Mayster Roundup - Pls Check In

Hi everybody... things are going great. My wedding shower is on Sunday I am so psyched. It is coming so fast May 20 will be here soon. I feel great. 2 more lbs. til the century club!!!! I hope everybody is doing well!!! Hugs, Stef

Checking in!!! Things have been so slow and depressing. I havent lost anything this months. Sometimes I feel like I havent even had the surgery! I have lost 112 lbs but I still need to lose another 50lbs... coming up on my 11 months aniversary and it just seems like I should be at goal by now. I compare myself to people my age all the time in my support group. The younger ones seemed to lose all thier weight in the first 6 months and then were at goal by a year. CRAZY! I guess slow is good for some things but I work my butt off at the gym and I dont see any results in weight... yea I am getting tone and more defined which I can see but I want the fricken scale to start moving again! Melissa 312.5/201/150

I was AWOL for a bit but I am back. I am down 125 now but still have 65 to go sounds crazy but I still am fat! I started walking again and I hope that will help. I have been eating sugar which I know is bad so I have to get that under control to. But all in all I am happy and I am so glad this board and all of you are here! Cary 390/265/200(before plastic surgery)

Hey, I'm still here. It's almost up to our year date. Remember how we counted down and sujpported each other?? My LapBand si doing fine. I had some complications in the fall but am back on track. Am walking a half marathon in May, and will be 60 years old. I check in with you guys but spend most of the time on the LapBand forums. Most of your conversations are about RNYs. We'll party in May when each of us have our anniversary. We'll count down each day and find out how all are doing!!

Hi Everyone, I'm around, just busy with life. I am not allowed on the internet as much at work, and just plain don't have time at home. I try and check in a couple times a week and read posts, but I don't post as much anymore. My weight has stalled big time - I haven't lost anything in over 6 weeks. I am down 110 lbs and stuck. I know I need to exercise and drink more water, and that will help, but again, life has a way of getting in the way. On a personal note, my Mom is a widow and lives alone and she was burglarized two days ago. It has scared her (and me) beyond belief. She feels so violated and vulnerable and afraid in her own home, that was her and my Dad's home for the past 40 years. It just sucks! I am sad about the items that were stolen, especially my Mom's wedding ring and my Dad's wedding ring. Those are irreplacable and full of sentimental value - especially because my dad died. Well that is what is on my mind, and what is up with me. Deanna

Doing well here. Down 137 lbs in just 10.5 months. 1/2 my former self! Clothes shopping is just so much fun...size 8 and medium top versus size 26. It is a miracle to be sure!

I'm here 3-4 days a week. Weight loss ha**** a stall. I hate my job and I'm thinking about leaving. I'm also thinking about leaving my husband of 27 years and moving back to Oregon as soon as my daughter graduates the first of June. All the stress has definitely effected my eating and grazing behavior. I,ve lost 78 lb.s and woukd like to lose 20-30 more. I think I coukd do it if I could get myself in a calm and happy place. Andrea

Wow, Andrea, I'm really sorry to hear that... I know it sounds silly, but if there's anything I can do to help, just let me know...

Hello fellow Maysters! I apologize for not checking in here more often. I am doing well, down 131 pounds now and still losing, though at a very slow rate! I'm averaging about 4 to 5 pounds a month. I guess the most exciting thing I have to share is that I ran the Los Angeles marathon last month. This is something that I would have never considered at 325 pounds! I am just feeling so good w/ the weight loss. I feel like I can do anything I set my mind to. I am constantly amazed at how different I feel without the extra weight. One thing really really bothers me though---does anyone else notice how much nicer people are since you have lost the weight? I find that strangers strike up conversations with me now and they would never give me a second glance before. People hold doors open for me and even let me go in front of them in line when I have fewer items. I know I should be happy, but I'm finding that it really bothers me that society is so prejudiced against the morbidly obese. It really makes me sad to think that I was practically shunned for so many years. I can't imagine ever treating someone different because of their size, but I am now seeing that it happens every day.