I had my surgery back in November so its been a little over 7 months and I am officially down 151 lbs. Things have slowed down the past 4-6 weeks but it is still coming off. I definitely understand what everyone means by the "honeymoon" phase now and it really helps to lose as much as you can during that period. I've got 69 lbs to goal and I will have lost half my initial weight.

Awesome Job BamaXpress78. Keep up all the great work.

Congratulations! That is amazing news! I hope you can appreciate all the hard you've done thus far. I'm a newbie and I'm interested to know more about this "honeymoon" phase. Would you mind enlightening me?

Great job!!!!!!!!!! You should be very proud of yourself.

Thanks StormWarning!

Natty76 - I remember reading the boards prior to my surgery and that phrase caught my attention. Also on the first post-op my surgeon used the phrase as well and basically told me that you are going to do good during the first 6 months almost no matter what because you have lots of restriction. However, the difference between doing good and great is being disciplined to eat your lean Protein first, limit starches/carbs/sugars, add in some form of moderate exercise, and don't start back the old habit of mindless snacking. Hopefully that all makes sense but let me know if you have any questions. Good luck and thank you!

Congratulations, Bama! That's wonderful news! You must feel terrific!

I had my surgery back in November so its been a little over 7 months and I am officially down 151 lbs. Things have slowed down the past 4-6 weeks but it is still coming off. I definitely understand what everyone means by the "honeymoon" phase now and it really helps to lose as much as you can during that period. I've got 69 lbs to goal and I will have lost half my initial weight.

Ok. That is just WRONG to say (insert mocking tone here) "I lost 150 pounds" and NOT give us a current picture??? DUDE!!! LOL Give it up!!! Picture please!!

Ok. That is just WRONG to say (insert mocking tone here) "I lost 150 pounds" and NOT give us a current picture??? DUDE!!! LOL Give it up!!! Picture please!!

Ditto!

Ok. That is just WRONG to say (insert mocking tone here) "I lost 150 pounds" and NOT give us a current picture??? DUDE!!! LOL Give it up!!! Picture please!!

lol Dooter, you're right! I just hate taking pictures but I do have one from our recent cruise I can share. I am 15-20 lbs heavier in the pic than I am now but you can see the difference.

Thanks everyone!

That's an awesome accomplishment!!!

Guys breeze through weightloss. Not to trivialize, at all, what you have accomplished. It's awesome. But you guys are the hares to our tortoises and 150 lbs in 7 months is just flooring.

I stalled through about 1/3 of my homeymoon phase. Think I'll get a mulligan?

lol Dooter, you're right! I just hate taking pictures but I do have one from our recent cruise I can share. I am 15-20 lbs heavier in the pic than I am now but you can see the difference.

Thanks everyone!

Well lookie there!!! Great job!! You look totally different! Thanks for indulging me!!!

I had my surgery back in November so its been a little over 7 months and I am officially down 151 lbs. Things have slowed down the past 4-6 weeks but it is still coming off. I definitely understand what everyone means by the "honeymoon" phase now and it really helps to lose as much as you can during that period. I've got 69 lbs to goal and I will have lost half my initial weight.

Wow thats great!