more than 1/2 way there!

Hi Everyone! today i am down 55 pounds and have 'only' 53 more to go That means I am more than 1/2 way there! whooooooo hoooooooooooo!!!! how exciting! hugs, Britt

Congradulations Britt!!! Keep up the good work! I still have about 5lbs to go to make it to onederland, dont know for sure as my scales are whacky, but the inches are coming off as well. Does'nt it make us proud of ourselves to be this far into our journey? I believe now is when the hard work begins, but with all of our friends here it will be easy with all the support that we get. Chrisy

Thanks Chrisy! Yes, I agree the further out we get the harder it is !!! But so well worth all our hard work! Keep me posted on ONEderland! hugs, Britt

Today I am down 53. I count the pre-op weight loss too, do you guys? Did you set your own goal or did the doc? If my doc set a goal, I don't know what it is. I'm feeling goal-less and somewhat clueless! Anyway congrats on your half-way mark. That is awesome.

Wanda, First I sent you the 5% article last night. That is GREAT 53 pounds !!!! yippe I found somewhere on this site ... I think it was called "weight loss estimator" if i wanted to lose 100% of my excess weight my 'ideal' weight would be 142. When i talked to my nutritionist for the first time she asked to finish this sentence ..."Oh my goodness I CAN'T BELIEVE I weigh ____" I answered 135! She said that is an attainable weight for me. So we'll see "my goal is 142" and once I get there I will see how I feel and take it from there. as far as my doctors goal for me??? I was just thinking about that and I put it on my list to ask at my appointment next month. thanks for the well wishes!!! hugs, Britt

Your nutritionist sounds first rate! I would like her.

Wanda, I like to go by my pre-op weight as well, but my doctor does not have that weight to go by.... I still go by it though when people ask me how much I have lost.... I did lose it, so it counts.... I set my goal and my doctor agreed with my goal... which is 150... If he has a different goal for me than that, then I don't know what it is... LOL... I would ask your doctor next time you see him/her... Or just set a goal so you don't feel so clueless... Good Luck... Shawn M.

Hello, I'm getting close. I am hovering around 202 right now..... so close to ONEDERLAND, yet so far. My surgeon said his target BMI for me was 25-26, which would put me at like 150 I believe. My goal is 140'ish...so in a few more pounds I will be half way there. With all these stalls I'm having..it is taking sooooooooo long....t least thats the way it seems. BTW.. I drank my first profect protein drink tube thing.. OMG I had a hard time keeping it down. I had to plug my nose while I drank the rest of it & still I had this nasty aftertaste. I will NOT be buying those again.

Wow you are so close!!!! How exciting! I know what you are saying with "stalls' they are so frusterating ...even though we knew they could happen ... still its hard to deal with it when they occur. i heard those little protein thing are yucko! you are not the first person that said so. thanks for your well wishes have a great day, Britt

Ewwwwwwwwiiiee... I hate those things... I had two.. tried one and threw the other away.... They were disgusting... I don't know how anyone can drink those.... I even let one of my teenagers try it and he about gagged.... I couldn't fini**** one sip and that was all I could do... I hated throwing the money away, but they were GROSS!!!!! LOL.... Good Luck on getting to Onederland... It seems like it will be forever for me... I keep hovering around 228 - 229 forever and I can't break the cycle... it was 229 -230 for about 3 weeks, then I dropped a pound now I am stuck again.... I hope it breaks good soon... now that the kids are back in school through (mid-winter break) I can get back to my exercise and hopefully that will help..... Hope you see onderland soon... Good Luck... Shawn M.