Hi all. It's been a great and hectic week getting ready for Christmas. Of course this is my favorite time of year I weighed in at 205 this morning for a loss of 1.5 pounds.

How is everyone else doing?

Just checking in, no weight loss, actually on the upswing, gaining what I had lost in the hospital, but feeling so much better, more energy, even with the feeding tube and drain in. Looks like I will get to cheat through Christmas and my 40th birthday too - I don't go back to the Dr until after the first of the year so NPO which means no holiday calories

Libbe..I glad to hear you are starting to feel better. I have been very worried about you!

Debbie..you are doing awesome my dear! You will be in Onederland before you know it!

I lost 1.2lbs this week and was able to squeeze into my old size 14 jeans! Big muffin top cuz of my big belly but hey! I got the darn things on!

Merry Christmas everyone!

I weighed in at 193 this morning. That gives me a two pound loss for this week. That is a total of 67lbs since the start of the year, and 52 pounds since surgery.

Merry Christmas everybody!

I wasn't able to get on the scale for almost 2 weeks because of my trip to India (I posted a little about it in the post-op forum). I weighed in when I got back at 202, for a 3 lb loss in that 11 days, then another .5 lb on Saturday. At 201.5, I'm now more than 40 lbs gone and so close to ONEDERLAND. I'm totally hoping I make it there by Christmas. I think if I'm able to keep up my walking (I did a lot of walking in India, which I think helped counteract the extra carbs I ate while there), I might make it, but it will be hard with the Christmas prep I have to squeeze into this week. I'm going to use the week I'm off between Christmas and New Year's to start an exercise video program (Callanetics).

Can you believe next week is Christmas Eve already? Good luck with the weight loss and Happy Holidays to everyone!

Lost another ~3 pounds this week... down to 179.3! Woohoo! So glad to be out of the 180's! Glad everyone is doing well! Merry Christmas!