Jo, I have constipation also. I take Senokot-S and it seems to help. I try to eat a salad every day. If it gets really bad, I take milk of magnesia. Good luck! Lynn J., lap RNY 9/29/04 -118 lbs.

Hi Rebecca! Sounds like you are doing very well. Hang in there and you will get to your personal goal. I don't know if you are going crazy or not but I can say that I also feel like I haven't lost enough. I wear a size 10/12. Down from a 28/30. I am still in the overweight catagorie on the bmi scale. I want to be normal. No matter what anyone tells me about that being a guide, I want to fall into the normal range. I won't be satisfied till I do. My thighs are the worst. I also have skin wrinkled up at my butt.(The two places where I was the largest.) I want to get rid of the extra skin. I would look great without it. I'm afraid though that unless my insurance covers it I will be stuck with it. Oh well, one problem at a time. Anyway it was nice to hear from you!

I seem to loose every other week. Last month I only lost 3 lbs. for the whole month !!!! So far this month I'm down 2 lbs. so hopefully I will loose more this month. I only have 10 lbs. to go to get to Drs goal (135 lbs.) But I'm hopeing to get lower I would love to be 125 lbs. Laura -93 lbs 238/145/135

OK, so I guess I will be brave later this week. I took my 8 month pictures in a TWO PIECE that I bought at EVERYTHING BU****ER (AWESOME STORE BTW). I will go ahead and post the pictures in the next few days when my schedule simmers down, but I have been chicken so far because it is a swimsuit picture. So anyway, I took the picture on my 8 month day and I have to tell you I was shocked that I didn't look completely obscene in it. I was originally going to find a slimsuit to suck it all in but my fiance talked me into trying on other suits. I tried on the two piece as a joke with my fiance and when I left the store we had purchased it and the sales lady told me "No more one pieces for you! You look fabulous!" Granted we had told her I had lost all this weight from RNY and she was probably being extra nice but it was still surprising to hear. The bathing suit is flattering with a skirt bottom because it hides most of my flabby thighs and the top of the skirt comes right to my belly button (this is frightening for me too!) but it has an amazing slimming effect. The top is like an underwired bra and is OK but I wi**** looked like my Victoria's Secret bras that lift me up and make me look more rounded instead of deflated. All in all, it looks pretty good considering what I have to work with right now. I must say that this was the first non-stress inducing bathing suit expedition since high school. The sales ladies were so excited for me and very helpful with colors and patterns as well as styles. They brought me different ones to try and were so helpful and friendly. I didn't feel like a freak but felt more like I was being spoiled by a concierge service. Strange but nice experience. I would definitely suggest trying them during a non-busy time like a Monday night so you can get the help we need. Good luck to all on your bathing suit searches.

I do the same thing I lose about 4-6 lbs in one week and thats it.