think i am done

I think i am through losing. Not that i want to be or am anywhere near my goal. The weight projector projected i would lose up to 130 lbs. Well i have lost 120 lbs and i haven't lost any more for quite some time. As a matter of fact i have lost and gained the same 6 lbs for over two months. It seems when i start to make headway i gain it all back again till after my period then i will be back to where i started. I have taken up bike riding and really like it. I am sad. I can't even get under 200 yet. I am now at 229. I have been here what feels like an eternity. I am trying to decide if i am now stuck and my next option is to just get the tummy tucks and arm surgery and leg surgery and maybe that will put me under 200. Not that i can afford that at all. But i didn't think i would even think about plastics until i had reached my goal. But now i am thinking they can just lipo it all out. HA Anyway i am discouraged and afraid that this is it. I still have 65 lbs to lose to meet my goal weight. Which i thought was a very conservative goal and according the the height weight chart at that goal would still be fat. So i am trying to decide if i just have to face the facts that this may be all the surgery is going to do. Don't get me wrong.. i am still very grateful to be at this weight. I started at 344 and am now 229... so i have come a long way and i am grateful for that. I just think maybe i have to start understanding my ultimate goal is not going to happen.

I am reading your post and feel the same way at times. It is hard when you don't see the scale move. I've seen mine go a little further (but that is because I started at 418), but still have 70 to go to. I am at 255 right now, trying desperately to break the 250 club.... Keep in mind that the average is 100 lbs in the first year (which we both beat those odds) and the remainder with diet and exercise in the last six months before our body stablizes... Get that protein and H2O up....good luck. I agree with the plastic surgery, there is a woman here in Windsor that got it done and was showcased in the paper, she lost 20 lbs in skin (tummy tuck, arms legs, butt) I cannot wait to get that done too...but I promised myself I would get to goal of 185 before I considered it.... Hope it works out for you...Silly.

Thank you for reminding me of the average weight loss in a year. I guess when i look at the numbers i am just beign greedy. you have donw so well for yourself and you have to feel so much different. It is so easy to forget how far i have come... i am so used to teh new me that i forget till people see me and freak out and coment on my loss. I still wear very large pants but i know if i could get rid of the skin on my stomach i would be so much smaller. ONE DAY...

Hi Paula~ Boy can I relate to you on this. Even though I did break the 200 lb. mark, I've been stuck at 197 ever since. I wanted to get to 150, but I'm not sure it will happen. I still am doing all of the right things, with the protein, low sugar, low carbs, exercise, water, etc. But it doesn't seem to make a lot of difference. I lost a whoppin' 5 lbs. last month. Where I am noticing the difference is in the inches. If you haven't been tracking them, you might want to. I think it will help...I wound up losing 2 inches in my waist just last month! With all of the bike riding you've been doing, I bet it has made a difference in your body. I think I would still give it another 6 months before making a decision about the plastics. I have hanging skin everywhere, too. My arms and legs are just incredibly sad, not to mention that I have these huge vertical lines in my face when I smile. I think I'm going to have to have fat injections in them to look normal. It kind of scares me. But, I want to finish losing as much as possible and have kids, if possible, before really looking into it. When we refi'd our house, we set some money aside to do some surgery, but I highly doubt it will be anywhere near what it's going to really be. Anyways, I just wanted you to know that you are not alone. I think a lot of us are feeling this way. You have done an amazing job and should be incredibly proud of yourself. Hang in there and don't give up. Hugs, Kerri

I have been keeping measurements all along... And normally they do help me out. I show difference there... But i actually am starting to get bigger. but my thighs bulking up after all the bike riding i suppose its to be expected. Maybe i should do it this month.. i try to just measure once a month cause i haven't seen a difference there is quite some time. And when the numbers started to get bigger i actually freaked and thought it was best not to look for a while. 150 was my goal at first. But it just seemed so unattainable. I know it is what the height weight chart said i should be at. I figured i would have at least 10-15 lbs of lose skin so i adjusted my goal to account for that. My hope was that way i would maybe make it. But i may just be selling myself short. BTW- i checked out all of your race pictures when you first posted them... you are such an inspiration. I have talked my husband and kids into doing a family race like that with me if we can find one. We live in tiny rural area for now... But we are moving to the Dallas Fort Worth area soon and i am sure they will have something like that to participate it. I am even thinking of finding a bike race somewhere too. I just think it would be fun.

Hey Paula Thanks for saying what I have been feeling. I have lost 130, but it took me 5 weeks to loose 4 lbs. I still have 30-50 lbs to loose and just don't know how to get it done. I really don't want to take another year to take off the last 50. I don't think I can take the skin that long. Plus, I don't think my incarcerated hernia will last that long either. I have sent my surgeon an email asking if he could revise my pouch with a hernia repair. Maybe that would give me the last 50. I don't know. I exercise for an hour + 4 to 6 times a week. Twice a week with a personal trainer. I don't know girls. I just keep up the protein 100+, water 64 oz, and exercise. I guess eventually the rest will have to fall off.

WOW you are really kicking it in the pants with all that exercise. Good for you... you must be feeling so fit and healthy. Do you take anything special to help combat the constipation from all the protein? What have you found that works for you? i agree if it takes me another year to lose 50 i will get so discouraged.. But that is probably the reality of it. We are so spoiled from how easy the first 100 came off. HA HA

Hi Paula I find the more I exercise, the more I drink, the less constipated I am, and the more energy I have. I get most of my protein from Profects (3-4 a day) and Power Crunch bars - vanilla wafer(very light). So, the movement oft he exercising and the extra water keep me going every 2-3 days. If I find myself getting slower than 3 days, then I take a couple of dulcolax tablets. I also take a liquid iron, that actually tastes good and doesn't cause constipation. If I feel really bloated and backed up, I will get an enema. But I haven't needed to do that since about the 5th or 6th month. I just keep trying to tell myself to keep it up and sooner or later the body will have to listen. Sharyn

Hey, where did you find the calculator to see what you would lose? I didn't know we could stabilize at a higher weight. You know I've been stuck since last month. Up and down w/ the same 5 lbs. I am trying to stay encouraged, but it is hard not to be discouraged. Good luck!