I am down 18.5 pounds and sooooo very ecstatic with my progress. Not as fast as others, but I am me. Yesterday I went to meet with Ana at Kaiser Bellflowers' satellite office and when I got on the scale and it read 293.5, it took so much out of me not to run down the hall screaming of joy. To see 293 to me is I will never see 300's again. I don't have a scale at home, which is wonderful for me. My next weigh-in will be May 18. Can't wait.

Great job working your sleeve. Congrats!

Congratulations! I expect I will lose at a similar rate as I am not able to be active other than in the pool.

I could not STAND to wait two months to weigh! For one thing I would want to know if my diet was having the results I hope for- I have noticed some people actually eat too little and have to up their calories to keep losing. I am amazed you want to wait!

I know that's right! Great job girl. I can't wait to see where I am at one month out!

Congrats on the weight loss and on the incredible patience!!!!

thanks

Congratulations! I expect I will lose at a similar rate as I am not able to be active other than in the pool.

I could not STAND to wait two months to weigh! For one thing I would want to know if my diet was having the results I hope for- I have noticed some people actually eat too little and have to up their calories to keep losing. I am amazed you want to wait!

thank you to alll!!!!!

I know that's right! Great job girl. I can't wait to see where I am at one month out!

I chose not to have a scale at home because I don't want to have different emotions on a daily basis. I feel as though I would be whipping myself to misery and going backwards thinking this is not working for me.

I can feel and see a difference anyway. That's all I need.

Congrats on the weight loss and on the incredible patience!!!!

Great job! I am very impressed you do not have a scale.

Hello All

Okay, I have returned to work after six weeks, and guess what? There is now a scale in the supply room. WHYYYYYYYYYYY???!!!!! hahahahaha.

Anyway, yes, I did step on it, lol. Monday I lost another 6.9lbs in a week. I am now 286.6, down from 312 surgery date. What a wonderful feeling.

I do understand that all scales are different. Still cannot wait til appointment with Kaiser next month.

Great job! I am very impressed you do not have a scale.

Good job! Almost a pound a day last week! WOW!

That's excellent! Congrats to you!

YOU KNOW WHAT? I didn't think of it as a pound-a-day, lol. Wowowowow!!! That is awesome. Hope to keep it up.

Good job! Almost a pound a day last week! WOW!

Thank you

That's excellent! Congrats to you!

Hello All

Okay, I have returned to work after six weeks, and guess what? There is now a scale in the supply room. WHYYYYYYYYYYY???!!!!! hahahahaha.

Anyway, yes, I did step on it, lol. Monday I lost another 6.9lbs in a week. I am now 286.6, down from 312 surgery date. What a wonderful feeling.

I do understand that all scales are different. Still cannot wait til appointment with Kaiser next month.

Say what? I had to giggle that of all things a scale would appear at work while you were away.

Congrats on your progress!

Hello All

Okay, I have returned to work after six weeks, and guess what? There is now a scale in the supply room. WHYYYYYYYYYYY???!!!!! hahahahaha.

Anyway, yes, I did step on it, lol. Monday I lost another 6.9lbs in a week. I am now 286.6, down from 312 surgery date. What a wonderful feeling.

I do understand that all scales are different. Still cannot wait til appointment with Kaiser next month.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

OK, this post made me seriously chuckle - we have scale too, in a little room they call the infirmary (it does have a cot, but mostly first aid supplies and such). I decided not to buy a quality scale and just use that one because I know I won't step on it every day. My suggestion: weigh yourself on that scale right before or after your next weigh-in to see how they match up. Even if they're not exactly the same, it'll be helpful to know if it's a little higher or a little lower than the doc. Mine was within a pound.

Don't worry about how fast it comes off...I see so many on here making themselves nuts because they see people losing faster than them, when in fact they're doing great. I admire your attitude about it. I take a steroid, so I have a sneaking suspicion I'll be a slow loser too. But that's cool. Better a slow loser than a fast gainer is what I say.

Virginia