There is a 2 part story that ran today(sunday) and pt 2 will run monday about gastric bypass and some local Delaweareans that has had it.Go to www.delawareonline.com click on News Journal then click the gastric bypass link.

I know, dosen't it **** you off. Adrienne

In 6 months I am going to my first NASCAR race at Talledega. I am so excited and I would really like to be down to 225 but at the rate I am going now, I think that may be unrealistic. I will be seeing my brother then and probably not before(seen him at Christmastime), so I would love to be able to not be recognized by him and also to weigh less than him which would be a first in our lifetime!! (he weights 240 right now). To be able to go to a race in the past would have been impossible because of the walking that is involved. I have been at a plateau for the past month, but I have started walking a couple of extra times a day on the treadmill this past week. I am fighting with a nut problem (lol) I have gotten hooked on sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds and mixed nuts so I guess I better start leaving them alone (I eat them instead of a meal -they do have protein). It seems like most people will have the main part of their weight off in one year, but since I am older, I think I will probably be struggling with it still. Marilyn 362/277/goal: below 200 (April 2003 wt was 397)

Adrienne--are you drinking your water out of a cap that is like on the Propel bottles?? If so, stop doing that for a couple of days and see if that makes a difference. I went thru CAT scan and almost exploratory surgery and during the CAT scan I had to use a straw at the end of the test and thought "this sure is like sipping form the Propel cap" and stopped it that day, within 2 days the pain was gone. Hope it is something this simple. Marilyn

Thanks everyone. Hope it helps .It will happen for you all. Thanks lester