Wow! Thank you! I will save this and start clicking through those sites in the next week.

wow! congrats to you! i feel you on the losing the chain of a scale... yet i feel the pull once a week or so and feel bummed when it didnt move..... i am gaining muscle i know (i have been weight lifting  for over 2 months) I also have gone from a 24/26 jean to about 16 depending on the designer. i fit comfortably in an 18. I am relativly new to this board as I was going to have surgery but was deneyed because of insurance and now am doing it the old fashioned way! Have you considered adding weights to your work out? building muscle does help burn more fat :)

Sorry i have been off the computer for a while... I have lost a total of 40lbs but that is from July of last year... I have gone from a size 24 to an 18! I am excited! I also started calorie counting at first but found FOR ME that wasnt enough, as soon as I added the treadmill, even a mile at a time, i really started to see results! I was less hungry! I had more energy, it was adicting.

Zumba is great! I now go 2x a week at the gym, I didnt like it at first, I was verry cautous of moving in public after all its hard when you move your body and 3 counts later your fat rolls catch up with you... sorry its a little cynical but, it is what it is.

how are you doing so far? I hope you were able to stick with it!

As for October I will be 28 on the second! I plan on a night out of town where I can be someone other then mom for 24 hours! (single mom here)

Hi KitCat,
I'm new also and have put off WLS due to the struggles with the insurance and thinking I'll try one last time to do it on my own.  I have over 100 pounds to lose and have gained it slowly through the years.  I decided to try nutris***em and started it a week ago. 

Focus on your positive (WOW,, 13 lbs!!).  Is there a counselor that goes with the program that can help you with some of your questions. Hopefully you can keep trying this program or another that suits you.  Keep drinking the water!  you're doing an excellent job  

It has been quite some time since I have come around these parts! how is everyone, I see alot of new faces here! seems like things are still a little slow going?? well, I have lost somewhere around 100 pounds and I have recently gotten my determination back to lose the last 50 lb's that I set out to lose! I have decided that I would stay away from the scale for a while and not become a slave to it, been there done that! I was weighing in at a steady 219 lb's then started to gain through the holidays and after new years was about 223 I really have not weighed in about 2 months and think I will stay away for a while longer, but I am diligently working at walking and eating  healthy natural foods, not always perfect of course but I am determined! i am going on a trip with my husband this June and I have a pair of capri pants that I want to wear while on our trip, they fit now, but they are incredabely tight, so my goal is for them to be loose enough to wear comfortably, they are a small 16, i have other pants in size 16 that I wear everyday just fine, these however must be more like a 14 because they are so tight! when i started this journey I was wearing a size 26/28 in jeans and a 3X shirt, now I am in a 16 jeans and a L shirt, my goal is to get to a 8/10 jeans and a M shirt, so still some ways to go! I hope everyone is doing great! what are your goals, plans, hopes, for the next months coming up??