How much have you lost??

Hi Carrie, My surgery was November 29th and I have lost 110 pounds so far. I started at 180 and am at 169 now. My goal weight is 150# so that leaves me with 19 to go. Will I reach it? I don't know. I lose around 7 pounds a month now. I am much healthier and happier and feel good about my loss. Goal would be nice. I eat about the same amount my 5 yr old eats on a hungry day. I can eat between 4-8oz in a meal depending on how dense it is. I don't have problems with anything, but neither do I test the waters to see what I can get away with. I haven't touched any white sugars and I have eaten very few white starches. While the weight is coming off slower, the inches are still coming off. I do find eating off of a small plate vs a dinner plate keeps my portions in check. Congratulations on the weight you have already lost. I am sure you will still lose some if you stick to the rules. Hugs, Jaimee 320(highest) 280(Surgery day) 169(current weight) 150(goal)

It sounds like we're all fairly close in numbers. I started out at 260 (my highest), 240 on the day of surgery, and have passed my goal! I'm so thrilled. I weigh 149 (my goal was 150). I'm afraid if I lose too much more I'll look gaunt. I think the key to my success is that I try to eat 80g of protein per day and I have given up ALL desserts, candy and sweet treats with more than 16g of protein FOREVER. I'm just not an "eat in moderation" type of person and found that I just needed to decide that I'll never eat those trigger foods again. I do feel a little sad once in a while when I see someone eating a piece of pecan pie or a cinnamon roll - but not sad enough to go back to indulging and risk gaining weight. I eat fruit, Blue Bunny 85 calorie Yogurt, Heart Smart Breyer's ice cream and Balance Protein bars when I need something sweet. I keep a large can of Honey Roasted peanuts in the cabinet and use them when I need something crunchy. I don't eat any rice, white flour, chips or breads. I do eat potatoes with butter & sour cream and popcorn with Brummel & Brown margarine. I am always satisfied - and really feel like I eat a very healthy diet. I exercise every other day (2 miles of walking and work out with free weights). I have never plateaued, only dumped twice at the very beginning from drinking a protein shake too fast and never had a week where I gained. When I go out for dinner, no one would ever know that I had weight loss surgery. I can eat pretty much whatever foods I want - but usually eat half the meal and take the other half home for lunch the next day. This has been such a pleasant journey and I cannot believe how wonderful I feel. I will always be grateful for this fantastic gift I have been given!!! I'm sure you all feel the same! Mary B. 260/240/150/149

Carrie, 80 pounds is awesome! Keep up the great work My weight loss has slowed down too. I have to really pay close attention to eatting enough protein and not grazing. I started at 254 and am down to 150, -104#. Best wishes to all the November babies Dru 254/150/145 5'6

Hi everyone, it has been a while since I posted. I started this journey at 320 lbs and I am down to 210 as of this morning so thats a total of -110. I can't believe it!!!. Sometimes I just forget about it and then someone will come up and tell me how good I look. Have you lost weight? sometimes I don't know what to say. If I should tell them exactly how. I basically tell them, I joined curves, Drink my water, eat protein and no sugar. Which is all true!! There are a few a tell about the surgery. I feel we should get the credit for working so hard. This is not easy and you have to make many sacrafices. I try to keep to my high protein low carb diet. Recently I have tried low card bread and tortillas. But my portion sizes are still small. I started to platue last month but started loosing again this month. I am trying to not snack at night because that has always been my worst enemy if I do I try to keep to a slice of cheese of something healthy. I have had suger free chocolate when I really want something. It's Okay for a fix. so I wish everyone well and keep up the good work!! because it is work and its is a tool. God Bless

I had my surgery on 11/29/04 and weighed 409 day of surgery. I am down to 253lbs for a total of 156lbs lost so far. I am still losing about 12-14lbs a month. I have about 73lbs to go to my goal or 53lbs to my surgeons goal. I have dropped from a 34/36 to 18/20 (and even some 14/16s WOOHOO). I eat about 1/2 c of food every 3 hours (protein first of course) but I am bad about wanting sweets so I try to stay with sf popsicles and ice cream or make my own smoothies with frozen fruit and soy milk. Congrats on your loss. Keep up the good work. Lise 409/253/180 11/29/04

I've lost 160 pounds since my surgery. Life is so good now!

I am down 227 from my heavest weight down 190 since the surgery and about 110 left to go. I have lost a person and am looking to lose another one.

Started at 347 am down to 192 so a total of 155. I went from a 28W & 4X to a 16 no W(14 if I don't want to breath) and a L. I now weigh less than my 6'1" son which is thrilling!! I haven't had a 1 in front of my weight in 21 years!

Hi Carrie. You are doing great. You just keep it up. We're all different people. We lose at different speeds. I'm worried sometimes that I won't stop losing. I've lost 113 pounds since November. I'm wearing 12's and for 5'9" that is great. I can't eat normally still. For dinner I had 1 rib, 1 small ear of corn (half of it), a couple spoonfuls of butter beans, a couple bites of watermelon and that was it. That was the most I've eaten in a while. Now I can have my Crystal Light and later I'll have a protein shake. For lunch I had a Caesar salad and a couple of spoonfuls of apple pie made with Splenda. Food doesn't excite me anymore and I want it to stay that way. lol My weight loss is slowing down though. I'm losing about 2-3 pounds a month now. I hope to lose 10 more pounds just so when I bounce back gaining I will be where I am now. You hang in there and don't stress about it. You've done wonderfully. xoxo Alice Alice From DAllas 11/10/04 285/175/172

My starting weight the day before surgery was 300lbs I am down to 194lbs thats 106 down, but my weight loss too has slowed down alot. I usually only lose antwhere from 5-8 lbs a month. I know I need to up my excercise and probably my protien. I have not weighed what I weigh now since I was 11 years old so I can say that having this surgery has been a true blessing. I do eat pretty much like a normal person, just depending on the day. I think all of you are doing great! I have to say sometimes I do get dicouraged when I see that so many others are losing more than I but we all are different and are going to lose differently. So just keep pushing on I know that everyday is still a struggle for me to do the right thing. Shelley 300/194/g160