Hi karen, we are surgery buddies and I want to let you know that we are in the same situation. I lost 15 before surgery and 38 since surgery. I have just recently lost 2 pounds before that I was stuck at 36 too. I eat about the same # of calories as you. I was feeling really bad but since I came to the July board I feel like I am pretty average with every one else. I go back to the doc on the 26th and he is expecting me to have lost 18-24 pounds but I am not sure if it will happen or not. I am sick to death of worrying about it though I can tell you that much.

That is great. you have been a lot of help.I will be thinking of you tomarrow morning when I have my eggs. I hope now that I am done with my stall I will be able to do as good.and with out the oatmeal maybe I will.

Don't be discouraged! We're all different and some of us have WAY more to loose than others! I started off at 374lb! Jan

I think a lot of people have unreal expectations, but your doing a wonderful job and need to remember you didn't put it on nearly as fast as your loosing it! Jan

Yesterday, I had the pictures from our vacation developed. At the time they were taken, I was down 100 pounds from my pre-op weight. I looked at some compared to my "before" pictures. I'm sorry, but I see no difference. The wife says it is plain as day to her, but not to me. I just see the same useless blob of fat in both pictures. Anyway, I just got back from the doctors, expecting to be berated for my lack of weightloss between now and my appointment two months ago, but the Dr. said he is completely happy with it (50 pounds lost), and to keep doing exactly what I'm doing. My attitude was "50 pounds? That's it???" I guess I have unreal expectations. Anyway, "The Deep Depression(tm)" has set in.