It's been 4 yrs I am all ready , I'll update later tonight it's a 1 day in and home thing.

Happy early bday!! You and I have same surgery date!! I got to over 400 lbs, on surgery date was 358, I got down to 148 for a week(cellulitis) and then was 158(I was too thin). I am now 179, and had got up to 187.I am on my way down. I think 165 to 169 would be good for me. I gained a lot of muscle this last year as I worked out every day this past year and became vegetarian.! I eat a lot of soy based meats etc.

I don't like facebook very much, but it might be better than here?

Anyways happy surgiversary to us both...

Here is a FB group I created.  I will keep it up until the end of September.  If we get a few people to come on over, then yay!  If not, I'll remove it.  Hopefully this will help some of us who need more support.  Send me an email at avonfromshannon at yahoo dot com and I will email the link directly to you.

Here is a FB group I created.  I will keep it up until the end of September.  If we get a few people to come on over, then yay!  If not, I'll remove it.  Hopefully this will help some of us who need more support.  Send me an email at avonfromshannon at yahoo dot com and I will email the link directly to you.

Technically my surgiversary date is Sept 14th, but I've been nostalgic all month LOL!  I started out at 280, was at 262 when I had the surgery, and my lowest weight was 145 lbs.  I bounced up to 167 and am now back down to 162 with my eye on being 150.  My birthday is October 3rd, and i have every intention of losing those 12 lbs by my birthday.

My biggest problem?  Stupid stupid stupid.  Alcohol!  I was drinking far too much beer and screwdrivers and bloody mary's and that is why I was not only gaining weight but getting really puffy under my eyes.  I stopped that crap over a week ago and lost 5 lbs already.

I am all for a support group.  How about I start a Facebook group for those of us who had surgery this month and really want to stay connected?  I will post a link and if we get a few joiners then great!