Wow - I should have come back to this board sooner. I haven't lost anything in a while and quite frankly, I've been embarassed, so I didn't feel I had anything to add to the message boards, but I can really see I'm not alone. I'm going to take some of this advice here and try upping my protien - and also my water intake. I have also heard, (as someone else mentioned here) that it's good to break up your routine a little bit. maybe exercise in the morning if you normally do it at night and eat at different times, also change the foods you're eating every day. You know mix it up a bit. I've also been reading about adding lemon to the water and diluted cranberry juice. helps filter out the gunk in the liver - I'm going to try that too. I'll check back in a week and see how everyone is doing. Keep up the great work Lisa - you're doing great!!

hello! its oddly comforting to hear that people are losing as slow as i am, i know its not encouraging to say that, but to see peopel that are in your same situation lets u know that u are nto alone. i had my surgery on november 4th and i have gone from 262.5 to about 205-206 man that under 200 mark is really taunting me. my doc said that his goal for me is 150, my personal is 130(i am 5'6"). i laugh when i say my personal goal weight cause i dont think that i will even make it to 150. but hey, i can dream, right? i really do let the slow loss get to me a lotmore than i should, but hey, i remind myself that i had lost 55 or so pounds that wont ever come back. and i am still doing just over 10lbs a month, and if i can hopefully keep up that pace, i am not doing too bad

CONGRATULATIONS!! I also had surgery on 11/17/03 and I am down 85 lbs. Isn't it great!! Feeling like a new person! Eddi

Hi Lisa, I had surgery the same day as you and I too am down 65lbs. I keep reading about how others up their calories to a minimum of 1200 and to change the kinds of food around and that seems to help. I am going to try it but I do have trouble getting over 1000 calories a day. Good luck and please email me if you find anything else that works. Caroline.

Hi Dianna and welcome. Im a 11/25 girl too and have lost nearly 70 pounds. I started out at 262 and now am finally under 200. Funny you mentioned the picture thing. My husband took a few pics of me this morning and I still see myself as FAT. I mean, I know I still am overweight but I dont see myself any different than when I was at my highest weight. I dont see what everyone else does. I bought some shorts last weekend that were a size large (12/14). i couldnt beleive that I can wear this size. WOW!!! I still dont see what everyone else does though but rather still the MO woman pre op. I wanna loose about 40 more pounds myself but I wonder when the mental image is going to change. Again, welcome and congrats on your weightloss. Jennifer