Weight loss is slowwwwwwww now. Only 5 pounds last month, but I have decided to only weigh once a month now. I didn't think I could do it, but I have stayed off of it so far. After losing so fast for so long, it's just too discouraged to weigh daily and only see a pound gone each week. Anyway, I'm doing better on snacking but not great. I'm going to keep working on it! Sherry 259/166/130

I think all of us are at the point where we can FINALLY relate! Enjoy!!! * I have a date" does not mean you're going out. * You have baby food in the house and no baby. * "I'm a loser" is a good thing. * All of your silverware says Gerber. * A wooden spoon isn't just for cooking. * "Welcome to the other side" doesn't include death. * New clothes fall off in a week. * You get excited about hand me downs. * The scale at Wal-Mart no longer says "one at a time please". * Going bald and getting wrinkles is a good thing. * "Jus****er for me please". * Hitting the "Century Mark" is actually a good thing. * You can be touched by an angel and still not be considered crazy. * When your rear end no longer looks like a mudslide. * When you get excited that your incision was "only 4 inches". * When the word lap has nothing to do with a strip club. * Other women are calling you names behind your back. * When you are glared at in the plus size department because you don't "belong there". * When you really don't have a thing to wear. * You have to prove you are the person on the drivers license. * You start being in the pictures not behind the camera. * You want to hug everyone fat and hand them your surgeon's card. * You are never parted from a bottle of water * When you order a doggy bag at the same time as your meal. * Being too small for your britches. * When the only way your nipples are where they belong is to roll them up, position them with your bra and secure with a ponytail holder. * When you go pick up your child at school and all the other kids say WOW you're mom is hot. * When you go to the mall and take the first available space instead of circling 20 minutes for one closer to the door. * You truly are a "cheap date". * When one drink makes you flipping floozy! * When you run to the door and don't hear a flapping sound. * You flip your shirt to show complete strangers your scar. * Vitamins feel like a meal. * You go from a 56DDDD to 32AAA in a year and didn't have a breast reduction. * You've just lost 100 lbs and run into a high school friend who asks "did you change your hair?" * You can cross your legs... both of them * Instead of a Wonder Bra you need a Wonder Where They Went Bra * When your obsession from food turns to your scale. * They no longer call 911 for the Jaws of life to extricate you from a turnstile. * No more Velcro shoes * Tongs are no longer to fry chicken. * "Checking for leaks" no longer includes your panties * When your Stairmaster is no longer used for drying your fine washables * Your mother says "You don't eat enough" * When your doctor looks you in the eye and says "I know you will have success with this." * Having sex your husband complains that your hip bones are poking him. * You can wear corduroy pants without igniting a fire * When you wave and your upper arms wave back * You safety pin your underwear * Someone phones and thinks your husband is sneaking around with some skinny mistress * Cannot blame the cat for shedding * Cancel your Lane Bryant Credit Card * 3 Lean Cuisines a week and that's your total grocery purchase * The kids wonder what happened to the cake and cookie god...did he die??? Author(s) unknown

Beth - this is such a difficult journey isn't it? i, too am close to my goal and almost 100 pounds down .. i have been exercising for the last 3 months every other day and that has really helped me.. it is still a difficult journey, though and i think that petty is right that we must concentrate on the real reasons that we had this surgery.. our health!! also remember that we are onlyl 8 months into this and we have a lifetime to work out our "bumps" and "little bits that are now hanging" yes there are good and bad aspects to losing this weight and sometimes we have to give ourselves a break and realize that we are special because we took a huge step towards getting our lives back. hang in there, girlfriend! the best is yet to come!! dee

Petty, Thank you for reminding me why I did this to begin with.You are so right had I not had this surgery quite possibly I could be very sick or even dead now.I guess in this visual word with toothpick role models,we sometimes think in that way.I need to get back to basics and work on the problem areas.It all comes down to I need to love me for me.Not skinny ,fat, saggy just the me inside before I'll ever be satisfied.Thank you again for reminding me. P.S. I think mirrors should be outlawed atleast the full length boogers. Beth

Hello everybody, I have not posted on this board in awhile,although I have alot in common with y'all.Yesterday I woke up and looked in the mirror,and I thought look at you you are a saggy old looking and gross.Before yesterday I thought I was looking and feeling so much better.I dont know how to explain this feeling although I know someone knows what I am rambling about.I need to get back to the gym,but since I started back to work after almost 11 years I use every excuse.Then to top it all off I tuned into Dr. phil yesterday afternoon and he had a lady who had lost 160 pounds and regretted it because of the skin.I dont know how to get past this.Other things are going on in my life that I am struggling with ,so maybe I am having control issues.I dont know this maybe silly to some,but I am back to hating looking at myself naked in the mirror.Maybe this is just a phase or a bump in the road .I guess I need to keep telling myself that I am only 14 pounds from my goal,but I can't wrap my mind around much today,sorry for rambling on ,but I am just down. Thanks for listening Beth.