At GOAL. -160 LBS

This is the only time I have posted on any message board. I had open RNY on 3/4/03. I started at 318. I am at GOAL! I have lost 160lbs to date and do not need to lose any more. I can tell you all that what helped me lose the weight was working out at the gym. I started working out on May 1 2003 and I worked out 5 days a week faithfully.( I am slacking off a little bit these days.) It really helped get the weight off faster. Eat right and work out and the weight will come off. Remember it is not a DIET it is a LIFE STYLE CHANGE. If you look at it that way you might find it easier to handle. Best wishes to all you that are going thru all the stages. My thoughts and prayers are with you all.

Great news and congrats on a wonderful change of life. I am hoping to follow in your footsteps. And you did it in only 1 years time, that is awesome. Take care and keep control. I hear maintaining is the hardest part. Thanks for the encouragement. Dawn -50

Congratulations Janet! You are correct. It is a permanent life style change. If we lose the weight and then go back to our old ways of doing things....the weight will come back. At least that is how I feel about it. I had surgery so that I would have a chance to change the way I treat my body. Best thing I ever did.