Need help getting back on track!

Hi girls -
I've been lurking again. I just get so frustrated here after a few days looking at all your tickers and knowing that you're all smaller than me now. Even girls who had surgery like 8 months after me weigh less and are in MUCH smaller sizes than my 10-12's! It's very frustrating and makes me jealous and that doesn't bring out the best in me! LOL

I've been bouncing around between 157 and 160 for over SIX MONTHS! No matter what junk I eat or how well I eat or how little or much I exercise, my weight stays in that three pound range. It's like this is where my body wants to be but it's NOT where I want to be. I REALLY want to get down to at MOST 149 so my BMI will be in the healthy range again.

I got WiiFit for Christmas and LOVE LOVE LOVE it, but I need to use it more. I don't like to do it in front of other people really, so I need to wait for an empty living room! LOL I DO love the aerobics ones and I KNOW that I couldn't have done half of those activities when I was still 272!

I just need a push to get back in gear. At this point, I find myself eating junk (along with my protein!) because it doesn't make me dump and the weight never changes, so why not have some chips with the sandwhich, or have carby snacks, KWIM?

I think I need an email buddy (or several!) or something to not let me keep disappearing into lurker mode! I'm open to suggestions too, I'm just kinda feeling defeated. I expected to lose for 12-18 months and only lost for 9! :(

ok, first of all.  I was ready to post and I saw your post and said, this can wait.  SUmmer, Summer, Summer.  NOw, don't even go there and say there are girls smaller and who have lost more then you.  Do you even want to talk about seeing everyone loose weight and I not loose like 2 lbs. in like 3 months.  I could cry reading your post, I can so understand how you feel, but you have been and are so successful.  Please, dont compare yourself to anyone.  there will be a day, when they too, will plateau, or even gain a little and feel just like you.  (I'm included in that dont' mean to talk about the others) but we all will reach that road.  there are alot of people at you level who are having a hard time.  have you considered going to get counceling?  I"m not saying your crazy,  just that your brain needs to adjust.  I started a few challenges, why dont you join us.  how about a small "special Event" challenge, for 2 weeks, it might just take that to boost your brain.  Christmas was rough for many of us.  I just got back from Dr. Loggins (see post to follow)  I AM NOT GIVING UP,  NEVER !!!! I will do this.  and so will you, actually, as far as I'm concerned you've already done it.  pm me any time, I know i'm not RNY but our brains work alike.  Please stay positive, join us in the challenge and TALK to us.  We need you too !!!

summer i had my surgery before you and you have lost more weight than I have.. Like cherly said come back talk with us hang out chat..we all feel the same way,, I stay right at 140-145 i eat right i exercise and I stay the same.. But i know I am happier and healtier than I was in 2007..I have my wii too but I do it in front of people it makes everyone laugh and I laugh with them or at them,, it just so fun I did it for hour today love the advanced step.. I m not good at the boxing wow not together at all with that. im either punching or something i shouldnt be..lol just relax you are 100 and something pounds lighter than u was,,you look really great keep up the great work.. I eat junk food too but try to keep very little..

Thanks. I'm sure I'd feel better if I was where you're at though - 20 pounds below your goal weight! It's not about the AMOUNT that I"ve lost but rather how close to my goal, kwim?

I don't care about doing the WiiFit in front of hubby but I can't do it in front of my son. He's 2 and gets in the way or tries to get on the board with me. It's a safety issue for both of us.

Thanks for the support. I DO think I look pretty good - I'm just frustrated and it doesn't help that my mother and I weigh the same and she's still losing! I just don't know why I stopped so soon after surgery and no matter what I do in terms of exercise and nutrition I'm stuck right where I am. It's just really discouraging. :(

OMG     i am  13 months out and the scale has just started moving a little bit again

I not even in  12s except for a pair of dress pants.  I am in  14 and  16  

Wow you have done  great.   Some of us are not destined to be tiny.  I never was  small  after my children were born i weighed around  170  and that is where the nuts  says  i should be and i not that tall but i am big boned.

You  are doing  great.    I have only lost  16 pounds since  July  so i know how you feel.   but  it is still a calorie game and a diet.   We are out too long to treat it any different.   so   I am still at  weigh****chers  and   love it.

Take care
and  cheryl  i hope you  next fill   is  your sweet spot and you   get more successful!!!  You are  a great person  and  are doing  just fine.

Thanks! You're doing WW? Are you able to do that and still meet your protein needs? Do you have enough points to accomadate that? I can remember doing WW a zillion times and always ending up eating WAY more carbs than anything else, because you can eat so many more crackers etc. than proteins for the same amount of points. Maybe with a smaller stomach it wouldn't be so bad now.

How's that working for you?

Hi Summer!
I've missed seeing you around but totally understand where you are coming from!  I've looked to you for inspiration since the beginning and I still do!  I think you look amazing and are doing an awesome job!!!!

Please stick around!   I'm here if you ever wanna chat!
Hugs!
Ruth

Thanks, Ruth! You've done really well too. You're far past your goal now, aren't you?

Oh Summer - this comparing yourself to others just doesn't work, we are all different. I'm almost a year out and don't lose as fast as most people and am still in a size 18 when most people my height and weight are wearing 14 & 16's  - I could make myself crazy over this - and I do sometimes for sure. Then I have to make a choice to "pull up my big girl panties" and really focus on what I need to do to be a success.

It's not easy - but having the support here is so helpful - keep posting, rant whatever you need -we are here for you.

Thanks. I know I shouldn't compare, but it's so hard not to do. Especially since my mom had surgery and she's now my weight and size and still losing. I will NOT be happy if I'm bigger than her! Not being mean, just being realistic with how I'll feel!