My name is Tina and I am 36 years old. I had the gastric sleeve on July 19th, 2011. (36 days ago) Within 3 weeks I had lost 40 lbs. The last 2 weeks however I went from gaining 4 lbs to loosing 6 so down 2. 42 lbs in all. I am scared about this plateau but I am going to continue to folllow all the rules and work out. : )

I had been overweight since my first pregnancy 12 years ago. Then as the years passed and with the 2nd and 3rd preganancy then beyond I just seemed to steadily gain 10 lbs a year. So I found myself at 264 and very uncomfortable. I manage to enjoy life no matter what, but I don't want to be the fat girl! I miss buying cute clothes so much. I know that I am not the best at disciplining myself. I love to eat out and I love to drink. I knew that I would never be able to discipline myself alone. This surgery (paid out of pocket) would be the motivator and the way to kick start my big life change. Yes, force myself and then once its done I have to stick with it. Its the price of my car payment for 18 months. Once I see the results how could I not be gung ho!? So here I am 222 and revving to go!!

Congratulations Tina! Welcome!

Congratulations on your awesome weight loss. And don't worry, your body is stll getting slimmer and tone, even if the scale doesn't show it right now. It WILL start to move again. Promise.

Congrats! A lot of people have said there's a stall around week 3, so you're probably in the midst of that. Don't worry about it, keep following your plan and you'll start losing again soon!