Hey Melissa, this must be pretty common! I freak out pretty consistantly because I can eat any and everything as before... yea yea just smaller ammounts. What freaks me out is how i eat, on the weekends I allow myself to come off my routine. I will eat so frequently! I do actually make the smart choices however, all whole grains and protein.. although I don't freak like some people on here with there special bariatric food and protein shakes-I don't have time to be ordering my food on the internet! I hit a serious month long plateau that scared me to death, I thought it was a done deal! I decided I can't screw around.. I am still going to eat normal and healthy, just avoid the obvious like chips and greasy fast food and sweets. I started summer school so I don't have time to exercise like a mad woman like I was... which was when I was on my plateau so even MORE frusturating! So now I do what I can, I take the stairs wherever I am and walk as much as I can, park faw away, etc. On my 3 off days I will do my exercies but what I learned after the stall, I can't obsess... the pouch WILL do the hard work, and yes you should ecercise to get to your goal and stay toned but I can't obsess over it anymore! I let go of the control and do what I can for now. If I am just sitting around like a stuffed mushroom then yea I will get my ass in gear and walk. Just be smart and do what you can, you don't want to feel like you could have done more..that really sucks when the honeymoon is over!

congratulations on doing so great. I can't wait to get one century card, and you can get 2. awsome. JO

RE: ~*~ 9 MONTH CHECK-IN ~*~ Weight at morning of surgery: 289 Weight today: 182 Total lost since Surgery: 107 Weight lost prior to surgery: 38 TOTAL LOST: 145!!! WOW, love to see those numbers! I have lost TONS of inches too!!! Glad to see that everyone is doing so well!!

Yes, it finally broke. Hooray!! I'm losing more slowly and kind of in spurts now but it has happened. Of course, last week I had an emergency appendectomy and put on 8 lbs. from the IV fluids in the hospital (grrrr...) but it's gone now. I think when I wrote the original message I was stuck at -98 lbs. and now I am -114. I didn't really do anything different. My body just started losing again when it was ready.

This is such a relief to read. I am in the exact same boat. I have been flexing back and fourth 5lbs for the last 2 months. I haven't been working out either. So I really need to wake up, and begin to take control again. I signed up for this, and I am not going to let my bad habbits come back. Hearing that everyone is having the same thoughts is a big help, and now I know exactly what I need to do. I know I am not alone, and this isn't a failure. I just need to get myself motivated and in gear once again. I know as soon as I see that scale move in the right direction again, I'll be right back on track, Thanks guys!!!