I had my 6 month check up today and the dr. was very pleased with my progress... She said the more people have to lose, the faster they lose it in the beginning.. so that made me feel somewhat better.

Down an official 61 pounds - and 37 to go to the doctors goal for me.  She said 180 - but I think that is wayyy too heavy to settle for so I am going for 145.  I think that is achievable over time.

Thanks for posting everyone.. let's try to check in monthly on here to cheer each other on...

Way to go everyone!

Stephanie

Hi all,
I am down 77 lbs since surgery. I have seen some that have lost more and some less but I know our bodies are doing it all in their own time! All that matters is we are doing it one day at a time. 

I still get sad sometimes when I cannot have something I really think i want until I look in the mirror and see how  much I have changed. I am so happy I had surgery.

Happy Holidays all! Merry Good Eating as well!

 I'm a Junie as well.  Down 60 lbs from surgery, 70 lbs from HW.  I try not to compare my loss to others, but it's hard.  Nevertheless, I am ecstatic over what I have lost, and my life is so different.  Even at 190 # (where I am now), I can walk and work out and my knees don't hurt, and on and on.  

I know I eat more calories than a lot of people on here.  I try for a thousand and feel lucky if I hit 1200.  I don't know how people survive on 600 cals a day.  I haven't lost much hair, if any (knock on wood).  That may because I am not restricting calories as much, or maybe I've just been lucky.  

I'd love to have 30 more off by June, which would put me at a hundred total lost, and I think I would be happy at that weight.  I've been in a stall for a couple of weeks now, and the loss is so much slower than it was at first.  Maybe a pound a week.  

Thanks for posting this NDD

I'm down 76 pounds, so I'm 70% of the way to my goal.  Sort of.  If I am at my goal before 1 year, I may try to lose 15 more pounds, so that would make me 61% of the way there. 

CandidBliss - you are looking beautiful. 

And I am totally loving the energy I have!

Hi. My weight loss has been very slow too. I know for the most part it's my fault. I don't execercise regulary and I  still eat some bad things. But overall, I am very happy with the 57lbs I have lost so far. My goal is to be at 160lbs by June 2010, if I am at least close to that will be happy.