Hey, I actually do watch what I eat and that's what ****** me off so much! I can eat anything and I don't dump so I do have to make an active choice each day to eat the right foods and I more than do my part in exercising so I don't understand this! So many people on here barely touch even a treadmill and eat crappy and still the pounds are falling off. I am going nuts with this, I don't think I will ever see the 100's! I am so tiered of see two hundred and something-teen!

Thank you for the post....I did the same thing and now I can see it is somewhat normal....I lost NO weight for 2 months, no matter what I did and I thought that was it, the losing was done, I also had surgery the 12th of September, And it seemed like after the 6 month check up I started getting really hungry all of the time and could and did overeat...It was almost as if I hadn't had surgery because I pretty much couldn't control it. Then just the last few weeks I lost 6 lbs and it gave me the push to commit myself again... I started at 272 and stalled between 208 and 203....Then last week when i went for my B12 shot I was 197...Finally under 200 for the first time in my adult life...I was in a size 30-32 shirt and 26 pants and I am now in a 18-20 shirt and 14 pants..It feels good but I am still having issues because I look in the mirror and see the same fat me...Pictures show a difference but the mirror doesn't to me yet... They say it takes 18 months for your head to catch up to your body...I still get scared when I go to sit on a lawn chair, we went to the movies and I was bracing myself for the spilling over of my body into the next chair and it didn't happen...Lots of issues and I keep thinking I am going to wake up from this losing dream and be bigger than ever.... Good luck to you on this journey...

Weight at morning of surgery: 378 Weight today: 243 Total lost since Surgery: 135 Weight lost prior to surgery: 40 TOTAL LOST: 175 It is amazing what 9 months can do!!!! Hope everyone is doing and feeling well. I know I certainly feel like a new woman! Love & Hugs.... Lori

Im the same way. I feel like my weightloss has completley stopped. And I eat all the time anything I want. Im so afraid Ill gain it back.....

Renee, I too am 9 months post op and I too have probelms with taking compliments. I am 5'9 and weigh 234, I have lost a total 154lbs and I wear a 18 now and that is great compared to the 28 and 30's i use to wear. My goal is to be 180. I am big bones so i don't want to be smaller then that. Anyhow I am having problems with some family that say i have changed. Like for instance my sister in law who is over weight and want even consider the surgery. She tells me that I have changed. I don't see anything change about my personality. The only thing that has is my confiadence. It has boosted 150 times over. And that's suppose to be a good thing. I too love to dress up everytime I leave the house. I want to look pretty for my husband and yes for myself. What is so wrong with that. I don't understand why she feels that way. But I asked my husband and other friends do they think I have changed and they say no. That I look good and seem to feel good and I look much healthier and I they are happy for that. Anyhow I am looking forward and not worrying what she thinks and I can't wait to get to goal. But other then that i am going to take one day at a time. Mary