Phew! Broke through it and during the holidays to boot! I was stuck at the same weight for a month, well up and down the same 3 pounds. 3 weeks ago I did something to my hip, well, I wore boots at a party and woke up the next morning and could barely walk. I limped along all day until I couldn't take it anymore. My left hip felt like the muscle had ripped! Or I tore something. I went to Doc in the Box because there was no way I was making it through the night without pain killers. They X-rayed and found only mild arthritis and the doc thought I had pulled the muscles or ligaments around my hip and I had to take it easy for two weeks! Are you kidding me? I was just starting to walk! No walking he said for two weeks and especially not for one week. Hell, believe me I couldn't! So I limped along for 2 weeks, taking muscle relaxants and pain killers when it got too bad. But never missed a day of work. I think that is my tenacious character at work. When you own your own business and are partners with your father, you don't show any signs of slowing down. But I didn't feel well, and I was losing my ability to stick to the doc's recommended diet too! Throw the holidays and christmas goodies around me and I was hopeless. But I stayed on track with maintaining my weight. Then I got brave and stepped on the scales the day after christmas and had finally lost 4 pounds! Just like that? :present: So I have started back at the gym, working out on the eliptical machine, reclining bike and some other climbing machine. All no impact type cardio machines. I have signed my 14 year old daughter up at the gym and she is working out with me. So we are working out on the circuit weights too! And again I got brave today and stepped on the scales, another pound down! Wow and my hip is feeling better! Thank the Lord! Now I have my first fill January 6th! It was originally set for December 28 but the doc's office rescheduled it to next week :Dancing_wub:. But I am doing ok. My goal was to break the 200 mark by new year's. I will be short of that goal, but that is a hefty goal less than 2 months out from surgery with no fill. So let's see what January brings with my first fill, my new gym workout, and my hip healing! I am officially ready to retire my biggest pair of jeans, they are so baggy on me, it is almost embarrassing. But will try them on and post a pic showing how HUGE the waist is on me. Heck I lost 4 inches off my waist, but I didn't even measure until after surgery and I had already lost 10 pounds. So who knows how big that sucker was when I started! There is nothing stopping me now! :bye: