Yah, I want to cry reading all of these posts. I weigh NOW what most of you STARTED at!! But I feel and look better than ever. I just haven't lost a pound in over a month and i'm starting to feel like this is the smallest i'll ever be. I know what I need to do, but i'm losing motivation and i'm getting distracted with other things in life. BACK TO BASICS for me. Highest weight: 376 Surgery weight: 347 Weight today: 226 Total loss: 150 lbs to personal goal: 51 surgery date: 11/29/06 Size before 32/34+ (elastic everything) Size now: 16-20 (depending on brand/cut) Ring size went from 12 to 8 Too many wow moments to count. Cholesterol used to be 230+, it's now under 160. I used to be diabetic, now my blood sugars are under 90. I tried on a wedding gown in a size 22 last week and it was so big it fell off of me. Oh, and a sweetheart from this board gave me Gap size 20 jeans. I put them away when I was bigger, hoping to fit into them someday, and when I pulled them out recently to try on for the "heck of it" and they just about fell off. I never got to wear them!!! Bummers are: Spending SOOO much money on clothes all the time. (thank GOD for my bargain-finding abilities, hand-me-downs and the Good Will, although I have NO WINTER CLOTHES!!). Also, knowing i'd be at least 2 sizes smaller if I didn't have this HUGE apron of a belly in front of me. It's really gross.

Wednesday was my 1st year mark. I am down 184 pounds and all my blood work looks good. I even had my cholesterol checked because I eat so many eggs and more red meat than I used to. That is even good. I feel so much better physically. I am able to be myself--and comfortable with me--in a way I never was before. I still hesitate to try things that I couldn't do before, like sit in a booth or get up off the floor. It is always a pleasant surprise when I can do it. I still have about 45 pounds to lose, but now I feel confident that if I do what I know to do, the weight will come off--even if it is slow. I look forward to being at goal and maintaining it this time next year. Sally 398/214/170

i'm also 1 year out and lost 148#'s my wife says i'm to skinny now lol now u can see my bones except my ribs since i have a big hernia there rich w 358/210/200

ME TOOOOOOOOOO!!! A WHOLE YEAR!!! We're so cool! !!! & 's, Janet~

Jennifer, Yes it has been an amazing year.