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Me;va - thanks so much for your kind words.  I could never make it without this group.  I haven't a doubt in thed world that you will succeed - in fact, you are succeeding this very minute

Melva,

I think, since you are so far out, there are several things that could make your goal a reality.  believe me, at 2.5 years out, I have a bounceback of about 12 lbs that I want to lose, but am finding it very difficult.  My nutirionist advised me to "shake things up" a bit; she is also a fan of The Beck Diet Solution, so it's on my nightstand ready to go.

I also have to work at working out regularly again.  At my :heyday" (who made that word up?) I was exercising 5 times a week - now I'm lucky if I make it 3 times a week.  As with many things, I have a ready arsenal of excuses, but when I was working out 5 days a week, I didn't ALLOW excuses; I need to get that word out of my vocabulary.

You seem to be doing really well, losing 11#s!  As you probably know, the less you have to lose, the harder it is (your body fights for it in a way) so keep on with your plan, but, as I see, we all need to commit to it 24/7 to make it work.

Cyndi

Beverly, you seem to be getting how to work in this support group.  Yes, we all work at our own pace, but people who are further along with working their Days can tell others how they worked earlier days.  I mean that, since you are working on something like Day 24, you are uniquely qualified to help someone else work who is working any Day prior to that.  Just remember that there is really no right or wrong way to work individual Days.  And, based on how people completed their intro chapters' questionaires, they should be aware of what they want from the program.  Some people may just want to lose weight.  Others may want to gain confidence.  Benefits of weight loss are personal.  I don't look forward to buying new clothes and that may be a negative to weight loss.  However, most people--men and women --look forward to being able to fit in smaller sizes. 

Thanks for your active participation.

Do anybody here use the OH Health Tracker and understand it all of it it has everything but in playing with it this morning I couldnt figer all the options

Melva

Teresa

Welcome to BDS, You sound like the rest of us. WOW over 200# congratulations, I am sure you look fantastic and feel even better. We would love to hear some of your stories and maintaining for a 1 1/2 years is phenomenal.

You will find us here supportive non judgmental and genuinely care in whatever success you desire. I have never made it to my goal weight  but I will in 2010..lol

what are your goals
do you have the BDS Book and possibly the workbook
what supplements do you take
Protein a must for us- I will share if you don't have 1 I hate it to but I have no choice so I take 3 to 4 drinks per day

We all want and do eat out of sheer habit. I am most of the time not hungry either, but 50 years of eating what when and the amount I wanted is what has gotten me in to this obesity dilemma. We all have issues, You are taking a step to maintain and manage what you had surgery for in the first place.

We had the surgery and the weight immediately came off, now the real work begins, look at it as the way of life...

Melva