I just got on the scale this morning and am shocked. I started this last year at 272, when I had the surgery on December 30th, 2008 I was 261 and now this morning I am 209. In all honesty I never thought I'd ever see 209 again in my life.

For me to think that the One Hundreds are only 10lbs away is shocking to me.

Yes, maybe I am being dramatic but its so HUGE to me that I had to share it.

I never thought my goal of 160 was really possible but now that I am half way there I have a bit of hope that it is really something that I can achieve.

I LOVE MY BAND.

Oh, and I broke my plateau by EATING more! Its just what my body needed. Our bariatric office advice of 800-1000 calories a day is for the birds....lol

Anyway, just wanted to share.

Poodles

Congratulations! You're doing awesome!

Congratulations!!!! That is HUGE and exciting!

Congratulations. You are doing so well and it's apparent you know your body and what to do to make it happen. Keep up the great work!

I just got on the scale this morning and am shocked. I started this last year at 272, when I had the surgery on December 30th, 2008 I was 261 and now this morning I am 209. In all honesty I never thought I'd ever see 209 again in my life.

For me to think that the One Hundreds are only 10lbs away is shocking to me.

Yes, maybe I am being dramatic but its so HUGE to me that I had to share it.

I never thought my goal of 160 was really possible but now that I am half way there I have a bit of hope that it is really something that I can achieve.

I LOVE MY BAND.

Oh, and I broke my plateau by EATING more! Its just what my body needed. Our bariatric office advice of 800-1000 calories a day is for the birds....lol

Anyway, just wanted to share.

Poodles

That is awesome poodles...!!! i havent seen anything under 200 nor 220 since like 2000.....now its 2009....im very happy for u and i pray for the day when i can see 19?...I see u said that eating more promoted more weight loss...when did u realize u had to eat more...like how long was ur plateau??? I want to know so i can catch it asap and not wast time at the same weight....thanks

272 is my starting weight too!!! I had my surgery in March, and now that I have a good fill, hopefully I'm on my way to awesome results too... Congrats!!!

That is incredible! I hope I do that well. Congratulations!

Congrats! That is awesome weight loss.

So, in your case, to break the plateau you ate more?

I get anywhere from 700 to 1100 calories a day, depending of a lot of factors.

I am still losing, banded March 5, 2009, but am

afraid of going into starvation mode.

Guess I need to make an appointment with a nut or dietitian. I was never required to do so, but I think I shall. I started at 265 on surgery date and weight 228 today. First consult date,

Jan. 14, I weighed 280.:thumbdown:

Again, Congrats!

Congrats to you! I am right there with you. My scale said 202 yesterday and I couldn't believe it!

Congratulations...you're doing great. Keep up the good work because you're worth it!

Oh, thank you all so much for the kind words. I just had to share my happiness and knew this was the place to do it!

I have had some issues and apparently I am a slow learner b/c I have PB'd a lot but now I am getting better at just looking at something and knowing if it will be ok. Although sometimes I am still wrong or my band likes to play games with me...:thumbdown: Thank goodness, with the exception of one time, I was always at home when I had a problem. It has always been that I ate too much or that I ate something like bread. That will do it.

To ahb08, I had gained and lost the same 2lbs for 3 weeks and was so frustrated. I spoke to the nutritionist and she said I was eating too much? Eating too much? hhmmmm

I remembered that Wendie plan from WW and how she changes up her points to be some days really high and other days lower and that's what worked. I also read on Calorie Count that once you lose 10-20% of your body weight your body stops losing weight and rests a while. That made me feel better and since I had been in starvation mode for those weeks I just started eating more and low and behold 4lbs came off. If you start so low where do you have to go after that? I would have been like 800 calories? TO ME, and I am no expert or Dr. that is way too low.

I also read that women shouldn't go below 1200 b/c it is unhealthy. I believe that. But this is what worked for me, for now.

Believe me I'm not foolish enough to think that I wont be on here again crying about my newest plateau...but at least I'll get support again! lol

Thanks guys, for caring.

Poodles

I CANNOT WAIT til this is me posting that I am almost to onederland!!!!! I havent been under 200 in 19 years....that's a lot to wrap your mind around. Good job with all the hard work you have done to get to this point. IT's so nice to know people are actually cheering for you on this site!!!!