Ok, here goes... paula Surgery date, 9-28-05 Today's weight: 202 (I move from 200.3 to 204) been at this since Sept... I could do more to get it off, but I've been very lazy to do so..no exercising and eating WAY too many carbs... Stress will do this to me and does... Oh well, if I don't gain another pound, and don't lose another pound, I'll be very happy. To be able to shop in a regular sized dept is awesome! I've never planned to be lower than 175-180 anyways.. Paula

Well im at 154 This is a weight i was at for many years in my old military days hoping it give up soon and i drop some more but if not it sure beats the 300+ pre surgery. I do fluctuate 5 lbs and I to weigh myself daily to keep track and never let things get out of hand again. Tammy O Congrats on the baby too!!! you will do great when i had my son I only gained about 20 lbs and lost it right away. It was the move after when i put on the weight later.

I am looming around 143. Somedays I am a little more, some days a little less. I keep saying I am going to start exercising again and never do. I am having a problem with depresssion and I know that exercising may help me get out of this funk- but I just can't seem to get motivated enough. Hugs, Christine

Christine, I understand how you feel. I don't post a lot because sometimes I feel guilty that I am at my goal weight when others are still trying to lose. I worked hard to get where I am but I just did not have as much to lose as some people or lost faster than others. I passed my Dr's goal of 150 by 20lbs but that was just a goal she set for me that would be an acceptable weight it was not set in stone. I talked to her about it when I wanted to go lower and she told me going to 130 was ok but no lower. According to BMI I think I could go as low as about 115-120 and be ok but I listened to my Dr and stopped at 130. I have people telling me sometimes that I am too thin or not to lose any more weight but everyone has been pretty supportive. I don't have the problem of feeling like I"m not good enough for other people like you mentioned I only have the problem of feeling like I'm not good enough for ME. I look at myself in the mirror and can still find lots of areas I'd like to change. I wish I could lose more weight from my hips and thighs area but it won't come off there without coming from the top half of my body and even I can see that I am thin there. You can see my breastbone, collar bones, some ribs, etc...I don't want to look sick and it's not worth that just to have thinner thighs. I have to contantly remind myself though because I still hate those parts. I am wearing a size 4 in jeans and an EXTRA small in scrubs at work but yet I can still feel this way about myself. So I understand how you feel with wanting to be thinner and thinner. Just try to do like I am doing though and say it's ok for me to think "I'd like to be thinner" but just don't let yourself act on it. You are thin enough and you don't want to go overboard. But talk to your Dr and ask them to draw the line for you like mine did, then don't cross it. They are the experts. Tell everyone else to take a flying leap, your health is most important.

frustrating but I am at 184 now I was down to 172 then up to 192 back down to 184 thanks to a trainer that I hired to help me get back on track. She kicks my butt!! But I am healthy and toner now!! whohoo!!