Today is my first time visiting this site and my first year anniversary. A year ago I had a gastric bypass bypass and I have lost 75 lbs. I try not to eat much carbs and I stay away from sugar. This has keep my weigh down and my greatest challenge is getting my next 20 lbs off. After getting the initial weigh off I find it difficult to rid the last 20 lbs. This is my challenge until I really put my mind to this task. My surgeon is Dr. Ramsey Dallal at Elkins Park Einstein Hospital.

Congratulations on your weight loss. You are doing fantastic. Lots of folks have trouble with the last 20 lbs and I think exercise is the key from what I have read in this site.

If you don't mind how was your year's progression in terms of weight loss. I know everyone is different but I have never had the chance to see a month by month or even any sort of weight loss story that's not just a snap shot of one scale reading at a date. I try to piece together from different posts but I never get a good sense of an overall picture. I think everyone would love to see that.

Congrats on your success!! Those last 20 are always the toughest. Try doing something different to shake things up a bit. I different exercise routine or go back to how you ate the first couple of months.

Best of luck!

Carol

Congrats on your anniversary!! I will be 3 months post op on 12/11. I don't know which I am more excited about - being down 50 lbs. or being in the 100's????? I just hit 199 this morning. My diabetes meds have been discarded and I am hoping my Nexium will be next!!! I am so very happy with my decision (although about day 5 I thought "What in the crap have I done." I don't miss my diet pepsi's like I thought I would, and I know I will be much healthier without them in the long run. So much fun to be picky with my clothes instead of just be satisfied with what would fit.

Merry Christmas to my friends on here who have helped me in my journey. I can't imagine what the next 3 months will bring!!!

Thank you all for responding to my first post and I apologize for taking so long to respond. I have been having an ongoing problem and went for a test next thing I know they were taking me in the ER and admitting me into the hospital.

Thank God everything is fine and I am home. I will respond to each post as soon as I get some rest in my BED. Again thank you all.