Hi June people

Hi Ben, I can eat cream of chicken soup, but no other way works. I ate an egg this morning, I havnt been able to eat those. I put mrs dash and scrambled the egg, then put it into a bowl and mixed spicy mustard and mayo with it and it was good and stayed down. Amy

You are doing better than me. I had surgery the day before you and have lost 40lbs. So you got 7lbs on me. Everyone is different. I used the calculator on fitday.com and I need to lose 2lbs a week to reach my goal in a year. So I guess I am doing that. Michelle in SoCal

Hi Michelle, Maybe where I am is normal then and I need to go to fitday and check it out, I think my problem is that I want to lose a hundred pounds overnight lol and that is not going to happen. Hope you reach goal soon. Amy

Hey Amy, you are doing fine. Where else could you have lost 47 lbs in this short of time. I too have only lost 50, and sometimes get so discouraged, but thats OK. I am losing - steady loss - so I am happy. Take your measurements, that is the true test. How about your clothes. I am really noticing my clothes - and having to buy new ones. Was your sister heavier than you? Sometimes the heavier you are, the quicker you lose. How nice to go this together - but don't compare. Just support one another.

Hi Ya Cyndi, yes it has been nice having my sister to go through this with, she is heavier than me, I do need to measure myself. Sometimes I catch a look at myself in the mirror, then I go back to look again and the same ol me is there. So every once and awhile I see a difference.

Heavier people lose faster so if your sister is heavier, they lose faster. You are doing great!

Thanks Karen Looks like she is going to keep on and pass me up. I will get there slowly but surely.

i started at 321 and am now at 281 so that is 40 pounds in 11 weeks i basically stopped losing weight the entire second month...i also stopped eating and almost had no energy and did very little excersise;;;;then i joined curves and ate 3 meals no matter if i was hungry or not.....while it was still slow i did begin to lose weight again....i read a book that says if you have tried losing weight many times you have really messed up your metabolism.....you really have to jump start it again with excersise and protein.....good luck

Hi Leslie, I do think my metabolism is messed up, I have been on every kind of diet known to man I think. I believe this is why I worry about not losing as much weight as some. I have failed at so many diets, sometimes I think this might not work either. Then I think, this cant fail because you cant give in and cheat, so it has to work. So many years of dieting has messed with my mind. I must get over that for sure.

HI Amy I had my surgry June 13th, and the funny thing is I never get on the scale. I know from going to dr and badgering him- is it more than this less than this...I lost approx 60 pounds and started at 270. I could be in a stall 2 weeks I would not know..LOL. I have a horrible time drinking water and my mouth is desert dry. I hate everything but have a shake and maybe a stallone pudding and push dinner- maybe a 4 ounce cottage cheese or 2 ounces of chicken. I never want to eat. I use a lot of protein supplements. I joined curves over a month ago and go 3 to 4 times a week. I take a lot of vitamins including Biotin and Zinc to guard hair..maybe??? And try for 70-90 grams of protein though lots of it is i supplments. I know I need to up calories but the shakes have a lot..and I might be having 5 to 600 some days and that is what they said I should have,. I have to have 2 meals a day they know I can't do 3 and no snacks. no 5 meals a day small allowed- all diets so different. I could stall for 4 weeks and you could overtake me - and we all even out in the end!!! Take care Edyth