Kerri this is great news about about your dad. Wow 40 years as an educator that is amazing. I'm just trying to make it to half of that. We are going to have life long struggles but it sounds like you are being proactive. As soon as I drop this lil bundle of mine I will be right there with you all getting back on track. Monica

HI kerri ur right we proly are all in the same boat and strugglin! hugs

Hi Fellow Junebugs... Wanted to give you a general update. For those of you who sent your prayers our way for my dad, Thank you!! He went through one round of chemo (4 sessions) and his stage 1 cancer went into remission~ Praise God!!! We are so unbelievably grateful. He is retiring from 40+ years in education in June~ what a celebration for him. He will have checkups every 3 months, and full body scans every year...but we are very, very happy! As for me~ I, like so many others out there am struggling with my weight. I've been very good to take my vits and my calcium and my b12. My exercise has been so-so. My weight, however, has gone from my lovely 164 (lowest) to 179. Yikes!!!! I want to blame the stress of the last few months, but the reality is, I still love to eat sweets and I'm having a hard time not grazing. The one thing I have done is take my protein drink every day. I still am doing my 6. 2 miles, but boy is it harder now! Anyways ~ for all of you who are in the same boat...hang in there. We can do it!!! I've started doing some counseling~ for a lot of reasons, but one of the issues I'm dealing with is the weight. Try to find someone for support, or find it from us, here. I am going to make it a priority to get back on here daily. We're all in the same boat. Hugs, Kerri

Please keep us up to date. In our prayers.

I'm almost 2 years out. I've been reading all of the positive post about how so many of you are at your goal weights. I feel like that fat kid that has even flunked gastric bypass surgery. My start weight was about 380-390 pounds. My lowest weight since surgery is approx 255-260 pounds. Now today I'm at about 275-280 pounds. I haven't been able to loss and keep it off since my one year mark. I'm really scared of gaining the weight back. I do fine with most meals (even though sometimes I can eat quite a bit) but I want to gaze all day. Cookies are my weakness. Nights are the hardest. I really feel out of control just as much as I did at 390 pounds. I can't seem to get a grip. I keep starting and failing...