my goal was to be under 200 by christmas.... i'm 202.5 AHHHHHHHHH i'm going to be weighing myself 5 times a day till i'm there LOL:Bunny

desiree...I feel your anguish!!! It took me 3 weeks to get under 200 once I got to 208!!! Now I want to get to 189 by christmas. I am fluctuationg between 194 and 192..it is driving me nutso!! ( short drive haha)

Good Luck with your Christmas present to yourself!! I never thought 199 pounds would look and feel so good!!

ugh i was the same way...i hovered at 206-208 for like 3 weeks, then after i got my period i lost 3 lbs and back to loosing...i just know i'm going to get to 200.5 and stall. LOL

Good luck ladies. Its nice to see you have set some goals for yourselves.

Me, I'm just happy to be putting along but once I hit 199 the worlds gonna know about it ROFL !!! ooooooooh yeah.

well at least you get to loose because of your period..I had a hysteroctomy a few years ago so I do not get that....

I have stalled out again with my weight loss. it seems that I will stall and then WHAM!! it starts up again!! I do know that I do not need a fill. I am very tight right now. only able to eat about 2 ounces at a time. so that is not the issue... Just our bodies adjusting..

I just wish it werent so frustrating!!

Dear Desiree,

Here's what I've noticed in the month that I have been reading these threads.... that just about everybody, no matter what their start weight is loses 40lbs in the first 4 months. That averages to 10lbs a month. I've noticed that with the women on the boards.... men, thats always another story. Your ticker seems to be reflecting the exact same thing. Sooo, if you got banded on Aug 18th then Dec 18 makes 4 months and 40 lbs. Hows that make you feel? I have other neat ways of looking at weight loss and it will get you off the scale and to stop frustrating yourself. I desparately want to be in your shoes.... waiting for approval, maybe by end of the year. Hugs,