Frightened to say that I went down to 163.5 and back up to 168 3 days later now today im at 167.0 I am so afraid that i am already at the stop point for wt loss. that for now on if i don****ch every morsol of food i will never reach my wt loss goal...is this a plateau or am I done losing....really worried because it seems i get hungry now and i can eat a broader range of foods....any help? Sue.

Congrats from another post-op who started out in the 400+ bracket! You're doing great! Now, if you don't mind my asking, have you noticed any indication that your rate of loss is slowing down? I am curious when this will begin for me as I still have somewhere between 125 and 150 pounds to lose to get to a "normal" to mildly overweight but happy weight... For those of us who start out in the 400s, I hear that we have a really rapid loss in the beginning, but I'm afraid it slows down just like it does for everyone else after the first 100 pounds or so... Hopefully (for both of us), our honeymoon period will continue for quite a while still! I'd love to get down below 250 before the rate of loss really slows much.... Hugs, Lea

You're doing great!! Keep up the good work and you'll be in onederland before you know it! I am hoping to make the two-terville group by next week!! Just 5 more pounds to go! I dream of being able to post that I've made it to onederville!! Great job ladies!!

that's awesome,down 104 pounds 4.25 months and stuck for the last week but it's ok i know it'll pick up again, it has too

I usually do egg beaters with cheese and some sort of meat for breakfast. For lunch, I either have some sort of soup or some leftovers from a previous night's dinner. For dinner, we've been scavenging for exciting meal ideas lately. Here's dinners from the last several nights: tonight--beef stew Monday night--chicken paella Sunday night--lasagna (I ate the meat/cheese/sauce and not the noodles) Saturday night--cowboy casserole (sort of a black bean chili with burger in it and cornmeal dumplings dropped in fixed in crockpot) Friday night--stuffed green peppers (stuffed with rice, beans, meat, and cheese and a tomato sauce over top) Thursday night--a chicken dish with tomatoes, mushrooms, peppers, and spices....yummy! Weds night--Carribean steak (a steak marinated in lime juice, honey, garlic and other seasoning) with a smidge of baked potato and green beans We've really been looking high and low for recipes! The last 3 weeks, we have not had the same thing for dinner twice! And, I am eating more protein than ever before--62 to 83 grams per day thanks to better dinners and then better leftovers for lunch! LOL