I'm thinking about it, but just don't know if I'm willing to go back into surgery yet. My weight loss is very like yours - I started at 305 and am at 197-198 now for the past 2 months. I also have the bat wings, shar-pei thighs and the jiggle belly. I just have to work up the nerve to go under the knife again if I want to get this stuff off. For those of you who have had p.s., how much weight did it take off of you? How was recovery? Would you do it again?? Thanks, Jane

Hi All.. I'm oh-so close to my goal -- just 49lbs to go -- and have started looking into plastic surgery. It looks like I have 2 shar-pei dogs attached to my thighs . And I know I can get into 14's if I could just zip them up over the skin that was my stomach fat. If I take a running start, I can get actual lift-off with my "batwings" Are there any of you August 2003 grads who have looked into PS yet? I have a friend who had wls 15 months ago and has lost 340 -- he was 545 lbs at the start. He told me about a burn center in NJ that takes donated skin but the donor has to be ready at a moment's notice..skin is a living organ and hasto be used w/in a certain time frame. I live in MD and state regulations forbid that. So, I'm looking into PS as my next step. I'd like to know if anyone has started or has already had the surgery...and what I can expect along the journey. Have you checked out insurance coverage? Financing? Surgeons? Where and how did you start finding all this info out? I've gone on this website to their PS link and found out a bit, but not the amount I'm looking for. I spent so much time investigating WLS that I want to do the same for PS. I'd appreciate any direction you can give me. Thanks...Freda 304/199

Vicky, You are not alone! I have been back into wanting to eat, eat, eat lately. I also am seeing the weight loss slow down to a trickle in the past couple of months. I've gone from 305 to 197, but unless I do better it may stop here. And even that is OK - I just sure don't want to start regaining. One thing I decided to try to do is, since I'm eating more, start moving more too. I haven't exercised as I should have postop, but am starting to walk and bicycle now a few times a week. At least maybe I can use that as a means to keep things a bit more balanced and maybe even kick start some better weight loss again. Good luck to you and to me! ha! ha! Jane

I too at times have the same problem you have. Are you tracking your calories on fitday.com? And are you eating high protein? I found that if I have a cup of ice near me or gum that helps a lot. You may need to up your calories and protein too! Tina