hi cheryl. i agree, this board has been slower lately. i know i've kinda been lurking. still worrying about upcoming surgery, and life is keeping me a little busy right now. i hope you find some answers for your scope and your 'food problems' get better. take care. dorthe

Hi Cheryl, good to see you posting on the Feb board, yes it sure has been slow, I guess everyone has been busy with all the new energy we have that they don't post much anymore. Your pics look great, congratulations! Dana

at the risk of sounding like a broken record (cuz i know i've said this before) i use the Leslie Sansone walking videos, that way i have no excuse to not do my workout. I have 3 different ones so I switch them up daily. They range from 2-3 miles of walkaerobics. It's great because you don't have to worry about the weather and she does a lot of arm work while you walk. I love them so much I do them 5-6 days a week and they are so easy to follow. The ones I have are Walk Away the Pounds and Walk the Walk. Walk the walk is a little harder...more aerobic. you should try them...i recommend them to everyone. steph 350/173/165

I'm having a great day also! I'm so happy for you that the 7 pounds stayed off!! I'm excited because i'm another pound closer to my personal goal. only 8 pounds to go!! this seems to be a good week so far for weight loss...i've lost 4 pounds this week so far!! woo hooo steph 350/173/165

Steph, I'm hearing it too, "you need to stop", "I'm afraid you are becoming anorexic", "You're not going to be healthy". I'm 6 lbs to goal and that puts me at the high end of the normal BMI. I can actually get to 118 and still be in the normal range, but at 118 I think I'll probably be in a size 2 and that's to small IMO. Once I have PS (if I can ever afford it), I'm thinking I'll be in size 4, I don't want to be smaller. At 5'8" - 143 sounds too thin, remember our bones weigh more because we tugged all the extra weight as pre-ops, but your goal weight needs to be where you are comfortable at. Dana