Yay!

I am finally only obese! I am 15 lbs from my 2nd goal of being below 200 by Christmas. I have gone from 284 lbs to 215 lbs in nearly 4 months. I am so glad I had this surgery!

congrats!!!!!! I just found out that my insurance does not cover any procedure even if medically necessary. Missy Il.

Lora! That is awesome. I am almost identical to you! I started at 280 and am at 213 now. I want to be under 200 by Christmas too! Lets see if we can do it! How exciting. Congrats tyo you! And continuesd success. Dianne RNY 7-30-03 280/213

I say Yay also as I am glad to see some people that are in my weight loss range. I am 4 months out and have lost 60pds. Now there were a few times in the beginning that I was a bit dissapointed but not after I started looking at it as 60pds. is half of what I need to reach goal so if I can lose that in 5 months (which I did in 4) than I will have another 14 months to lose the other half. That is going by what I've heard some say about you lose for appr. 18 months. Knowing this it is still nice to hear other people in the same range.

I am also in your group. My surgery was on 7/30/03 and I am now down to 179 pounds from 252. I cannot believe how this is going so wonderfully. It is definately work but not like the old dieting. I applaud all of us!