I am 11 months post op, s...

I am 11 months post op, still trying to hit the century club (5lbs away). In July, I started having major problems with my back and now I have to have surgery to fix my...get this...spondylolisthesis, (don't ask me to pronounce it) and a slipped disc!. It's affected my ability to excercise and it really put the brakes on my weight loss. I try to do some walking everyday, but the pain can be excruciating. My poor 7 y/o daughter can't understand what's going on. She asked me to gain my weight back so we can have fun again. The poor thing, I kept telling her after my wls that we would be able to do so much, and she's just not seeing it. Now I'm telling her after my next surgery we ought to be able to do things together again. All in all, I have no regrets about wls, and I guess it's better that i'm minus 95lbs going into this next surgery

Marie, I don't know much what to say, except I know what you mean. I'm eleven months out and down 116. I haven't exercised at all. I could have done so much better. Many lost one hundred plus at SIX months. I try not to compare. I have no real excuse on why I didn't "exercise" this summer. I was much more "naturally" active - but I'm down from 351 to 235. I still have one hundred MORE pounds I'd like to lose... but You're right, you down 95 pounds going into this next surgery. You have a whole nother year where the surgery does extra work for us. Keep your head up and work with what you got! Good luck and write me personally if you'd like to talk more! Kristy Marshall Dayton, Ohio

I can sure sympathise. I need knee replacement surgery so excersize is painful and having started at 367 I am now down to 225, but I had sure hoped for more. My first 70 lbs were the hardest and then in the middle of September I went on a 2 month plateau. UGH Well hang tough you wil make it, We all will