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Hi Everyone,

Sending out a feeler for each of you on the group to check in...Lets get a count total of our progress in 2010...sign in, and tell us how much you have lost since Jan 1st, add on you total to the last and lets see how much progress we have made...

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As of 04/24/2010 - down  6 lbs , progress is steady, WoooWhooo

Hi everyone,
   Had my RNY 4/2008 and was at my goal about 8 months ago.  I know I have been putting some pounds on but I haven't had the nerve to hop on the scale.  I will do that on Monday as I did when I was post surgery.
   I came to a personal low today when I had to up size in a pair of pants.  This is my first step to getting back on track.  I am going to read through your posts and get some ideas for dropping 10-20 pounds.
   Thanks for your help!
Gail

OK,'

So, its April 1st, 3 months into the new year and the new years resolution is not so new anymore, BUT, it is still in the front on my mind and I'm still working to get to my goal of at least 10 lbs in 2010...

So -  powering it up - TODAY 137 lbs
Thats 4 lbs gone for January 1st...SLOW progress...I so want it to go faster, like the early days out...I'm keeping it REAL though, I just want to keep seeing progress in a downward trend...

130 here I come...

See ya'll later ....

 Keep it coming MELVA  ...
I'll post Thursday for my YTD total thru the end of March...

On January 1st we started having people join this little group with the intention of dropping 10 pounds for the year of 2010. I actually established this group out of a bit of panic on my part. I had enjoyed a low of below 200 pounds following the immediate year after my RNY in 2007. I experienced a normal bounceback (somehow I actually thought I would be exempt) of about 20 pounds and managed to stay there for over a year. Then the holiday 2009 season hit and I pushed to my all time post surgery high weight of 229.8 with a serious case of panic. I had lost touch with OH after a very close relationship with many people for the year following my surgery so this is where I came back to.

Very quickly I stablized my weight back to around 222-224 around the first week of January. To be fair to myself, I set my official starting weight at 220 and reached that very quickly. I have focused pretty well during these past three months and have seen the weight slowly, but surely, come down. To my surprise and joy I hit a weight this past week of 212. My goal is to hit the 200 pound weight and then drop at least 3 pounds below it.

To do this I have focused on small breakfasts and lunches. It still try to keep around 500 calories between these two meals combined. Then I try to come home from work and have a high protein snack, like a can of tuna or chicken that will take my evening cravings away. Then I try to eat a normal dinner...and some days I even succeed.

I'd like everyone who has had the success of losing at least 3 pounds to check in at the end of March or the first week or so of April. You can add to this thread or start your own. I still think that if you really want to drop the 10 pounds for 2010, you need to have achieved the goal by the first part of or middle of November. My two bad seasons are summer and then from Thanksgiving through the 1st of the year.

One of my only hopes for this group was that anyone who starts a thread gets at least one or more responses. That I see has been done quite well...thank you to all who contribute.

I wish you all success in the next three months and beyond.

John