Easter Edition!- Sunday Weekly Weigh-In

   Hello all and Happy Easter,    I had a pretty good week and got a lot of things done around the house.  We had great spring weather here.    Here's the numbers:   Starting weight, 1st consult (January 13, 2006):    339    Surgery weight (March 20, 2006):                             300    Weight last week:                                                         185    Weight this week:                                                          184   This week I go for my one year check up.  I am looking forward to getting the blood test results to see how the body is running.    Have a good week,    Life is great,  Rick

Long Week, Good Result. I had planned to meet up with Kim from the left this week while he was here in my hometowm, but caught my wife's cold Monday night and took most of the week to get back in action.  Being sick cost me two days in the gym, but I still managed to loose 4 lbs.  Sorry I had to cancel our visit Kim. Surgery 10/23/06   439 Last Week               329 Today                        325 I am closing in on 6 months and would like to loose about 10 lbs in the mext 2 weeks.

Greetings Scott -=- You're still a loser !  Hang in there! Glad to hear you are feeling better!  It's a bummer when you get hit like that and it kicks you in the buttz.  It was COLD last week in Chicago, don't know how you do it? Should be back in town for a golf tournament 5/21. Hope to see you then. Off to Las Vegas later today, work and visit with kids and grandkids. Take Care and Hoppy Easter. KIM

Reading these posts do lift me but I am real frustrated as I am in my fourth week stuck in the 268 to 266 range. After seeing 263 on March 17, this is starting to bum me out.  BUT,...I am sticking to the program and my walking program and hope the scales will jump again like they did after the last two 3-4 week plateaus in Jan and Feb. Heaviest: 408 Start Pre-Op diet: 388 Day of Surgery: 374 (9/26/06) Current: 267 Keep posting guys.  You inspire many. 

Hey Joe - we share the same surgery date and I'm going through the exact same thing.  I've been stuck again on the same 2-3 lbs. for 4 weeks now and getting discouraged - the scale goes up, down, up, down, up, down... but never outside those couple pounds.  Upped my exercise - swimming 1,650 to 2,000 meters 3-4 days per week and walking about 12 miles a week.... reduced my calories down to 1,000 (from 1,200-1,300) again... and nothing!   I surely understand your frustration and your post made me feel better because it implies that maybe this is a normal part of the process at this point post surgery.  Hang in there!    Thanks, Steve

Steve,  Thanks for reassuring me No Man is an Island.  I talked to the CNP at my surgeons office yesterday and she told me it wasn't so much how long post op as how much weight I've shed in that timeframe,...not to worry, the honeymoon period is still 12-18 months for rapid loss and it would happen if I stayed with the program.  It sounded to her like the body was just regrouping and adjusting for the next phase of losing.  So I guess we just need an extra dose of patience and continue our undieing tenacious zealousness.  Did I really say that out-loud??  Whoa...

Happy Easter Guys, Only lost 1/2 pound this week--not bad considering I was out of town on business and ate more or less  "like a normal person" for three days. Here are the stats: Highest wt: 343 Initial consult: 335 Day of surgery: 317.5 Last week: 232 This week: 231.5 Weekly Total: -.5 Total To Date: 111.5

Woohoo..I'm acutally "doing" this on Sunday as I'm online today...cool! Biggest weight : 404 WLS day : 387 Last Week : 276 This Week : 274 Weekly loss : 2 lbs.... Man whatta ride, eh? J

Confession time. I hang my head in shame. I was down to 166 lbs (6'0" tall) and was hearing from EVERYONE, including surgeon & primary, to stop losing weight. In fact, they said I needed to gain weight!!! I never, in my life, thought I would hear that. Well, you have to be careful what you wish for. I used their advice as an excuse to test the boundaries, experiment with food limitations & have done some "old fashioned" pigging out. The results: in the past 8 weeks I have gained 18 lbs. YIKES!!! The good  news is that I am still at my original goal weight. More good news: pigging out is no longer what it used to be, i.e. hugh quantites of junk & fast foods.  Anyway, In the tradition of Easter, I will ask for forgiveness and attempt to resurrect a healthy way of living and eating. Happy Easter to all. Highest weight:  428 Todays weight:   185 (-243) Jay