As of my 6 month I had lost 124 and I do not weigh in between. I went to the mall and hopped on the scale. Do not know how accurate but I have lost an additional 3lbs. Inches seem to keep dropping, I am in a loose 14. I started at 314 and I am at 192. My clothes were a 30/32.

Carolyn, Fantastic!!! I know what a great day you must have had yesterday meeting those goals. What a super way to start out the week! You and I share some goals, I have been struggling with getting under 200lbs myself. My first goal was under 300 I started at 348, had to lose 10 before surgery so the day of I weighed in at 337. So my first goal was just to get under 300! My second "baby step" goal was to lose 100lbs by my 6 month anniversary. My next goal was to be under 200 lbs. Well as of this morning at 6:30 am my scales said 198.5 so I did it. YEAH!!!! We share the same surgery date too! Hey I think we are on a roll here!!!! I am just so excited to weigh under 200 lbs I can't believe it. I share the thoughts you have it's just bonus from here. I would love to lose another 75 lbs. and am going to try very hard to do that. However my quality of life is so much better 110% that if I don't lose another pound it was and has been worth it! Congrats again to you, keep it up!!! Whats your next goal? I think mine is to be in a size 14 and I'm not gonna attach a number on the scales just a plain and simple size 14! Heather

I am at my 7 month mark now too! I am amazed at the weight loss- 125 lbs I've lost! Even I have a hard time believing it. BUT I have been bad since I am home all day every day- school's out for summer and I am feeling it hard! I am starting to binge/graze. I am calling my nutritionist in the morning to talk about this I have come too far to revert to old habits. I am now in a size 12 ladies and the weight is flying off I think c=because I work out every day and do laps in the pool daily as well. I am starting to get angry because even with my habits of grazing the wieght is falling off. I do NOT want to snack! Anyway- congrats to all of us on 7 months! Celeste 304/178/143goal

Hey everybody, guess what? I had a great weight loss week (8 pounds) and have ended up making three major milestones all at once! 1. I am now UNDER 200 POUNDS, hurrah! I am so grateful I got this far, everything else will be gravy as far as I am concerned. 2. I dropped another BMI category. I started out as super-morbidly obese, have passed through that category as well as morbidly obese and extremely obese and am now simply "OBESE". Ain't that great? 3. I can now wear a SIZE 16. That means I can shop at regular stores! Yes, yes, yes, I am so excited! I am due to be weighed and measured again at Curves next week. The staff and other patrons there have been so supportive and encouraging! I know the work-outs there have had a big influence on my success. In fact, the thing that I am proudest of is that virtually all of my weight loss has been as fat. I am maintaining and even strengthening my lean muscle mass. I just love doing math when it shows things like this: My pre-op weight was 317 lbs, and my body-fat percentage then was too high to measure (using normal methods). If I use a conservatively estimated 60%, that would make my lean body mass at that point 126.8 pounds. Now I weigh 198 pounds and my measured body fat percentage is 41.1 percent, making my lean body mass now 116 pounds. This means that of the 119 pounds that I have lost, ALL BUT TEN POUNDS HAS BEEN PURE FAT!!!! That is what the exercise will do for you, and that is also why I am wearing a size 16 at just under 200 pounds. I had to share these milestones with you all. Thanks for your help and support! Carolyn DS 11/03/03 317/198 (-119 pounds and counting!)

Congratulations, Debbie! I feel the same way--anything from this point on is pure gravy! Carolyn 317/198