I had surgery 6 months ago yesterday and I have lost 76 pounds and I am feeling GREAT! Less pain...more energy! I am soooo soooo happy that everything worked out that I was able to have surgery. I wish everyone luck as they go thru the process..and for those that are freshly post op.. I had a ton of pain and had some fleeting thoughts of why did I do this when I was having head hunger..BUT NOW....I love love love my way of eating..I never thought in a million years I could stay low carb, and stay away from bread, pasta, rice, SUGAR..but this surgery has given me the ability to do so!!!! I started at 319 and am down to 243....still got a ways to go but it is going!!!!
 

Month 1               Dec 12^th thru Jan 12^th 2012                                                            27.4 pounds Month 2               Jan 13th thru Feb 12^th 2012                                                          15.6 pounds Month 3               Feb 13^th thru March 12^th 2012                                                      10 Month 4               March 14^th thru April 13^th                                                              13 Month 5               April 14^th thru May 13^th                                                                  10

 Awesome! keep up the great job!

 wow thats fabulous!!! so happy for you! 

Great job! Question though, aren't u 5 months out??

WE had surgery FIVE months ago girl!!! You have a whole month to reach the half year mark!

Btw, you go girl! :)

Hijack.

Damn Hwag way to kick the **** out of the scale.  Huge congrats.

Thank you :) I always love hearing from you ;)

Yay for five months!!! I am right there with you guys!! One more month until 6 months!! We can do it!

 Lol, made me do a math problem in my head.  I am a week apart from you and 5 months it is.  Lol- just think of how much you can lose in this next month- it will be like bonus pounds for you!!

Yeah I spent about 5 minutes making sure I was right before I posted that so I didn't look silly. I was going to be SOOOO pissed if I was already 6 months out! I need that month to make my 100 pounds post op loss!

18 pounds this past month Schwag you did fabulous!

Thank you surgery sister. I think I'm losing more muscle than fat though so I'm not so quick to congratulate myself. Either that or the skin is just starting to look extra crazy! I think you're doing fabulous!

WELL DONT I FEEL FREAKING DUMB!!!!!!!!!!! I guess it is 5 months...I am sorry for the confusion!!!! OOPS..what a dummie I am

That's so funny.  I hated turning six months because there is so much "First six months" crap.  You have a whole other month.  Congrats on the loss see you in a month.

hush. aren't you excited about the extra month?!

I am relieved that I was wrong..I was kinda bumming...hoped I would be one of those people who have lost 100 pounds in 6 months! Maybe if I start taking the exercise seriously that I could get closer to 100

Yayyy you get another month!!! :) Don't compare yourself to others. I used to do that and it drove me crazy. I remember seeing someone who is 2 weeks before me *****ached 100 pounds lost like wayyy over a month ago and I was beating myself up over it and I wanted to copy everything she did and I was disgusted with myself. You know, I swear, I finally stopped obsessing so much over the weight loss this last month and it's been my best weight loss month besides the first month.

I haven't exercised in the last month and a half because I have been having extreme clinical depression issues BUT I plan to start very soon because I'm turning into a ball of mu****'s pretty bad actually. Let me say this... just because some people's numbers are higher than yours doesn't mean they are looking better than you or making better progress. My number may be higher but I may be losing muscle mass and you may be losing fat. You never know. I may look like a ball of mush and you may look a lot better. There are so many different factors involved. I would trade some of my numbers for some muscles right about now.

Be happy with your progress... I bet you look sexy as hell!!! :)

Who cares if it's 5 or 6 the point is you did what you set out to do!
I say great job keep going no matter what the date is. Lol

The reason it matters to me is because the 6 month mark is a milestone so you'll remember "I lost ____ much at 6 months... 1 year... etc" so she has a whole month to lose before that point (as do I). Of course she's doing what she set out to do but her number is going to be even more awesome at her 6 month milestone.