Hey Friends..... Well, today I celebrate my 6 mos anniversary of WLS...I am so thankful (regardless of the many plateaus I have been on).....I stepped on the scale this morning and think I have broken the plateau...I am now down 75 pounds since surgery (95 pounds pre-surgery...I lost 20 pounds before surgery day) for sure.....would have loved to have been more for this honeymoon period but I am very happy..... I am grateful for: Feeling so much better physically, mentally, spiritually Feeling more confident...love the compliments..... Making a decision to get more healthy Making new friends to help me with journey And many more.....thanks so much all for your love and support....take care!!!! Ann

WHOO-HOO! Congrats! Keep it up! Lisa -101.8 lbs 34.2 til goal 10/7/04 lap RNY

I am sorry you are going thru this. The sad thing is though that when you had the surgery you had no choice but to change. He didnt change at all... it has to be his decision. My husband is a very skinny man and eats sweets all of the time. He has a very large sweet tooth. He eats king size reeces daily and always has a lemon meringue pie in the refridgerator. I didnt expect him to change his way of life to please me. I dont expect him to not be able to eat those things in front of me. My friends do it. I understand you want him to be healthy but he obviously stuck with you when you were obese. Try and remember what it was like when you liked to eat all of those things. We had to decide to do this on our own. The fact that you expected him to hide it from you is a sure fire way to cause him to binge eat which will ultimatly make him gain more weight. We look at ourselves and see ourselves improving and then see all the faults in everyone else and then get mad at them for not being as food conscious as we are. We didnt use to be that way and I wont degrade anyone obese for eating the way they eat because I was once there and I know how it feels to be judged. I will be damned if I will hide what I eat from anyone... You share this home with your husband... he is allowed to eat too...YOU have to learn to not let it bother you. YOU have to decide that this is something you dont want to eat but dont leave him because he wants to eat chocolate or biscuits. Hell, I have had some chocolate and even a biscuit. Yes, I have changed certain things in the house but its simple things like not frying stuff, sugar free jello.. things like that. They still get to have their sweets and my daughter enjoys the SF stuff. I have my treats and they have theirs. I never ever told my husband to not have anymore chocolate and no more cokes and cake, etc... We changed NOT them. We can change some things in our household but dont expect them to eat like we do... We really dont have a choice. I remember eating 2 double cheeseburgers, fries and a coke. Then an hour later eating popcorn or ice cream... Food is an addiction!! I dont mean to sound harsh but I kinda am aggravated by this post. I think there may be more to the whole situation than him just having some chocolate and biscuits. I wish you all the best of luck. I am curious if their are children involved and how long you guys were married.

Congratulations Kiki!!! ,, I myself am 1/2a lb. from the century club and I can't wait to post myself when I get there!! Continued success!!! Mayra

Finally I get to post this!!! Down 100.3 pounds as of yesterday ! YES!!! Congratulations to all of us and future progress! 370.1 pre-surgery 360.1 10/12/05 Day of Surgery 269.8 04/22/05 27 weeks out -100.3 !!! GOAL: 150-160 - ~120 to go. Yikes!