Debbie, Congratulations on making the decision to get healthy and live life again. I hope your surgery has minimal pain and your recovery is fast and uneventful! Take each day following your surgery as a gift, and live your life one day at a time. Try not to compare youself to others, as we are all different and lose at different rates. Listen to you doctor, and make the changes with the mindset that this is a NEW and IMPROVED way of eating and being healthy. ((((HUGGLES AND GOOD LUCK))))-- Ga Peaches