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

OK......what is wrong with us? We all want to be successful, where our weight loss is concerned, but we are a success. We are all different. We all have different things going on. We started out at different weights and we are going to lose at different rates. I have loss 75 lb. in seven weeks, but I was over 400 lb. pre-op. I was taking Lasix and I was full of water. Most of the first weight loss was water. We should not compare ourselves. We lose a percentage of our weight each week and some weeks we don't lose anything. All I have to say is, "BE GREATFUL." Have some acceptance, OK?

Hi Mary, I'm sorry you're struggling with meat. I'm constantly amazed at the few problems I have with protien. I can eat any kind of "hard" meat like steak, pork chops, roast, ham. What I have difficulty with is canned tuna, chicken or turkey, eggs and fish. Doesn't make sense, but it's what stays down and it seems to be working. I had surgery on 7/3 and as of 10/27 was down 94#'s. I can eat all vegetables and fruits as well. Have only tried bread 3 x's but it went OK also. I do throw up on occasion (it's been two weeks without now) but I think it's usually because I eat too fast (old habits) or don't chew well enough. I usually just wait 15-20 min and then am able to eat. I also tolerate dairy so made some custard with skim milk and splenda this weekend. Mmmm!

Yup, I hate to eat too. My PCP said that one of the reasons I could be slow at losing (though she does not think I am slow) is because I only get about 500 calories in a day so my body is really holding onto them. The ONLY time I lose is when I exercise. I keep plugging away. I did finally hit 180 lbs. 40 more to go till I hit my dieticians goal, 50 before I hit mine. At this point I will be more then happy with my dieticians goal. BTW, my surgery was on July 15th.

Yes I have that problem many days. Then every once in a while I am actually hungry! That happens if I am out all day and have not been able to drink my water. I also have food issues where nothing sounds good to me anymore and I am tired of eating the same old things, that I feel are high protein and low carb! I have been on a plateau all this week for some reason happened week before last too, I don't know why! I do loads of protein, water and exercise and still have lost 65, not as much as most others, but I am happy with it and about 65% to goal already, with 40-45 left to lose, so I am ok with it. I think you are doing great with 75 in three months! Keep up the great work, and hopefully our interest in food will improve a little, not too much though since we don't want to go back to habits of pre-surgery, right?! Laurie