That's great! Congratulations to both of you!!

Hey Rita, I'm still here as well...just not as much anymore. RNY 3/15 318/257/187 Don't really worry about the inches thing. Struggle: Eating real foods. I have fallen into a pattern of eating one Meal Replacement bar and three protein shakes a day. For the longest time, I could only tolerate chicken and fish. Any beef made me feel horrible. Thin pasta also did the same thing. I got so sick of chicken and fish that I just got away from even trying. With my nutritionists help I am back to trying again. But since I need to get from 110 to 135g of protein a day it is very tough to put in anything that is not protein. Success: About 3 weeks ago I got a little sick of just walking on the treadmill. So I started a slow jog. I have never been a runner but this felt really good. It also stimulated some serious weight loss. That week I pushed it to the point where I could actually jog a 5K loop on the machine. I ran into a friend (same age) that had just finished running a 5K race that went right by my house. So I tried it last week. Definately harder but was able to fini**** in 40 minutes. Sunday, I did it in 38:30. My goal now is to actually run in a 5K race this fall. I am hoping that by then I might be able to do it in 30 minutes. That would still have me finishing last, but finishing none the less. Good luck with the struggles and congrats on the successes! Dave

Hey Bill Welcome to the March Board As you see here everybody is pretty much on the same page. It so helpful to see what other people are doing. Everybody is nice here is it is always good to see what other Marchers accompliment, strenght and weaknesses are. Mo 260/219/160

Thanks Robin, I haven't experienced the dumping yet then. I try to stay away from sweets. I want a McDonalds sweet so bad but I am staying away because I don't want to dump. I just get it unsweet and just add equeal. It is not the same but it will do.

Hi, I'm new to the board but had to jump in. My surgery was 3/27 and I've lost 30 pounds which is a lot but I want it to be more!! I'm a very impatient person. My struggle: eating too fast and nausea which is so frustrating. Like the dietician said, sometimes something will agree with me and next time it won't. I'm still trying to figure it out. Success: I'm walking 3 miles a day, at least 6 days a week. Some friends at work are walking in the morning and I'm going to do that, too. (Mostly for the company.) I listen to books on CD when I walk so the time goes by really fast and I hardly realize I've been working out. I refuse to run. It's great to hear about what's going on with others - very inspiring. Marsha