Okay I was realy inspired by being in the 250's range this morning for the second day. Then I was talking to a friend about how my surgon expectes me to be at 180 by march..and I started to panic, wow so much loss to get to such a small number in such a short amount of time. Then I sat down and did some figuring, useing 260 for a starting point that would leave me 80 lbs to lose in 4 months, That is 20 lbs a month, or 5 lbs a week avrage. I have done that in the past easily. I know what small changes I can make to help this along...No more soda,no carbs after lunch,no eating 4 hours b4 bed, add 5 more min to each excersize i do, and then there is the fact everyone insists when hubby gets home I will be burning more calories then I can take in...lol I realy think I can do this, I think it's possable..Just in the last month I went from 278 down to 258 (yeah i know it was the paxil, don't burst my bubble yet...lol) Man I'm gonna miss my diet pepsi..again.. Hugs, Shel

257 today ! I guess the 50's are my new friend....Lets hope they give way to the 40's soon...hehe Am I greedy or what? Shel

Thanks Paula! I needed that! My surgeon has never said anything abou****er loading, so I found that interesting and it certainly makes sense. Im gonna start doing that. Ive really been wanting to snack between meals lately, hope that helps. And the fork and knife rule, I never heard that either, but it makes sense too, although I do eat a lot of beans and vegetable soup. Thats the only way I can get my vegetables in,,I cant tolerate many by themselves. Wierd I know. I can do green beans and corn, but not carrots or broccoli or cauliflower. And I cant stand V8 juice, cant tolerate salads either. I must have a sensitive grouchy pouch! Anyway, thatnks for the post, Im gonna print it out !

I'd be in, but I'm not running it this time around. YOu can use www.elfster.com to coordinate it and it makes the picks for you... Just get everyone to email you their personal info and then keep that info in a saved email...then make up an elfster acct (you don't put personal info in there) and once you get the picks made, email who has who and the exchange info. It's easy. Let me know if you decide to do it. Make a stipulation that if someone is NOT going to totally COMMIT to doing this, that they not sign up. We had one or two that didn't get their gifts in Sept cause someone didn't follow through and never even got in touch with me to let me know that they couldn't afford it or wanted to back out. It was unfair, cause the people that got jipped sent out gifts to their pals and ended up with S**T. NOT FAIR. There's no accountability in signing up, so how do you make someone follow through? You can't..that's the problem and chance we take. Sorry to be a downer, just wanted to let you know what happened in Sept. paula

It was a quick pass, but I'm sure I saw it, and when I went back and checked again later it was not there. But I did...I saw a weight under 260 again this time it was 258........lol Wow I been under 260 twice in the same year,,lets hope we see it again tomarrow, then I can change my weight this month to something i'm proud of, wich reminds me i still have to do last months update on my profile. But I saw it ! Hugs, Shel