I can't believe we're finally on the losers bench! Congrats to everyone on this side of the journey. Keep us updated with your progress.

Our April first peeps are Deana Wright, MissMeagan and Nella. Ladies, tell us everything!

Down to 267 this am! That is 36 down from surgery weight on 4-22, and 73 down from the start. I haven't been in the 260's for YEARS!! Feels good! Can't wait for that 250 mark.

Scary at 273?? I'm 267 today, and feeling pretty good! It is strange how we are all different sizes when we start. When we lose weight, we think of where we used to be as huge. Then there is someone who is finally down to that same weight and feeling good! Funny how our body and weight perceptions are all so different!

I felt a little out of sorts with this exact same thing when I first signed on because of my hw and age didn't see to many comments where people started out as high as mine but then I had to look at the fact also not many females as tall as I am. but now I have been on here long enough to see hw higher and lower than mine and ages vary as well. And Dorian I also have noticed more looks and conversations not than before.

I felt a little out of sorts with this exact same thing when I first signed on because of my hw and age didn't see to many comments where people started out as high as mine but then I had to look at the fact also not many females as tall as I am. but now I have been on here long enough to see hw higher and lower than mine and ages vary as well. And Dorian I also have noticed more looks and conversations not than before.

I agree. Weight is different on everybody depending on height, bone structure, and age. I can't imagine someone feeling so out of place at a weight where i am starting to feel good. But their body structure, and height may be very different from mine. I wish we could ALL just be excepted for what we are in this world and now feel like outcasts cuz we are bigger!

Down 64 pounds and can now say I'm in the 200's! Highest was 358.4 now 294.4.

Today marks 50 pounds lost since surgery! Kind of hard to believe. Has anyone else noticed that strangers smile more often' date=' or that people in the grocery store strike up conversations, where as they didn't before? Was I that scary at 273 that no one wanted to talk to me? LOL! Glad to not be such an outcast by society's norms anymore.[/quote']

Wow if you were scary at 273 i must of been the Sea Hag at 358. All buddy types are different. See i look very good at 200, its because i have a large bone frame. If I'm at 175 I'm too skinny looking.

Down 64 pounds and can now say I'm in the 200's! Highest was 358.4 now 294.4.

OMG! That's so great! Good job girl!

Wow if you were scary at 273 i must of been the Sea Hag at 358. All buddy types are different. See i look very good at 200' date=' its because i have a large bone frame. If I'm at 175 I'm too skinny looking.[/quote']

I had a friend in high school who was probably 120 soaking wet. She would always say she was sooo fat! I used to say, " if you're fat, you must think I'm the damn Goodyear blimp." That would shut her up! Come to think of it, I guess looking back, I wouldn't really call her a friend!

I hate when skinny girls say im so fat they just like the compliments when somebody says your not fat your super skinny

I hate when skinny girls say im so fat they just like the compliments when somebody says your not fat your super skinny

I am still friends (on fb) with a girl I went to high school with. She has managed to sleep/marry her way up in life. However her obsession with being thin is unreal and has admitted anorexia and extreme exercise. She looks 10yrs older than our age. Still calling herself a cow when she's looking like dried beef jerky. I can't help but think she's suffering from as much self hate as I was suffering with as being fat.

I am still friends (on fb) with a girl I went to high school with. She has managed to sleep/marry her way up in life. However her obsession with being thin is unreal and has admitted anorexia and extreme exercise. She looks 10yrs older than our age. Still calling herself a cow when she's looking like dried beef jerky. I can't help but think she's suffering from as much self hate as I was suffering with as being fat.

My best friend is like that I still love her but she drives me nuts sometimes

I am still friends (on fb) with a girl I went to high school with. She has managed to sleep/marry her way up in life. However her obsession with being thin is unreal and has admitted anorexia and extreme exercise. She looks 10yrs older than our age. Still calling herself a cow when she's looking like dried beef jerky. I can't help but think she's suffering from as much self hate as I was suffering with as being fat.

I have worked around women like this for years and was told it is self hate but it is also the pressure to keep what they have sleep/worked so hard to achieve.

My sister is 5'7" and 123...never had a weight problem she's very active but literally eats more than anyone I know...my mom was the same. Very crazy metabolism...she's one of THOSE. We live in a beach town and she's constantly asking me how she looks in her bikini. I finally came to realize that it's just what she has to do to make herself feel better about her own body insecurities (read: no boobs). Of course she's my sister so I can forgive a lot. My mom and she would often cackle about fat people until I confronted them...I asked if they would talk about a minority that way. That shut them up right quick.

Scary at 273?? I'm 267 today, and feeling pretty good! It is strange how we are all different sizes when we start. When we lose weight, we think of where we used to be as huge. Then there is someone who is finally down to that same weight and feeling good! Funny how our body and weight perceptions are all so different!

I was 299 lbs on 1/15/13, and lost 38 lbs before RNY on 4/29/13. At 7.5 weeks out, I have lost an additional 23 lbs. I wish I were losing more quickly, but at least I'm losing. But, if I look at the big picture, I've lost almost 60 lbs since January. Actually, I've only received a few comments about my weight loss. But I'm wearing a smaller clothes size and I feel better about myself. I can hardly wait until I get below 200 lbs. It will probably take months, but I am on my way. Anyone else losing this slowly?

I am still friends (on fb) with a girl I went to high school with. She has managed to sleep/marry her way up in life. However her obsession with being thin is unreal and has admitted anorexia and extreme exercise. She looks 10yrs older than our age. Still calling herself a cow when she's looking like dried beef jerky. I can't help but think she's suffering from as much self hate as I was suffering with as being fat.

I know a few people who look like dried beef jerky as well! I love it! this person I was talking about was bulemic as well.

I was 299 lbs on 1/15/13' date=' and lost 38 lbs before RNY on 4/29/13. At 7.5 weeks out, I have lost an additional 23 lbs. I wish I were losing more quickly, but at least I'm losing. But, if I look at the big picture, I've lost almost 60 lbs since January. Actually, I've only received a few comments about my weight loss. But I'm wearing a smaller clothes size and I feel better about myself. I can hardly wait until I get below 200 lbs. It will probably take months, but I am on my way. Anyone else losing this slowly?[/quote']

I weighed 320 lbs on 1/1/13. I lost 35 lbs before my RNY ON 4/30/13. I have lost another 35 lbs since my surgery. I am walking 3.5 miles at least 4-5 time per week. I am now 250 lbs. I've had a few stalls along the way. Be sure to get all your protein in each day. I'm getting at least 80 grams of protein each day. I had problems drinking enough, but drinking has been much better the last 2 weeks. Hang in there, we all loose at different rates! Have a happy Summer!!

HW: 320 CW: 250 GW: 175 WLS: 4/30/13