Just to let you all know, I am over that hump of the platue, now I am down to 190 and its going to be six months on January 10...I am down 84.5 lbs since July 10...I did not think I was going to get passed the 200 mark, but I did, it took about 4 weeks but I am there, according to what they say my goal weight is, I have 53 pounds to go to be at 137....but after reading many things about whats been going on with me, things should be kinda slowing down, on average about 7 lbs per month, but I am happy, still having some issues with meat and bread, and french fries, its not going down all to well, it still seems to get stuck....no matter how much I chew....the hair is still coming out, and I am trying to get the water in and trying to tone up for the wonderful summer months to come so the skin wont sag, like its doing now, if you know what I mean....thanks for all the wonderful comments...they do mean a lot when you in one of those moods that you feel like your the only one...