:D Just wanted to say congrats. I went last week for my 2 year check up and was happy to hear that I'm 3lbs lower than the goal Dr Clark had set for me. Keep up the good work. ~Donna~

I'm so sorry you are not having the success I've had, I keep you in my prayer's... If you are a believer, please pray yourself... Please, keep up with your medical treatment to find out what's going on! Best of wishes, Debbie

Remember, No carbs, lots of protein, stay away from sugars and fats. Take your vitamins and drink lots of water. Just know that you have been given this opportunity and it's totally up to you now. God and the rest of us are with you. Just make the choices you know in your heart that are right. Don't give up and don't give in!!

Here it is almost two years since that fateful day and I can reflect upon a couple of things that sort of sum up how things are going. 1. My 'goal' was done by size, not weight. (And this would be my own personal goal). I had dreams of being a 14 again, maybe even shimmying into a 12! If you would have told me then that I would be a size 10, (and I hover between 175-180 pounds) I would have NEVER believed it, yet it's true. I buy size 10 jeans, shorts, mediums... sometimes even smalls! It is incredible! Even though the charts still have me labeled as overweight, at 5'8", in a size 10, I am happy as a clam. 2. I think I look healthy. I don't look heavy, yet I don't look 'skinny'. I'm somewhere in that normal range, I think, and that makes me feel confident. 3. I did, however, move almost a year ago. I'm out of the loop, too far to see my surgeon anymore and believe it or not, I have NOT been able to find a support group in my new location. It blows my mind. So over the past year I feel I have slipped from the healthy eating a bit, and I certainly am not exercising like I should. I miss the fellow WLSers and feel rather lost at the moment. I need to get back on track and I certainly need some sort of support network to keep myself grounded. Though my weight fluctuates a wee bit I haven't gained and for that I'm grateful. I do realize however, that I need to be proactive and get back on the straight and narrow before I undo all of the good that's been done. Congrats to all of you on your successes over the past two years. It's nice to stop in here from time to time and read how life has changed for the better, for nearly every one of us. Hugs!

I have lost well over 300 lbs. It all went so quickly. I was afraid that it was going waaaay too fast. Now I am 20 lbs. from my goal weight of 200. I have done everything that I said I would do after hitting my different short term goals. My kids love it as much as I do. God is good. http://www.obesityhelp.com/mbgraphics/emoticons/afro.gif