Gotta admit...

I'm jealous of all you girls who are already at goal and scheduling your tummy tucks! I've got 31 lbs to go before I can consider it...and I just hate the way it looks now Not to mention the floppy girls Lisa

*hugs* No worries it will be you in that spot in no time!! I agree with the jealousy of "being at goal already" part but not the plastics. They aren't in my future so I don't let it bother me lol. But I would love to be under a year out and that close to goal. I hope everyone that is that close to goal or already there, realizes how lucky they truly are. *huggles* Chin up!! You will be tummy tucked and perky in no time! Felicia =0)

Thanks, Felicia. I guess I'm remembering how everything looked before gaining all that weight and I remember it looking better at this stage...it's hard sometimes. Lisa

(((((HUGS, LISA))))) You will be there soon. I wasn't sure when to call for PS. I asked my WL surgeon and he told me to wait until I maintained for 18 mos. I called the PS and they said I had to maintain for 3 mos, but could schedule my consult before now to discuss my options. I have lost about 120 pounds since October. I NEVER thought I would be where I am right now. Heck, before the surgery, I really didn't think much about PS, now I feel it is a must for me. I know how you feel about hating the way it looks now. You can do it!!!! You can get off those last 30 pounds and get your PS scheduled. We all had different amounts to lose and have lost at different rates. Look at how far you have come in the past 10 mos and how much BETTER you look now than you did this time last year. Hang in there, sweetie!!! Hugs, Tabby

Hey floppy sista! I am not at goal either.

Lisa: I am right there with you. I feel like the S-L-O-W-E-S-T loser on the planet. I am still 40 pounds from my dream goal, but at this rate, I may have to be happy with my nutritionist's idea of only 20 pounds more. At the rate I am losing, 20 pounds will take ANOTHER 10 months! I am STILL obese for goodness sake! I don't mean to whine, but it IS hard to see everyone that is at goal and doing so well when I am so far behind. So I understand completely how you feel. The good news is that I feel SO much better than I did, and I can wear size mediums and even a couple of 12s. We will just have to hang in there......the deed has been done and there is no changing it now. I would still do the surgery over again, I just wish I (and you) was one of the lucky ones.......

HEY LISA, I WANT TO JOIN THE SLOW LOSING, SAGING SISTERS CLUB. I'M IN THE SAME BOAT, I HAD BEEN IN A STALL FOR ALMOST A MONTH. I WEIGHED MYSELF THE WEEK (8/3) BEFORE GOING ON A MINI VACATION AND I STILL WEIGHED THE SAME, 193.5#. CAN YOU SAY "FRUSTATED"? I HAD TO GO TO A MEETING AT WORK YESTERDAY, JUST FOR THE HELL OF IT I WEIGHED MYSELF, GOT OFF THE SCALE AND GOT BACK ON. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT, THE SCALE SAID 183.5#. THAT'S A 10# LOSS IN A WEEK AND A HALF. WHAT GIVES? I HAVEN'T BEEN EXERCISING,WITH THE EXCEPTION OF YARD WORK. HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN WATCHING WHAT I EAT. BUT I'M NOT GOING TO COMPLAIN, AS LONG AS THE WEIGHT CONTINUES TO COME OFF. WHEN I GO BACK TO WORK TOMORROW I'M GOING TO SEE IF THE SCALE LIED. LISA, JUST BE PATIENT, BEFORE YOU KNOW IT YOUR TIME FOR PLASTICS WILL BE HERE. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. DONNA, SFY

Thanks, all, for the encouragement. I haven't lost an ounce in two weeks, so I guess that's not helping either...but, that's probably my own fault, as I haven't been as good about counting my proteins and water either. Time to sit myself down and give myself a good talking to! Lisa

I know where you are coming from. I am in the same boat. Happy at where I am from where I've been. But kinda like a lil kid on a long car ride! "ARE WE THERE YET?" I just wanta be there, but my body isn't being very cooperative these days. My dr says I have about 25+ lbs of excess skin just in my tummy area. Not including the buttatta and the sisters! Which are still at a 40H! I weighed in today at 202. My goal is 165-170. When I consider the excess skin I think I am closer than I think I am! But I want to hit that 190 on my own. That would make me around the 165 at TT time. We will get there! Just gotta be patient they say! What if I don't wanta be though???? LOL!!!!