I didn't mean to suggest you were suicidal. I would like to point out though that there is a significant number of people that are depressed before and after surgery. For some a stall in weight loss is a significant thing. I am glad that your mental health is not in question. Congrats on your compliment...I am sure as you continue to lose weight the compliments will just keep a coming. The compliments we give ourselves as we lose weight are nice and all..but it's nothing like when someone else notices! Good luck with everything.

I had my surgery on March 15, 2007. Highest 302 lbs. Surgery weight 298 lbs. Todays weight 220 lbs. Lost since surgery 78 lbs. I am 5'10.5" I feel great physically and emotionally. I still have some head hunger but my tummy keeps it under control...also everything tastes different to me now...so alot of food doesn't even taste good. Which is good because it controls my food hunger too. Good luck everyone.

It's depressing and fustrating. Trust me I am going through the same thing. Argh! Well that's what I allow myself to feel. A moment of fustration and then I put it past me and I go look at my before photos. Then I almost want to cry with appreciation. I would actually be content to stay at the weight I am compared to how I felt and looked before. I have insulin resistence and it causes my fluid levels to be beserk. If I am not retaining water then I seem like I have lost alot of weight. If I am retaining water then it looks like I have actually gained. I base my weight loss mostly off of my clothes which keeping getting bigger and bigger. Sometimes you will only lose inches and not lbs on the scale. If you have started exercising more then you'll be gaining muscle and losing fat...muscle weighs alot more than fat. Try and look at the bright side and you'll get through your stall. Good luck with everything.

Scales are strange creatures for sure! But so far except for once when my scale thought it would be funny to go up by .6 lbs it hasn't stopped completely. When I am losing very very slow....like 1 lb or less a week...I notice my clothes and jewelry get looser. I never measured myself....just couldn't bear the thought of starting numbers. I am letting my clothes tell me how I am doing. I hear that stalls or mini plateus are common....aggravating as that can be. And some folks advise not to weigh yourself so often. I personallly weigh every Tues morning ( I had my surgery on a tues morn) Keep up the good work...it will start coming off again. Carolyn

i've been stuck for about 2 weeks. zig up, zag down, zig up, zag down. sigh.