Hey guys, I'm keeping this as honest as I can get. I need to be accountable and maybe seeing it in black and white will make the difference. I didn't want to be one of those people that took advantage of the surgery and didn't change their lifestyles completely. I'm catching myself doing it a little bit now and its gotta stop!!! 1. What types of food did you eat this week? I ate a few ounces of Sloppy Joes & tator tots for dinner last night, if that's any indication of where I'm at. I still drink my protein drinks or add protein to my Smoothies. I also made non-alcoholic Sangria with Crystal Light Peach Tea, added Strawberries and manadrin oranges. It was sooooooo good. I've been eating like crapola. 2. What types of exercise did you do this week? The only thing I've done is walked at lunch for 30 minutes and walking about night for about 25 minutes. My goal is to walk longer and faster. 3. How much weight did you lose? Total loss? I think I'm down 2 pounds, but it was my period week. Blah. 4. Have you made goal yet? I made my surgeon's goal and he said I looked great at 180ish. I want to be 179. Right now I'm sitting at 189-190. I wanna get rid of the excess. Once I do, I'm getting my plastics consulation as a reward. 5. What do you think you need to improve on the most? Getting motivated, I gotta exercise. I noted that I can eat more "crap" and be okay, as long as I"m exercising. I'm lucky I haven't gained anymore than I have. *Fun bonus question: It's almost Independence Day, what is one thing you are so grateful for? The freedom to make my own decisions! Oh, and Starbucks, hahaha! Amber

Hey girlie, I thought about you the other day because I was going to make a trip to take my son to TN and we were going to drive by your area. I think we are going the other route through NC now though, otherwise I was going to stop and get a hotel in your area and see if you want to have dinner! If things change, I'll let you know. I can't believe you're divorced already! Wow. Mine isn't even final yet. That's my fault though, just haven't been able to really afford to file the papers. I need to get on it. I'm actually gonna see if he'll do it since he's not paying for anything anymore. Yeah, lets get motivated! Once you hit Onderland you'll start freakin' out, haha! It will work. Its just amazing. I gotta kick these 10 pounds now. I'm going walking tonight, A

Sandra- Sorry I can't help...I'd say get yourself to a regular doctor if nothing else. Out innards are nothing to mess around with. Christina R

Howdy Karen, Congrats on the job and the joyfull turn in life! I was at 335 heaviest and 315 pre-op am now 147, at 5'5 I'm sitting near the top of the scale of healthy BMI weight, but I've always been curvy and I know I'm carrying at least a few pounds excess skin. I get scared of getting too skinny, and am going to consult a doctor next week (after my PS consult) to find out what I'm gonna do next. It's amazing what can happen in (almost) two years. Back then I would never have considered walking all day, riding a roller coaster, a horse, turning heads when I walked into a room (in a good way) or half of the other things I've achieved lately! I'm so happy for you, and for anyone else who is a continued sucess!

You'll get there Ree Ree, it just takes a whole lotta patiences thats for sure. I'm very pleased with the way that it happened for me. I see a lot of people that loose it so fast and they almost look sick. I'm glad its taken me longer than others to get there. I don't have a huge amount of sick problems either. One area, but that'll be taken care of in time as well. PATIENCE, hahaha! We'll get each other motivated and sticking to our guns soon enough! A