Hi Carole, Congrats on the weight loss. I am very sorry to hear of your loss and I will be sending you a private email. Adrienne

Emily, Thanks for your response. Believe me it is hard to hold out for a month. I always want to know where I am at. But my clothing sizes help me know too. I know I workout harder towards the end of the month to assure my weigh in the next month will be good. So at least there is some incentive. Congrats on your success so far. Keep up the good work.

Good Morning!! I really love these roll calls. Let's see. Where do I start? Well, first.. I feel grrrrrrrreeeeeeeat. I still haven't thrown up since surgery. My hair loss is minimal. I have gone from a 32 (with lycra) to a 22 (no lycra jean) and I can even squeeze (literally) into a 20 jean. My weight loss is interesting. It started out slow, but has been gradually moving. I'm working out at the gym about 3 classes per week and walking on my off days from the gym. On Suday, I'm doing a 5K (walking). On April 17th... A 10K and on June 13th a triathalon (1/2 mile swim, 12 mile bike and 3 mile walk/run). I teach junior high and even the students are starting to ask me about my weight loss.... that's weird for 13-15 year olds to notice anything but themselves! My husband has always been supportive, but lately... he has been more AWESOME than ever. Ok, so here's the deal... 1997 - banding 396 to 255 10/2003 - revision to RNY 310 to 238.5 So, I've lost 157.5 total --- 71.5 since October

Wow only once a month that is great! I was proud of myself for only weighing myself once a WEEK. But you are even better. Some days it is hard for me to wait the whole week too. I had never heard the only weigh once a month thing before. Alls I knew is I did not want to buy a scale and get addicted. It is so reassuring to step on that scale and see a loss, but we are getting to that stage where that is slowing down and it could be very unmotivating for some.

Down 86 pounds since Halloween week! I am at 184 and am still considered severly overweight which is so hard for me to believe. I feel so much healthier now then I ever did as a size 7 or 5 in my youth. I try not to concentrate on what the scale says though. I weigh once a week just to make sure I'm not gaining. Isnt' that strange - I'm afraid I'll gain it all back or the tool will quit working It has been so fun to wear xl tops and 14 pants. Actually I will be ordering my first size of 12s from oldnavy.com pretty soon. My 14s I bought just 3 weeks ago are already getting a little big. Aren't we at a fun stage in our journey?! My husband has been loven' the new me. I told him, "I'm still the same person, just smaller." He disagreed and said I am smaller but I'm much happier. WOW we are blessed!