when i get discouraged

According to the CORI website 90% of patients lose 75% of their excess weight within 2 years of having the micro-pouch procedure done. Well, i took that info and plugged it into the weightloss planner on this site and low and behold, I AM WHERE I SHOULD BE, even 1-2 lbs further ahead. I sometimes think i look at how much better others are doing than myself, but fail to realize that I am only human, i make mistakes, and i am NOT 'other people'. I am me, and I am still 80lbs lighter than I was this time last year. I still struggle with people giving me compliments, andI have had a friend, that hasnt seen me since b4 surgery, tell me that i looked 'hot'. I was like, wtf, no one has EVER told me that before, and well, I kinda liked it. I know my self esteem has gotten better since surgery, but I know there are days when it can get pretty bad. I onyl hope that in the end I will be able to look back and say that I have no regrets. Right now, the only thing that is keeping me from saying that I am totally satisfied is the fact that I am carrying most of my excess weight around my tummy area and that is keeping me out of the 'true size' that I am. I am about a large in top and still a 18 in pants. IT sux cause i cannot go and buy dresses in the size that I should be cause my panni si in the away--I hope to have this fixed by christmas next year. Ok, I am jsut rambling now, but thought I should share a little something with y'all.

Sounds to me like you are doing great! What exactly is a "micro-pouch procedure"? Carolyn