I finally got over my 3 weeks of not losing and weight myself this AM and was down another 5 lbs, so i am now down to 216, hey only 4 more lbs and i am in the half century club. with my weight of 216 that puts me at a BMI that is at the top scale of the 'obese' category, but hey, i will take it. i am sitting here laughing at myself cause I lost 5lbs. lol. I am glad i have resolved to weigh myself only 2x a month. at least this way I wont get as disappointed, i hope. take care everyone

Oh baby! Stress can DEFINITELY affect your new tummy! That was good advice to try the Paxil. I personally do not take it, but don't be afraid of a good pharmeceutical. THANK GOD we live in an age when you can actually do something so simple as to take a pill to ease your plight!

Hello Everyone, I'm down 42.5 lbs in 11 weeks, 175.5. Several years ago I lost the same amount of weight and it took well over 6 months. I was doing the slimfast thing, working out like a mad women getting up at 5:30am every morning, taking in no more than 1000 cal, being a B*@%H to everyone because I was ALWAYS HUNGERY. And you guessed, it as soon as I started eating 'normal' and not working out like a mad women it all came back. I think I stayed at that weight for 2 weeks before the scale started going up again. Well today I got on the scale and I'm at that same weight!And I know that the scale will keep going DOWN!!!!!!!!! My next Mini Goal is to get to 150. That was my hightest when I was in high school. After that is 135, that was what I got down to when I was on Jenny Craig back in 1989. After I meet the 135 goal I don't know what to set from there because I've never been any lower than that. I need to babble a little more and tell about another mini goal that I've met. For the longest time I've had to wear women's plus size underwear, you know the "Just My Size" stuff. Well today I can FINALLY fit into regular size underwear. Now they are a size 10 but it's the regular size 10's. The "Just My Size" 10's were SOOOOOOOO big it was like I had on 'grannie panities'. I know that the men are just thrilled to read this, LOL, but sorry it's a BIG thing to me and maybe other ladies out there to reach this part in their WLS path. I've been waiting a long time till I could wear some sexy underthings and night gowns. Ok babbling over. Have a Great Day!!!!!!! Robin W

I have the same worries. I'll be post-op 3 months on 2/4. I had complications & had to have a second surgery, yada, yada, yada, so it took me a little longer to feel the desire for more food, but I do. I worry about it, and I'm glad to see people who are in the same calorie range as me! I can eat some carbs, but if I eat the "simple" carbs, I pay for it -- as in it comes back up for a few hours, leaving me exhausted. I never know what it's gonna do! Good luck to you!! Kathy

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