Thanks, I have engaged a personnal trainer 4 days a week and it is help[ing. I wnt to my group and what was happening is that I was not eating enough and by body went into starve mode. I now work with my trainer as far as food intake and keep a log. Hope that this works, I know I may not need the reconstuctive surgery to the point I did before I had the trainer.. Thanks

That's awful!!! ...geez... Susan

LOL ! Hey! What a good idea! *giggle* KIDDING

Did anyone think they would be where they are now a year ago? I just remember how frustrated and miserable I was last summer!!! I am just over 8 months out and down 117 pounds. I am down to 163 from 280 - and if I didn't lose another pound I would be happy, but I still have about 23 to go to get to my personal goal! Hope everyone had a nice 4th! Jolene 280/163/...140 (only 23 to go!!!)

lets see i had surgery oct 22/04 so 8 months and bout two weeks Im down to 165.5 as of this morning. Total loss 117 lbs. I am at doctor and personal goal now and looking into plastics. Ive been busy leveling the ground and digging a hole for the center of it for a 34 ft above ground pool and renovating the house we bought. Thats how i get in my excersize I dug and leveled the whole site myself by hand with a spade shovel I can not beleive i did it all by hand. Before surgery it simply would not have gotten done by myself let alone done by hand. I wheel barrowed over 6 tons of sand yesterday alone about 100 feet to the pool area. Im making grown men look lazy and lovin it. Im not dieting ive never been one for dieting i just simply eat when im hungry and i am on the go constantl. I dont eat alot of sugars but i still enjoy my coffee with sugar in it. I do make a concious effort though to eat right. I eat my meats first then my veggies. I try and skip alot of the carbs by eating the protien and veggies first. I do not deprive myself of anything if i want it i have a bite of it. I dont how ever stock things int he house on a regular basis to temp me but if im out and its around (sweets) ill take one have a bite and give the rest to one of the kids or hubby. Im looking into a lipectomy(tummy tuck without the muscle tightening) which is covered by our canadian system. I go to that in september for a consulation and hopefully will have the surgery in october sometime. Well that is about what ive been up to and how i got to where i am now. Hope everyone is doing awesome. kindest regards deborah gale nova scotia