Been awhile since I posted. Btw, I am posting this from Edinburgh Scotland, where I am in training for my new job which I started on Monday. Will be back in the States at months end. In fact will be flying home on my 9 month anniversary date (11/29/04 RNY). Anyway here goes: 1. -- 169lbs 2. Nope still 180 3. Already got the new job (see above) so my goal is to be in a size 14. Just got into some 16s this last week. Thanksgiving is when me and my fiance (yep got engaged last month) will be having our picture made for our engagement photo. We will also be in a family portrait with his parents and sister's family. Want to be wearing a dress I "stole" from my mom I have had my eye on for years. Thank goodness it is a timeless style. 4. 60lbs to go! TOTAL LBS LOST BY NOV BABIES = 1174 Lise 409/240/180

Okay, here goes... 1. I've lost 155 pounds from my highest weight. 2. Nope...it's still 150 3. Yes, absolutely! My 25 year high school class reunion is the Friday after Thanksgiving and I will be one year and three days out. When I graduated I weighed 150 and I would like to go back weighing the same as I did then. (Probably won't happen, but I good goal to try for.) 4. 44 more pounds to go. TOTAL LBS LOST BY NOVEMBER BABIES = 1,005 (WOW!! I put us over the 1,000 mark. YEA!!!) Denise

Yes, I am over my honey moon and realize this was a decision for life! in more ways than one. It's one thing to make changes for a few weeks or even a year... after all I have stayed compliant on diets for that long... only to gain it all back and more the next year.... so I am petrified that not only have I stopped losing, but risk gaining it all back! I am still having side-effects though, and have had my 3rd IV infusion of iron in oder to keep my levels up a little so I can function! but there are advantages... I can shop at Target.... FOR CLOTHES!!!! (never could do that... even as a teenager... not that Target even existed then... but you get my drift!) 1. Total lost to date = 106 lbs 2. My goal weight was 145... I think I might be dreamin.... but hey, anything under 200 seems like gravy... so I will have to think about this seriously... but I so want to get away from focusing on the numbers. I do make myself weigh everyday... it makes me honest... I can catch those little drifts upwards in weight before they become a major updraft! 3. By anniversary date I would like to be under 200lbs... haven't seen the wonderfuls since I was 13 or 14 yrs old!!! and trust me I am a long way from 13 now... that was over 30 years... that's a long, long time to be fat! 4. To reach my original goal I need to lose 65 more lbs! TOTAL WEIGHT LOST BY NOVEMBER BABIES SO FAR = 850 LBS!!! That is truly incredible.... keep it going and add your lbs lost to the number! B

Hi,,,,,,,,,,, Had my surgery on Nov.29th and have a lost a total of 90 lbs as of today. It will be almost 10 months soon and I swear it is hell trying to lose even a lb these days. I'm lucky if I lose a lb every 2 weeks or so,,, which make me even luckier to lose 3- 4 lbs a month . Some days i can eat all day long,,,,,,,,,,,,, and not grazing is getting harder and harder. Anyone else feeling like me,,,,,,,,,,,, God i just want to lose another 20 lbs which will make me 150 ,,,, is that asking too much????? thanks for letting me vent..... joann

Hello everyone, It's been quite some time since I've posted here. I have just joined the century club down exactly 100 pds from 256 pds. I have gone from a size 24 to a size 10. I'm feeling the best that I've felt in years, this surgery has given me my life back, I no longer feel trapped inside that body that wasn't really me. I have found myself getting into some bad habits but for the most part I still follow all the rules, eating and drink, low carb, no carbonation and I can tolerate a certain degree of sugars. I have finally found my boundry but sometime something suprises me. I'm starting to look into plastics, I feel the remaining 15 pds for me to reach my goal weight of 140 is probably excess skin, I'd like to get a lower body lift if possible. Other than that everything is great, my hair is starting to regrow, it's amazing that people don't know me when they see me. I have to tell them who I am, It's great. Thanks for all of your support in the past months and please give me an update on how your doing!