You have lost 40 lbs, I think that is right around where most of us are. Are you near your period? I know when I had mine last I was stuck at a certain weight until it passed. I am not a doctor, I am just guessing by my own experience. Don't get depressed you are doing great! Hope I have helped some Heidi

i am getting really depressed when i see everyone loosing way faster then me. i started at 258 and now i'm 219 and my surgery was on 11/19. can anyone give me some advice please. thanks lisa

Everything will be great. I was 2 months out as of the 20th as well. So far I have gone from 262 pounds to 216 pounds. I am so happy with the scales, but yes I do wish they read less. However, I have to remind myself that in the past it would have taken me months to lose 5 pounds. I use to wear a 24-26 but I bought a size 20 on Monday. Yes it's still a plus size, but a 20 looks a lot better to me than a 26. I will tell you that I Thank GOD for the little things. I walked 1 mile the other day for the first time in years. I can breathe better, I sleep better & I know it may be too much info ....but I no long weez while having SEX & I can move better (LIFE IS SO GOOD). But I say all of this to say to you "Be Thankful for the Little Things. You've come a long way. Rome was not built over night & your weight was not put on in one night..(Look at me preaching as impatient as I am. But I try to stay positive ..(One of my New Years Resolutions)...)" Good Luck & God Bless

WOWSERS....everyone is doing so great! Even though I don't know anyone who had responded I am VERY proud of each and every one of you! We all have little things that are bugging us are our weight loss or little things that we are having problems doing, but like one poster said as long as the weight is coming off, all is GOOD! I finally came to the conclusion that we all lose at different rates. So regardless if you are a so called "slow loser" or "fast loser", you have nothing but support from my side of the loser game!

Hi Candy, My name is Leah. I've been worried that my weight loss is too slow also. I had surgery on 11/11/03 and I've lost 43 lbs. You had surgery after me, and you've lost more than me. I think as long as we're losing at a steady pace, we'll be ok. I've just started a regular exercise routine, and I think it's helping to speed things up for me. My husband had surgery on 10/21/03, just 3 months ago and has lost 76 lbs. I'm really happy for him, but it's so frustrating watching him lose so fast and me so slow! I also think I haven't been getting enough fluids, which has probably prevented me from losing as fast as I should, so I'm trying to take in more fluids. Leah Booth 306/263/135ish