Hey Tam! I did GREAT this last week. I logged 12 miles! I walked 3 days x 2 miles= 6 miles. Monday I walked 4 miles= 10 miles total. Then yesterday I walked another 2 for a grand total of 12 miles! It feels so good to be able to say that! Whoo hoo! We had a busy 4 days off. We were on the go every day. Got lots of sun and spent alot of time with the family. Now it's back to the grind... Oh well, at least it is a short week! I better get busy, new boss started today! Take care sweetie! Lori 281/169/140

Hi Tammy, I did okay - I managed to get in my min. 3x30 every week. I just need to focus a bit more about planning it. Right now the weather and no work make it easy to fall into exercise - come the middle of Aug and I'm back at school - I'll have it a lot harder if I haven't started focusing. My biggest success is that I've managed to bascially (well - I haven't gone higher than goal) maintain my weight for my first month post-goal. Dawn 258/134/135

Hi Pat, First a little tough love... KNOCK IT OFF!!! You've lost 80 plus pounds (when was the last time you could say that??) and you're less than 20 lbs from goal - even with the weight gain this last month. Both of those are something to be very proud of! If you've been exercising 5x a week you've probably gained a lot of muscle and are much smaller because of that. You're setting yourself up for a burst of weight loss because of the extra muscle mass. Also, you got out there and dated someone - for over 2 months!!! How cool is that?? I've yet to cross that bridge yet - though I did try Match.com for 3 months with no success. I doubt seriously that you gaining 6 pounds ran off the guy you were dating - unless of course YOU changed (which is sounds like you probably did - got all negative didn't ya? ) You know what the problem is - grazing. You said you wanted to go back and re-have the surgery. So, figuratively, do so. Go back to that first month post-op. Go back and reboot yourself mentally. We all seemed to start struggling about the 6 month mark - some of maintained for a month or so - no progress - but not giving up. You've just hit your wall a little harder and a little later. YOU CONTROL YOUR SUCCESS. You've been given a terrific tool - you seem to have a great support network - use them both correctly and you'll be back on track before you know it. Don't be a stranger - let us know how you're doing sweetie! Dawn 258/134/135

Lets just combine them!! what does everyone else think? (((((HUGS))))) Sheree

Hey Donna, I feel the same at times as you are now. I have been stuck and regain that 2 to 3 pounds over and over again these past 2 months. I got down below 200 and today on my 11 month post-op anniversary I weighed in at 202. Now I could get depressed (and to be honest, I am), but I'm going to look at my past journal and see what I've been doing to sobotage myself. I too am single and these days it is even harder to be alone then ever. I keep thinking that if I look so different then last year, why hasn't someone asked me on a date? I don't know the answer to that one. So even though I'm not the same women I was 11 months ago on the outside, I feel like I am on the inside. That goes for the good parts and the bad parts of what makes me, me. Ya know what I mean. So, I believe we all have this journey to make inside and out. Maybe during this 4 day break you can begin to work on the inside stuff like me. Hope you get out of the dumps (emotional ones) and that I will too! I should be excited today because I am closing on a house for the first time in my life. However, getting on that scale today just didn't help to put me in a good place. Hope all gets brighter for us all! Lori 293/202/135