Now Christina, I have only lost 79 lbs. and I am fighting for every pound, so see you have flown past me! Remember caffine has it's ups and it's downs, and if your feeling sad, try decaf! Look how pretty you are, and you look healthy too! The head stuff is harder to get over all of us can tell ya that, so start eating and drink some decaf if ya have to drink coffee. Cheer Up your doing great, besides the best times wouldn't seem so great if we didn't experience low times. So you can compare yourself to me, you have lost over 17 more pounds than me. Come on now, just think this week is almost over, time to begin a better one! Catherine 275/197/150ish 1/22/04

Christina and others.. I too, feel jealous of my brothers and sisters that do so much better than me at the weight loss. Especially since I work so hard at it. I haven't lost A SINGLE POUND in two months. I have only lost about 85 pounds and my doctor (endocrinologist) says I may be done. That was so discouraging when he said it - but it was my motivation to get MOVING! So I did. I began exercising again, I paid great attention to my food intake and getting my protein in, drinking a lot of fluids that are on my list (one can only take so much water in a day) and do not eat ANYTHING with sugar more than 9 grams. (I still get sick) All this - and not 1 pound lost in the month I did this. What's a girl to do? At times I get frustrated - but I try to think of all the positive things. For instance - it is entirely possible that maybe the surgeon didn't take so much intestine out because I was so young and needed the nutrients? When have I ever lost that much weight before? When have people noticed me like they do? The answer to those questions is NEVER! So when I get down on the scale answer - then I try to think of all the positive things. But sometimes it still gets to me. Thanks for this post. It is a great post for those who are somewhat disappointed with our slow losses. We can stick together and support one another! Together - we will do it! God Bless, Barbie 281/196/170ish

Christina, I completely understand where you are coming from. Heck, 5 days before my surgery I weighed 331 but on the day of the surgery I weighed 325 (perhaps a difference in scales but I doubt it). I still guage my weightloss on the 331 weight. I haven't yet hit the 100 lb mark. I know every one is different and we all start off at different places, but I can't help but feel frustrated/failure when I hear of other massive weightlosses and I haven't yet hit 100 lbs. I know I could do a heck of a lot better if I would just exercise more, but when I work 14 hours a day 6 days a week, it's so difficult to get motivated to exercise. ::;sigh::: So ..... it other words, some of us are right there with ya. (and there's a reason my email name is coffenut .... I can't give up coffee either) Lida

You are not alone at all, in fact that is why I have been hiding because I too am just so fustrated right now but if we read there are alot of fustrations going on!!!!! I thought I was about 2 lbs away from my 100 lb loss and I went and bought a digtal scale and it say I am 178 so its aggrivating because I have been in the high 70's all mnth and for about 2-3 mnths now I have lost maybe 5 lbs a mnth if I am lucky. I stopped excersing and started that back up the other day again and I need more water but I am scared this is it and I think it may be. I truely wanted to be 130 but I would be satisfied with 150 that would be in the normal range but I am CRAWLING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know it may pick up again but I am wonderring when as well so you are so not alone and I am glad you posted because it helps me to know I am nto alone and I will keep you in my prayers as well. Just try to think like I do that we have lost more than we ever would have on our own and I was asked the other day how much I weighed and I told her 178 and she was stunned, she said I looked like maybe 140 so people carry it differnt too, I guess

I just had to share this story with all of you! I work @ a University and work out at the gym on campus about 3 days a week. Well, yesterday after I doing the elliptical machine for 26 minutes I moved over the the weights. I had finished doing some leg weight machines walked over to get a drink of water. The football team was there. Well, this one player looked at me & smiled. When I say look I mean he looked me up and down, you know that flirtous look! When I work out I wear my tight excerising pants, they're like racing pants & and work out top! One other think you need to know is I'm 44 years old! Having a 20 something cute looking kid look at me the way he did is pretty awesome! No one would have ever looked at me that way before, for a couple of reasons, one I would not have been in the gym and who would look at 248 lb. woman! Oh! What a feeling! Kimberley 248/236/139/125 Some day I hope!!