Hi - I'm doing well - stopped loosing at about 90 pounds - but you know what - that's okay - I'm 5'11 - 215 & even though it's higher than I'd like or should be - I feel good - able to do bunches of stuff & for most part things are good. I have gotten really bad about taking my vitamins though & lately I've begun to have a little bit of tingling in my toes and fingers - need to get back on my Vitamin B-12 & occassionally I get dizzy whne I look up - that's a little odd.... Anyways I'm back at a job now - they have an on-site gym, I'm taking my lunch - so I eat better & I think things will be okay. Right now as a matter of fact I've got my B-12 under my tongue & my vitamins are sitting here waiting to be taken. It'ws nice to be slim.

It's funny you posted this question!! On Tuesday, we were at the mall and there was a $9.99 sale going on at LB. So, I told hubby we "had" to go look. So, after wandering around and looking, I realized I couldn't fit into any of their clothes any more and I was so bummed!! I just moved to a place where they have a LB (didn't have one near us until last year!!) and loved getting things on sale there. Wow, it was almost sad to think I won't be going back in there because I am still insecure walking into Gap, Express, etc. I still feel like I am too big to shop there and by walking into those stores, I have a "I'm too big to shop here" sign on my head!! Crazy huh? Just waiting for my brain to realize that I am not 258lbs anymore and I have every right to try those stores out as anyone else. I went to the Gap when I was about 198 and tried on a L or XL (do they have XL?) and it was just a little tight and I felt soooo mortified that I even tried it on. I have since lost another 43lbs and think I just might head that way today to prove I CAN shop there now!! Thanks for reminding me Erica 258/155/135-125ish

Hi Amy! I do know how you feel....I was at a plateau from the end of March to just a few weeks ago, believe it or not, and not doing anything wrong...except maybe lowfat popcorn...truth! Doc thought maybe my body was in starvation mode (and I was exercising regularly) so I upped my food intake...and voila! I broke the plateau yesterday on my birthday...the scale creeped down from 164 to 159, what a divine present I needed so much! So with a larger food intake I now fear bad habits could creep in easily...best thing I do (especially on work days ___OH OK only on work days) is portion my food out (pack my lunch) then that's it. If I have it there ready I"m less prone to emotion eat. Also I take a shower after dinner sometimes to stop eating and make a mental break between dinner and after dinner snaacks. Sometimes at night I brush my teeth (makes food taste yukky) early, and I keep plenty of sugar free popsicles around and eat them nonstop. Do what you know works for you...get yourself back on a schedule with those vitamins, you don't want your hair thinning do you? And you don't want to be tired all the time! Vitamins are the absolute one thing next to protein we have to have! Love Ya Julie

Hello all, WOW!!!!!! Where do I start.I had my surgery on Nov. 24th 2004 start weight was 246lbs. I have been able to run after my grandson(10yrs.) He love for me to chase him since he could run but I was slow in my heavier days.Well I can run with him now he and I ran yesterday and he told his mom that memaw is running so fast now that she is skinny.That made me feel so good.I now go to curves 3 to 4 times a week I love it. I have a goal for me to reach is 135 and the Doctor has a goal of 150.I am 51 years young.I now weigh 175.Yea!!!!! Love Pat memaw

my surgery was 11/22/04 So I'll be 8 months out in a week. -108 lbs since surgery -138 lbs total My surgeon never set a goal for me, however I did and that was to just be under 200 lbs, now since I'm getting close to that, I am thinking 160 lbs. Why not? So my goal is about 50 more lbs. We'll see where my body decides it's happy at. I feel great! I have so much energy, there's just not enough hours in the day! But at night my knee's are sooo tired. I still do double takes when I look in the mirror, catch myself in the windows at work and look at my shadow. My most recent *WoW* moment, wearing a bathing suit in public and NO ONE calling me ugly names, or looking twice with that shocked OMG look on their faces.