Don't try to look at it as pounds lost, but rather percentage of excess weight lost. I've only lost 51lbs, but I've lost 67% of my excess weight. Considering the docs think if you lose 70% of your excess weight then your a success...so I'm darn close! Don't listen to those docs and just keep working on yourself everyday. We'll all reach the finish line!

Shakes make me gag unless I mix in my morning coffee...lol morning shake W/ coffee...30g Isopure RTD juice (apple melon)...40g and I alternate in the afternoon between Stacker protein water...20g or a protein bullet...27g Then the rest is from my meals...it keeps me mindful of my fluid levels too...lol the juices are SUCH a nice change from the shakes...ugh xxxBecca

My surgeon gave me a lab slip so i will go in about 2 weeks since my appt is not until feb. Thanks

start::232 lbs surgery date:::8.15.07 today::153 lbs total loss: 79 lbs

But they've got to go by more than just how much you've lost. Wouldn't they factor in how much they want you to lose all together? I mean, are you the exact same height, weight and age of this other woman? I've noticed that people who are shorter and don't have as much over all to lose seem to lose slower than the rest of us and some of the people over 300 have lost more especially if they did the pre-op. Sometimes I go to the June 2007 and July 2007 boards just to get a taste of what I can expect next month and right around now just about everyone has slowed down. What I've noticed is that people who weighed very close to what I did at the time of the surgery all seem to have lost what I have, give or take 10 pounds. I can't think of any big exceptions to that. I started at 284 and have lost 75 pounds. I've seen people who are still losing in the 60s and some losing in the 80s but it's not like everyone else around that weight has lost 100 pounds already. And I'll bet if there is someone who has they are shorter or taller or younger or older or................ We aren't all going to lose the same amount. We can't! We're all too different. There are too many factors, but amazingly we all seem to be pretty close to each other in results so we've got to be doing most of it right. Maybe not perfect but................no one maintains "perfect". I'm happy that the stuff I'm doing now seems like stuff I can maintain. Okay, so this was really long but what I'm saying is I keep seeing people say "so and so lost more than me". But how tall is so and so? How old? Did they do the pre-op diet? What did they weigh? Do they have any other health issues? Did they have issues after surgery? My NP said people lose three ways. Some are steady. Some are really fast and then slow way down. Some bounce around all over. But in the end, unless you're totally ignoring the plan, you'll lose it. Don't let the surgeon beat you up too much. You might just lose different!