Hello Ladies!

How is everyone? Me? Well... My weight loss has come to a stand still. I have really been paying attention - even in Orlando this weekend - to everything that goes into my mouth. I truly expected to see a change when I got back yesterday, but nope! Actually there was a change...+0.8 lbs. Grrrr....However, I know a good BM will get rid of that since I hadn't gone in 4 days! TMI...I know... I'm ready to kick my scale square in the nads...if it had nads. Ah well, I guess its time to stop weighing myself so frequently. Kathy

HEY!!!!!!!!!!! I have missed ya girl. I didn't know you went to Florida. I hope you had a great time. As far as the scale.....stay off!!!!! You look marvelous I haven't gotten on a scale in a little ove 2 weeks. I need to get on one!!!! I need to keep myself in check!!!! Melissa

I sent my sister and e-mail with some photos from Disney and she sent me one with only 3 words in all caps: "YOU SKINNY B*TCH!" I feel better now. Kathy

TOO FUNNY!

IT MAY NOT MAKE YOU FEEL ANY BETTER ABOUT THE SITUATION, MS KATHY, BUT YOU ARE PERFECTLY "NORMAL"! WE'VE ALLLLL GONE THROUGH THE SAME FRUSTRATIONS OVER & OVER SINCE GB, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WHEN YOUR BODY ADJUSTS, THE WEIGHT WILL COME OFF AGAIN. I'VE BEEN THE "QUEEN OF STALLS", LET ME TELL YOU, & COULD HAVE GONE CRAZY OVER IT ... HMMM, I THINK I DID GO CRAZY A COUPLE TIMES ... ... BUT, DOING SO DIDN'T HELP ME LOSE WEIGHT ONE LITTLE BIT. I'M ALSO A VERY SLOW LOSER ... AFTER THE 1st 60 #s, THE WEIGHT LOSS HAS BEEN AT A SNAIL'S PACE, BUT THE POINT IS THAT NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES, WE'RE STILL BETTER OFF THAN WE WERE BEFORE GB, RIGHT? OH BOY, YOU & I ARE "SISTERS" REGARDING THE SCALE! I ACTUALLY HAVE KICKED THE SCALES & SAID MANY A NAUGHTY WORD TO IT, BUT THE STUBBORN THING JUST LOOKS BACK AT ME & TAUNTS ME MORE. IF IT IS REALLY DRIVING YOU CRAZY, TAKE A BREAK FROM WEIGHING FOR A LITTLE WHILE. I TEND TO "BLOW IT" WHEN I DON'T WEIGH SO I WEIGH EVERY DAY BUT EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT & THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE ALL NEED A BREAK FROM OUR WEIGHT LOSS ISSUES. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY STRESSFUL JOURNEY NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE LOSE, SO BE GOOD TO YOURSELF & GIVE YOURSELF A BREAK EVERY NOW & THEN! KEEP YOUR CHIN UP, MS KATHY ... YOU'RE DOING FABULOUSLY ... GOD BLESS YOU ... DAWN & NICK PS: TRY MY TRICK OF 1 - 2 PRUNES A DAY FOR THE "GOING" ISSUE ... IT REALLY HELPS!

If I hadn't paid so much for the durned scale I would throw it out the window. I know I said I wouldn't weigh everyday anymore, but I did anyway. Still the same. However, I did solve the "going" problem. The sugar alcohols in NSA fudgecicles keep me regular and I had completely cut those out of my diet becasue I felt like I was abusing them. Well, I bought some more and *tada!* I am back to normal. However, I am trying to remain in control. Kathy

WELL, HERE'S WHAT THE DATA SAYS ... THOSE WHO WEIGH EVERY DAY LOSE MORE WEIGHT OVER THE LONG HAUL, SO MAYBE THE FRUSTRATION WE GO THROUGH IS THE COST OF THAT BENEFIT! I FORGOT ABOUT THAT ... SF CHOCOLATE CANDY WILL DO THE SAME THING FOR THE "GOING" ISSUE. OHHHH, I LOVE THOSE NSA FUDGECICLES!!!!!!! I COULD EAT THEM ALL DAY & FORGET ABOUT EATING REAL FOOD! YOU'RE DOING FINE, GIRL!!! JUMP ON THOSE SCALES EXTRA HARD TOMORROW! SHOW IT WHO'S BOSS! HOW CLOSE ARE YOU TO GOAL? GOD BLESS YOU ... DAWN & NICK

Well, I hope the data is right, because I am addicted to weighing myself! I just can't stop! That was my problem with the NSA fudgicles too. I was eating them all day and not eating enough real food! Thas when I had the first stall. So far I have lost 75 pounds, I am 17 pounds away from normal and 33 pounds away from my surgeons goal. I know these last few pounds are going to be hard. I just gotta learn to deal with it. Kathy

OH WOWOWOWOW, YOU ARE DOING WONDERFULLY! YOU LOOK SO TINY, I CAN'T SEE WHERE YOU CAN LOSE ANOTHER 33 #s! I'M STUCK AS WELL & KNOW I HAVE TO MOVE MY LAZY BACKSIDE & DO SOME REAL EXERCISE ... AS DUMB AS IT IS, I'M LIKE FINDING EVERY REASON IN THE WORLD NOT TO EXERCISE ... TIME TO CRACK THE WHIP ON ME! DAH-UHHHHH! GOD BLESS YOU ... DAWN & NICK

Hey Kathy! Glad you're all back home again, safe and sound! I wrote about my scale hatred on my profile a week or so ago ... weighing too often can really do a number on my head! Have I stayed off the scale on a daily basis like I said I needed to? NO! Has the scale moved in the last week? NO! BUT ... what that darn scale says truly doesn't matter in the big scheme of things ... we are shrinking, and we are healthier than we were before surgery. Let's just keep "following the rules", as the man says ... and we'll see that well-kicked scale move once more. Dawn