Hi Irene and your band of merry followers!

I am delighted to have a group that I can relate to. Thanks for starting this up as I was feeling a little lost.

I am 13 almost 14 months out and have come to a total halt.

I am pleased with my results so far and in particular very pleased with my new level of health and lifestyle. I had absolutely no complications along the way and I am living a very normal life. Perhaps, I acclimatized too quickly!

Stats:- 5'5" tall and started out at 213 lbs with a BMI of approx 35.6.

Lost 50 lbs approx in the first 7 months and have not lost any since.

Current weight is fluctuating between 160 and 163 lbs.with a BMI of just over 27.

First goal will be to 150 lbs weight where I will just creep into the normal BMI range.

(I really would have liked to lose a further 10-15 lbs but I am beginning to think that may never happen. My ideal would be 133 lbs).

Looking forward to making a fresh start and tidying up a few shabby habits.

Bookleen

Hello there across the pond!!!

My doctor told me at my last visit that my weight will plateau between 150 and 170. (I'm 5' 4"). He said the the people who get lower work out a lot. After hearing that I kicked up my exercise. Maybe that can help.

I think you are doing great and keep it up!!!

Nina

Hello Everyone,

I'm back again.....missing for a few months! Not exactly missing in action... more like missing at rest.

Not much damage done.. .......but no weight loss either.

I am still high up on that plateau and hoping to descend for Christmas, so now is the time to get focused.

This time I intend to stay online and get more accountable.

Bookleen

Hey Bookleen, welcome back.

I've been in a similar situation tbh, I got back from holiday last Monday though and checked myself in at the closest Rosemary Connelly class. I think that with 15 weeks to Christmas and 18lb to goal I need to be held accountable, so I've come back to the traditional humiliation of being weighed in public once a week!

We can totally do this!

xx

Hey Bookleen, welcome back.

I've been in a similar situation tbh, I got back from holiday last Monday though and checked myself in at the closest Rosemary Connelly class. I think that with 15 weeks to Christmas and 18lb to goal I need to be held accountable, so I've come back to the traditional humiliation of being weighed in public once a week!

We can totally do this!

xx

I think it would be worth it to get to goal! Im around the same place as you...

Hey Brookleen,

I've only just realised that this thread was an open invitation... and I wish I had seen and joined it before.

Anyway, congrats on a great weight loss so far... I am in the same boat as you in many ways too.

I love the idea of being at my surgeon's goal by christmas... that would be the best present ever - apart froma date with the one and only Robbie Willliams...lol!!

So, you have my support and encouragement too... good luck let us kick the ass out of the last stretch!! x

Hello Everyone and you are all welcome to join me on this thread, even though it is supposed to be a personal log.

I would love your company here. Please join in.

I am Bookleen and I am back on this thread after approx an 18 month absence.

I have just "celebrated" my 3 year sleeve "birthday". My birthday present from me to me is getting back on this VST forum!

Well I would love to join the " vets forum" but I am not eligible for a couple of reasons.

Firstly I never quite reached goal. I lost weight for the first 7 months and then hit a plateau for the next 7 months even though I thought I was continuing to do things right. I was still weighing regularly and generally obsessing about not losing weight. After being on that plateau for 7 long months I drifted away from VST and also stopped weighing myself as often, and then decided that I would live my life "like a normal person" and stop obsessing about food, weight etc etc.

Well, now I am back, surprise, surprise.

I enjoyed myself in the past 18 months and have every confidence that I will be able to lose the additional weight I gained and also go all the way to goal if I put my mind to it.

I have gained 7 lbs in the past 18 months and I also would like to lose the last 13 lbs to reach goal. That means I now have a total of 20 lbs to lose.

The second reason that I cannot join in the "vets forum" is that I have not enough posts. One needs 100 to join in. When I was at the initial stage of weight loss I used the name "Booklean" and clocked up some posts on that name. However, when I changed my PC and had problems logging on, I had to re-register.

Now, my ambition is to stay on this thread and be accountable. I intend to log on regularly and hopefully frequently and give an account of my "doings"--- the good, the bad and the ugly, but hopefully it will turn out to be more good than bad.

To do this I will need your help, support, encouragement,challenges and of course your sense of humour.

I am in no rush to lose those 20 lbs. However, I will set myself a goal of Christmas 2013.

Bye for now,

Bookleen

Don't forget-------I would love to hear from you!

Welcome back!

Thanks feedyoureye,

I feel welcome although I do not know where to tap into the action on VST at this point in time.

I have been reading posts in several spots and the site has changed so much since my first visits that I cannot be sure where I belong. No problem. I will take roots here and try to get back into the swing of things.

There are some slightly fresh points of view that I find interesting since I first joined 3 years ago.

Different people put emphasis on different points which I find very informative and helpful.

Bookleen