ROLL CALL!! Aug 27th, 2007

My weight is 177 this week.I have two pounds to for labor Day goal. My sex life has improved mostly due to the energy I now have.Dh is very happy with the new me. LOL

Hi Everyone! I made it to 178.9 this week. Yay! But it doesn't look good for making my Labor Day goal. Oh well. Any loss is a good loss!

Lea, I've been on vacation for a couple of weeks but I'm back now. My current weight is 246, one more lb to go for goal. I know I'm not the most active on-line person but this mini-challange has helped me so, so much and I thank you for all your hard work. As for the question of the week, my sex drive goes up as the weight goes down. I'm probably equating drive with energy. When you feel energetic you want to do more things like making love. Have a great week everyone! Robin

Lea Gosh my goal was 210 and I am at 217 today, we will see if I lose anymore before 9/3, I am sure hoping. I am going to to do the Halloween challenge and set my goal at 199, ONEDERLAND. I have been divorced for quite awhile and went through the process of WLS with no bf even. Well since I have lost 105lbs and gained 1000x the confidence, I am having fun dating and experimenting too. Right now he is 6-1, 270 and solid as a brick house and crazy as this sounds I LIKE EM BIG, dont like skinny guys. But yes I am so much more limber and dont get cramps anywhere now because of how much I am exercising too! Also I am honest with these guys and tell them about the weight loss and my goal. Amy

Hi lea my weight this week is 194 im not going to make it to my gaol weight of 185 but ill make that my goal for the halloween gaol weight. As far as sex it has gotten alot better because my stomach is not in the way.

Hi Lea, Weighed in this morning at 243. Yep it's lots better

Hey there everyone- Token guy in the mini-challenge checks in.... Last week I hit my mini-challenge goal of 225, and this week I'm down to 220. As some of you may be aware, both my wife and I had RNY procedures in March 2007. Our relationship had always been good pre-surgery. Since surgery....watch out!!! My drive has increased more than my wife's but then again I think that may be a general male/female difference, supposively it's not a rule. According to sources on the men's board, men store the hormone testocerone in their fat cells. With large amounts of burned fat stores, that extra testocerone is released into the bloodstream. Wishing you all success in completing the Labor day challenge, and moving into our Halloween challenge! --Dave 350/220/205

Token male?? LOL We're happy to have you even if you are the ONLY male who can stick it out! LOL And what a job you've done too! You are really rocking right along towards your ultimate goal!! I wondered about guys and testosterone what with us women dumping all that estrogen as we burn fat! Does it make you as crazy as the estrogen does us most days? Glad to hear that all is well in the bedroom! Hugs, Lea

I sometimes have bouts of anger/frustration, which I have to control. Hard to tell how much of this is hormone related, or just due to no longer being self-medicated by food. I have a short side of my personality which seems to have expanded a bit lately at home and at work. Hasn't gotten me in too much trouble lately, but it's one more thing to manage. --Dave

I'm still holding at 175. Sigh...I really need to evaluate whether I become happy with this weight OR if I want to really spend a lot of time at the gym to get smaller. As far as intimacy...for a while it was better. I had more energy, was willing to let go. Then the ghosts of my past came to visit. I was sexually abused by a relative at 5, 2 non relatives in my teens. Men paid attention to me then, they are paying more attention to me now (my hubby has asked a few of our male friends to stop on the comments about how pretty I look because it scares me so) and its scaring me to death. So...I'm back in counseling only my counselor is taking family leave for her mother in hospice. I don't want to break in a new counselor so I'm spending some time working on things we've covered. It will get better... Gabby