WHOO HOO!!! That's FANTASTIC!!!! Katie

Hi AmyBee! You are doing great. I lost a total of 90 lbs and just have 30 more pounds to go before I am at my goal weight. I have definately slipped...pretty bad too. But I came back to this great group because I realized I cannot do this alone. I too, need to up the exercising. But a gym is out of the question. I can't afford it and I just don't have the time availability to go. I have a 2 yr old and a 6 year old. Sitters aren't easy to get either. But I do enjoy walking so once the weather cooperates here, I will put my daughter in the stroller and my son on his bike and we'll go walking. I enjoy walking. Its great exercise. But doing Ok. I am still having slips but I am doing better. I have lost too much now to screw it up by sabotaging myself. I agree with you too that this is the best thing I could ever have done for myself. My knees don't hurt anymore. I can actually RUN up a flight of stairs and not need my inhaler by the time I reach the top. I think my lungs are happy with me too...ROFL.... Good Luck and lets KEEP BEING LOSERS.... Love, Erin Open RNY 9/2/04 sw 241 lbs cw 151.5 lbs gw 123 lbs

Wow! Jenelle you did give ugly a much better meaning. I love that!! Thanks ladies! Has anyone heard for Wesie? I was thinking of her lately and wondering how she was doing. Wesie! If you are out there please post.... I didn't recognize you ladies. You ladies look great!! I need you all so much and I cannot do this without you either. Its frustrating too, when people say you shouldn't lose more. I do want to say "Listen, you don't know what I need to do". "Outsiders" just don't get it. We will get to our goals and overcome any obstacles. We will stick together and get through it. I feel like I just came home again. J Goldinger! Where the heck are you girlfriend?! Erin

Hey Erin Good to see ya back!! Congrats on your 90 pounds!!! You go girl!! I understand what you mean. I'm @ 190ish (that time of the month) right now and everyone is telling me how good I look and how I should stop where I'm at. But this is more of a personal goal to myself to be @ 180. Yeah it's only 10 lbs, but dammit I want them gone!! Have you noticed that since you lost weight, your body is different than it was before you got fat? I'm weigh less than when I graduated from high school, but my gut wasn't this big and I can't fit some of the clothes I had back then. GO FIGURE!! Well anyway, try to think positively, you've given yourself an awesome gift!! You are fantastic!! UGLY has become my favorite word because I made it work for me. It means: U. Gotta. Love. Yourself!!! I wish you, and that beautiful butterfly that's inside of you waiting to get out, continued success!! ~Jae 275-190-180

Wow, you've really been through it. How do you take meds that work with your surgery. I mean there are so many meds we aren't supposed to take. Hope everything works out for you. I'll say a prayer for you, for sure. But you're so right, being a size 16 and having all of this is much better than being large and having all these problems. So, one problem down, several more to go. You can do it!