Ok....I was sleeved on April 4. I was doing so well, and it seems that I've been on this 4 week stall!! Well, I started going back to the gym, and I was walking every day, I bought a bicycle, and I was just loving life! And then it happened....my bad back reared it's ugly head. I was in absolute agony. It's the kind of pain that takes your breath away. No more gym for a bit. So I went to see a chiropractor, and he told me I have arthritis in my back and my neck, and I should join his 8 week to wellness program (to the tune of $675) and blah, blah, blah. I was already paying for a gym, and it's certainly a lot cheaper. I really felt like I was being fleeced. So I had a few adjustments, and I felt pretty good for about an hour after, but then the pain came right back. So the week before last, I started going back to the gym, and the trainer told me that as I lose the weight, the pressure on my back is shifting, which is why I started having the bad pains again. He also said that I'm using muscles that I haven't used in a very long time, but as I continue on, the pain will dissapate.

What I'm angry about, is that it seems that all of the progress that I had made up until a few weeks ago, has just gone down the tubes, and I feel like I have to start all over again. I'm back to taking vicodin again every day, which I didn't want to go back to. And if I sit longer than 20 minutes, when I get up, I just want to cry. This is especially hard for me, because I'm a programmer, and I sit for hours at a time. I went to the gym this mornning, and I did 1.5 miles on the treadmill, and then did about 15 mins on the stationary bike.

Between this stupid stall, and my stupid back, I'm pissed. I want to start losing weight again, and I want to get back to where I was a month ago. I'm down 32 lbs, but that's it!! And as of 5/4, I was down 27 lbs. So in just about a month, I've only lost 5 lousy pounds!

I think I just needed to vent. Thanks for listening.

Annette

APRIL 4th "ME TOO"

I'm so grateful that I have this site to help me understand that there are others out there that are going through this with me.

I have had an old back injury pain return to my lower back for aprox 2 weeks. I woke up Saturday and felt GREAT! No more pain. It magically vanished. I thought it may have something to do with my weight loss. (?)

I've also stalled for 10 days got on the scales Monday and Bammm lost 3lds in

Our back issues may have something to do with them moving us around during surgery. The first 2 weeks were hell for me....ice on the stomach and heat on the back.

Don