Stacy, Congrats! I can hardly wait to get there myself. I am at 201.5 and my weight keeps dancing around there. I am starting to think the scale is taunting me... Great job, Christie 338/201.5/170

THANKS FOR SHARING, CONGRATULATIONS, HURRAY, IMAGINE A BIG BAND PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND. YOU DESERVE ALL THE CREDIT IN THE WORLD! I'm at 205 I can harldy wait to breat the 200 mark myself........

WELL MY ANIVERSARY IS 8/9. NEXT WEEK I AM HAVING THE SKIN ON MY ARMS TAKEN OFF AS WELL AS MY STOMACH. I HAVE LOST 158 POUNDS. I DONT KNOW HOW TO FIGURE INCHES. MY MEASURE AT MY BELLYBUTTON WAS 70 AND LAST MONTH IS WAS 57. I AM HOPING THAT THE PANULECTOMY WILL TAKE OFF THE ABNORMAL PART OF ME AND I CAN GET INTO THE SMALL SIZE ON THE BOTTOM HALF AS WELL. IT IS SO COOL TO BE ABLE TO WALK INTO A STORE AND FIND NICE CLOTHES THAT FIT. I THINK THAT HAS GOT TO BE THE COOLEST PART OF THIS SURGERY. I NEVER REALLY LIKED CLOTHES BEFORE BECAUSE THEY WERE MORE TENTS THAN SHIRTS. NOW IT HAS A BIT OF SHAPE AND FASHION IN A SIZE 14-16 DEPENDING ON THE MAKERS. THE FACTORY OUTLET STORES IN LOVELAND ARE GREAT! I HAVE WENT THROUGH MY CLOSETS 4 TIMES IN THE PAST 9 MONTHS. SOMEONE IN THE SALVTION ARMY HAS SOME PRETTY NICE CLOTHES. CONGRATS TO FELLOW AUGUST LOSERS WHO NOW ARE THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF THE LOSERS LOUNGE!

I'm an August 3rd baby as well. I'm down 108 lbs and losing veeerrrryyy ssslllooowwllyyy now. I've lost about 5 lbs in the past 2 months. Aargh! But my excuse is that my family has been in the process of a stressful relocation for weeks now and I've been off my exercise pattern, eating at strange times, and eating out a lot. Things will be settling down now that we're finally in the new house--I'm going to hit the regimen HARD to get back on track. But I feel great and am still very glad I had the surgery. No way could I have lost over 100 lbs without it! And this level of stress and upheaval would have caused me to gain 10-20 lbs in my pre-WLS days. I have about 40 lbs left to get to goal. Feels like I'll never get there at this rate, but I'm going to give it all I've got. Back to the gym and back to the rules! Looking forward to an active and fun summer with my kids. ---- Leslie -108

I try to avoid fast food places as much as possible. Usually when DH and I go out it's to a restaraunt where we can split a meal. I usually order steak/prime rib dinner and since we split it....it's not that expensive. Lately though our kick has been Mexican food...I don't know why but I've been on a chicken quesadilla kick. So we'll go and I'll order the chicken quesadilla lunch with all beans and take the rest home for left overs. If we end up going to a fast food joint...it depends on where we go. Normally we'll go to either Taco Bell (DH doesn't like Del Taco) or Wendy's. At Taco Bell I'll order either the chicken quesadilla w/ no sauce or if I'm feeling naughty I'll order a nacho supreme w/ extra cheese. At Wendy's...it's the chili w/ extra cheese. I've tried a few of the burger places...but find that I no longer like the burgers...all I seem to taste is the fat...blech! And fried food just upsets my little pouchy...if DH is craving a burger...we go to Wendy's...or he goes alone. Kristy