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Hi Steff, I had to chuckle at your post. Yes, some people are too obsessed with poundage (numbers) and not with how loosing the weight--even just a little makes you feel. That kind of feeling is what I look forward to feeling. I hope I don't get obsessed with the scale. I want to look for the "WOW" moments like... my rings are loose, my double chin is gone, or my pants are falling off (Oh, my!) Your brother's comment is too typical of a brother. My friend exclaimed, "I lost 12 pounds! her brother said, "Turn around I think I just found them" Ha-ha, just keep it real and try to blow-off those that want to make you feel bad...40 lbs is super--remember how good it makes you feel cause---this isn't a contest right???? Take care, Virginia

Hey Virginia that brother thing made me laugh. The thing is my brother is close to 300lbs himself, but always being the skinny one in the family, he thinks he still is. My brother doesn't try to be mean, he just says what he thinks, no filters at all. Isn't that just like a man?? Steff

Thank you.... Thank you.... Thank you.... YOu guys made me cry... It was so refreshing to hear from people who did understand.... I will continue to do what I am doing and hope that my body was just being weird... and that I will continue to lose despite the albumin levels.... if no.... oh well... I do feel better than I have to in years... I was painting today and actually stood on the toilet and some plastic chairs to reach high spots... and they didn't break or collapse under my weight.... and if you have ever been where I have.... you know what it is like to have a chair collapse under you.... I have chosen to stay away from the other boards for a while until I simmer down and figure out what is going on with me... Thank you again for being there!!!! B

Hooray! I came here for the first time and read your post! I am thrilled to read it! I agree wholeheartedly! Being super morbidly obese and having gastric bypass is a completely different road than what "lightweights" have to go through. I've often thought it, but never spoken out, but B, they drive me crazy! One of the things that finally convinced me to give up the diet roller coaster and have wls was to give up the diet roller coaster! I don't aim for protein all day long. If it is time to eat, and there is something there I want to eat, I eat it. No, I can't go to Burger King and eat a Whopper anymore, but I can order a cheeseburger, toss the top bun, and eat it! Guilt that I don't weight 100 pounds at 5'9" tall? Nope! I'm on my very own weightloss journey. If I can walk and play 18 holes of gold, play an hour of tennis, and comfortably go skiing and scuba diving, then the number the scale says I am is irrelevant. Enjoy YOUR journey!! Forget everyone elses! (((hugs)))

Thank you for posting your heart and to all those who followed up with comments of relating to what you said. I started crying when I kept reading over and over again exactly what I have been feeling this past year. I am struggling with my eating issues again after losing an initial 150 pounds and I weigh now what so many others start at when they have first have the surgery! How can we get the motivation and emotional strength to keep trying, when our prime time for the weight loss seems to be over and we are again struggling with the eating issues we had in the pre op days? I cannot eat the same amounts at one sitting that I used to be able to eat (and I thank God for that) but I can graze and eat my way into the same intake over the course of the day with the poor choices I am making and so my weight loss has stopped and I am now doing what I told myself I would never ever do again and that is I am gaining weight. I feel out of control and so terrified and but mostly incredibly sad. Kathy

I know the feeling!! My weight loss stopped after about 6 months, and I'm still heavy enough to qualify for surgery!! Of course, I've lost over 100 lbs so far. . . I know I'm eating a little too much, and sugar does NOT make me sick (darn it), so I just need to get on the stick and get back on track. I'm starting counseling again next week. I've upped my anti-depressants as of today, so we'll see. My psychiatrist is also putting me on a different medicine for my restless leg syndrome because the one I'm on can cause weight gain. I haven't gained in the last 6-7 months, just not lost any more either. Sigh. We'll see. Of course, I feel so much better already, that even if I never lose any more, it was worth it to me!!! Ann in Duluth (GA)

LOL B..please don't feel bad about or apologize for how you feel-we've all been there. i try really hard not to begrudge anyone a normal weight, but i am SO envious b/c i've worked my #$$ off and haven't even gotten below 200 lbs yet (starting weight was 374.5). i realize that most of them started out weighing not much more than i do right now, and they can't really understand where i'm coming from, so all i can politely do is bite my tongue. what i WANT to do is jump up and waggle my entire sagging body at them and scream "look at me and be grateful for how you look!" *sigh* Hugs, Donya -170 lbs