7 month anniversary tomorrow

I'm 32 years old, 5'6 and 7 months ago I weighed 260 lbs. My BMI was 42 and I wore size 20/22. I've lost 86 lbs since my surgery and my BMI is 28. I have only 4 lbs to go to reach my goal of 170 lbs. I now wear a size 10/12. I'd really like to hear from others on how they're doing. Let's get some stats.

Congratulations Sharon! I know what you mean about the water. I really don't drink water the way I should. I started drinking Propel and I take in a lot more of that then I do the water. It's just easier going down when there's a little flavor involved.

I am 49 years old - the big 50 is coming up Sept 1. I'm 5'6". I had my surgery Dec 5 and weighed 277. Yesterday I went in for hernia repair and weighed in on the hospital scale at 177!!!! 100 lbs exactly!! That was a huge moment, and made the nastiness of going back into surgery a little easier to take. Congrats to everyone for the tremendous success you are reporting here! We are so fortunate to have this new chance at quality of life. And wearing belts IS so much fun!! Lisa

Thanks Sharon! It is really cool. I'm still recovering from hernia surgery Monday (not fun) but that little piece of good news is keeping me going. I love your tucked in shirts and funky belts - and happy husband!

My 7 month anniversary is today! I am 36, 5'4", and my starting weight was 259. Today I weighed 171, so that's a loss of 88 pounds. I was in a size 24 and now I am in mostly 12s and some 14s. It is so fun! I have 41 pounds to go to reach my goal and I know I'm going to get there. The weight loss has slowed to a snail's pace, but surely with all the exercise I'm doing, I will get there! Congratulations, everybody! Sherry

Happy anniversary everyone! Sherry, your post made me realize I don't think I have weighed 130 lbs since Junior High School!!! My husband asked me the other day how long since I had weighed this little, and I really had to stop and think. I don't have an offical goal weight from my dr, but have decided on 154 - that's the first weight where my BMI will officially read "normal." Wouldn't that be cool? 130 would be sooooo skinny for us!!! Speaking of: Has anyone called you skinny yet? How do you handle that? I have one person at work that says things like - you need to quit losing, you're getting too skinny. I know it's all relative and compared to where I was I could be called skinny, but my immediate reaction is to say: skinny? I still weigh 177 lbs! There's a real mindset that I haven't gotten a handle on yet... Lisa

Hey Lisa, yes i have been called skinny.. twice! it felt SOOOOOOOO good! but was unsure of how people could think i was skinny when i look in the mirror and still see a fat person! i am 36 5'4" starting weight on Dec. 27, 2005 was 270 pounds, as of this morning i weighed in at 171 even! one more pound till my 100 pound mark! i can't believe it! hugs tammy

It's probably been since junior high for me, too. I did get down to 150 after I had my first child, but that's been 14 years ago. 130 will put me in the middle of the normal range. I don't know. It just seemed like a good place to aim! And I'm two inches shorter than you, so you would be skinnier than me at 130. No one has seriously called me skinny yet. They say it more as a fun compliment that I'm getting there. Some do express disbelief when I say I need to lose 41 more pounds. I know I'm much smaller, but my mind still sees a morbidly obese person at least 50% of the time. I have to really look to see my smaller self. When I finally see it, it's awesome! Sherry

Ooops! Read the wrong post, Sharon. You are the same heighth as me!

Sherry, the thought of 130 is just so much fun! I too am concerned that my mind doesn't "see it" yet - will it, do you think? I have an anexoric sister and she has struggled with this mind thing for decades... wierd to imagine that I may be approaching the same problem from the other end.