Nevermind my last post. I just realized that you all are RNY patients. I thought you were lap band patients...I was thinking to myself...how in the world did they lose all this weight before their first fill? LMAO. I feel better now knowing that I was comparing apples and oranges..lol Sorry, Melanie

I had my surgery on July 3, 2006 and I've lost 50 pound. Check out my profile to see my before & after picture. It's located at the bottom of my profile. I was amazed myself when I saw it. Good luck to everyone in their weightloss journey. Lots of Love Kathy

Deb, I hit the scale only at the gym and then ONLY after I've worked out. At that point the endorphins are going so strong, if I'm up or down, it doesn't really matter. At the most, I hit the scale 2x a week and that's if I remember. I'm down 52.2 lbs since my 7/12 surgery, and I didn't even think about weighing until I went to my first post-op class in early August. My real gauge? Clothes. I've put on a pair of pants on a Monday that were snug, and by the next Monday they were comfortable and by the Monday after that, they were headed to Goodwill. Clothes-check...works every time for me. EL

IMHO, weighing every day is NOT a good idea, at least until we are at maintenance. Our weight can easily fluctutate up and down a few pounds every day depending on all sorts of things . . . how much water we are retaining, how much we pooped, barometric pressure (just kidding), what time of month it is . . . you get the drift. And those of us who are desperate to lose can become VERY upset over those daily variations. I promised myself I'd weigh only once a week, and when I broke that promise and weighed a second time, I had GAINED a pound. So I am back to once a week or less, and thinking that the best advice I received when I was worried about my stall was . . . Step AWAY from the scale!!!!! Jezia

Congratulations Bobbie! Janet