I didn't track it by month, either. I officially lost 100% of my excess body weight the week before thanksgiving, which averages me out to about 14.5 pounds per month. Congrats to everyone else!!!!! Becky 254/145/147 (start/now/ideal body weight)

Okay - post your exercise for the second week of our challenge. You would think this would motivate me....but again only 2 hours this week. For a grand total of 4 hours. Pitiful. I hope everyone else is doing better than me. With last weeks totals we had a tie with 5 hours done by Scarlette and 5 hours by Becky Kyles. If anyone wants to join our challenge, just post your exercise totals for the last two weeks. We need all the encouragement we can get Melinda

Well, my stats should make everyone feel better about their loss! I lost about 60lbs in my first 10 weeks (didn't keep track by month) and then lost nothing for the next 4 months. Not a damned pound. Then I lost another 15 or so in 2 weeks just after my 6 month anniversary, and now I'm plateaud again. It drives me crazy. I feel like I wasted that first precious 6 months but my surgeon disagrees. I've just been told to do half the exercise I was doing and up my calories to 1200 a day to see if I can lose more. I have never worked harder at any weight loss than I have with this (600-800 calories a day, keeping track of every bite, and working in the gym an hour a day 6 days a week, then walking my dog 2 miles) and I have had what I consider to be a miserable result, except for that first wonderful 10 weeks. I hope everyone's weight loss continues at such wonderful paces! I'll post and let everyone interested know if my increased calories and decreased exercise helps me jump start the loss! Mary Ellen

My weight loss has been a roller coaster ride. I haven't lost anything in a week....... again... I don't really track it on a certain day each month, but this is fairly accurate. I want to lose 51 more lbs I started at 294 and now weigh 191, so I've lost 103 lbs. 1st month 24 2nd month 26 3rd month 10 4th month 14 5th month 7 6th month 10 7th month 7.5 8th month 4.5 ouch.. had a plateau ...did plateau buster diet and lost 4 lbs, but fell off the wagon after 5 days. I need to get back on. :ride:

The first several months, what I lost each month seemed extremely important. I find I am not as stressed about it anymore, tho. When I get dressed to go out, I feel regular sized. It's a great feeling. According to the weight-by-height chart, I need to lose between 20 to 30 pounds more. (I'm 5'5") Month 0 - 0 lbs (288) Month 1 - 37 lbs (251) Month 2 - 13 lbs (238) Month 3 - 13 lbs (225) Month 4 - 14 lbs (211) Month 5 - 14 lbs (197) Month 6 - 9 lbs (188) Month 7 - 7 lbs (181) Month 8 - 9lbs (172) 116 total so far Becky