Had surgery in NOV 2002 Just wondering

WHY can I not get to goal? I see so many others at or below. I started at 330 and am now 144-150 and can not go any lower. It makes me so dang depressed! I work out constantly. 2-5 hours a day, I only eat salads and meat. SO WHAT more can I do? What hurts is I see people eating literally junk food and eating all day long and are losing more or faster IT SUCKS!

You look wonderful!!! You have done really well with this process. Have you considered that your body may be deciding what your ultimate weight will be--not you. You should start working on being happy where you are right now--if you are meant to lose a few more pounds--it will happen with time. Girl----love yourself! I can give you advice because it is the same advice I give myself. I am stuck at 173, have lost 93 lbs, would love to lose 100. I have to be patient. take care

OMG!!!! You have done great with your WLS. I have about 6 lbs to goal and can't seem to quite get there! I think my body and habits have decided to stablize me. I am trying not to stress about it. Good luck with getting to goal-but please do not stress--you are doing great!!

I am having the same problem. I can't seem to lose that last 20 lbs. I have to consider that some of it is the skin so i give myself a few pounds for that but other than that......i can't lose either. I started at 350 and lost 175. I'm happy as heck but I need a tummy tuck badly. I would love to be a little thinner but considering where i was.....I can't look a gifthorse in the mouth. Be happy that you are not obese anymore. I know this didn't help but I do feel your pain. I am mad cuz I have a darn "front butt" that no matter how much excercise i do i cannot lose it. Only a tummy tuck will get rid of it and i have no insurance now and cannot afford one. I must live with it but at least i'm not a cow anymore! lol

Nice to see you, havent emailed you in a while.. Really life doesnt give me a chance to sit down very often and check out my favorite web site anymore. and i promised that once i started loosing weight that i would be here for other people, the way we were there for each other.. you probably dont remember me but we use to email each other back and forth we both had surgery in November 2002, glad your doing well email me when you get some time

Hi Sabrina, I had surgery Nov 4, 2002. Last time I went to the doctors I finally hit my goal weight that my family doctor set for me 155 pounds. I weighed 327 before surgery. It really slowed down there at the end, but I didn't notice, I was just happy I didn't weigh what I did before. I didn't beleive I would ever feel good about myself again. I feel great! I have to admit I am one of the junk food junkies, but to me it seems the junk food digest better, bad excuse but it is the one I have. Hang in there, and love that you don't weigh 330 anymore! You go girl!

Just becasue you are "not at goal" doesn't mean you have lost the war, it just means that your body has finally found it's resting place. Remember when people would ask "Will you stop loosing wieght ever, how does your body know? Will you keep loosing and then loose TOO much weight?" Well guess what, you have gotten to that magic spot. it doesn't mean that you will stay there forever, it just means that you are finally where the rest of the world is ... "only 5 more lbs.... only 10 more lbs..." I'm there too, only 5 more until goal and it frustrates me to no end, i've been there for 6 months. But you know what? It doesn't really matter all that much. Yes, it's the prioncipal of the thing but I look at it this way, it's only 5 more vanity lbs any way and now I'm going to have to suffer like the rest of the world and try to get it off. But, I also know that I've lost more than half my body wieght from before and I look and feel great. I can't ask for any more. Can you?