2 Month Plateau, Bad Choices.. Have I blown it?

I will be five months out March 14. When I had my surgery I was sitting on my butt doing nails all day. Since then, on Jan. 1, my daughter bought a Blimpie franchise and I have been running it for her, working about 12-14 hrs a day, getting lots more activity than before! Anyway, my calories have been around 900-1100 each day, some days less, but I wasn't losing anything. I thought maybe it was because of all the movement I'm getting compared to being sedentary before. Unfortunately, I was stupid and a lot of the calories were coming from sugar ( a Blimpie cookie here and there, a few bites of a cinnamon roll, a hershey kiss or two, pink lemonade, etc. etc...) I thought calories were calories. Well, I have been at a standstill (at 37 lbs) since Jan 1. Two days ago, the ol' lightbulb went off and I decided to skip sugar altogether. After only two days of that, I've lost 2 lbs.! Now, my question, I've heard that we will lose the majority of our excess weight in the first 6 months -- so have I wasted two months now and won't lose as much as I might have if I weren't so stupid? Or will I continue this way and still get rid of it? I started as a lightweight (4'11") at 206.6 and now weigh 168.6 - but have I really put myself behind horribly or is there still hope for me to get down where I should be? Any helpful advice/input would be greatly appreciated. I feel really great now that I've started losing again, but just wonder how badly I've set myself back. Or could this have been a plateau I've heard a lot about at 3 months out? Whatcha think? --Pam Nicholson

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