Finally

OMG, it has taken forever but I have finally hit 190. I have been doing the 4 pound dance since the end of Aug. FUSTRATING!!!! I know I will go on losing but these long stalls where I dance up and down 4 pounds almost drive me insane.  (don't really have far to go). So now I am 10 pounds rom my next goal and 20 pounds from Dr. B's goal for me. I HATE THESE LONG LONG STALLS.   UUUGGGHHH


O.K. now I offically look like one of these big rubber balloons that was overstretched and all of the air let out. I seriously have hanging skin around my knees as well as everywhere else. I look like a shar pei dog.

Seriously, Char Pei dogs are beautiful....and if you are feeling wonderful,,,then that is all that matters. You are doing so great. What an inspiration to us waiters. Thanks for sharing your great news.

Cheers, Sugarbear

Good for you! Stalls suck - but they happen. And forget about the hanging skin - it's all about how you feel - not how you look! Way to go!

My sister used to call me Char......turns out it was really Shar!!!   BTW congrats on hitting 190. I still have 33 pounds to go to hit wonderland.....some days I wish for RnY.

Charline, I am so sorry this has been such a struggle for you. I wish you had RnY too. Didn't you originally want RnY? I think Ann did too but I could be wrong.

I think bandsters do so great for the first 6 or 8 months while some RnYers have a real struggle for the  first 4 or 5 months. I trhink RnYers have more complications further out while bandeters don't seem to have many issues except poor Penelope and Jacquline . From reading what you guys write or maybe it just seems that way. I follow you guys very closely. I feel like I know all of you old guys now and am interested in seeing how you all are doing.

My weight loss is very slow compared to other RnYers but I dont really care. I eat as well as I can and don't allow myself to feel hungry. I might lose faster if I were exercising and following more closely how I was eating. My back is too bad to exercise. I dance around a certain weight for a long time but I dont worry too much about it. The weight will come off in time. For me though this was right. I could not live my life on a diet.

Maggie

From one sharpei to another -

Whoooohooooo on hitting 190 ! Way to go!

The xtra skin is starting to really affect me bigtime I cant look at myself without getting really upset about it - even at my larges of almost 300 lbs - well I think I avoided the mirrors but I didnt feel this negative about my body-  I know some of it was denial and again I think I just didnt look but when I was fat I was not jiggly like this- it didnt flop and make its own noises!

My hanging skin does a real number on my mental attititude so I am working on it - I was not able to exercise for the first 6 or so months and even now I take 2 steps forward and 3 steps back with exercise - either my back or knees kick in and say hey back off lady! lol

One day at a time right and I am saving for plastics - if I ever get brave enough- I have a lot of fears about plastic surgery but my dr seems to think my panni might be affecting causing some of my lower back pain - I dont know but I would sure like it gone!

Congrats again girly !

deb