DISCLAIMER

I have been very fortunate. I have worked the plan since being banded and lost weight at a very accelerated rate. I know this. So I know my bitching now may fall on deaf ears but I wanted to put it out there.

END DISCLAIMER

When you get used to seeing that weight move every other couple of days, going two weeks with no movement BLOWS! I am within 10 pounds of my first hundred pound loss (and yes, I need another C NOTE to get to where I want to be and even then I will be obese by medical standards). I have fluctuated between 340.1 (bitter about the scale)and 344.8 for the last two weeks.

I am not posting this for advice as I am 99.9% sure I know the problem. What I am saying is that for fellow bandsters, if this has happened to you, I hope your cause is the same as mine. It is easy to diagnose and easier to fix.

I have gotten lazy.

1. Not measuring things accurately

2. Pushing past my 'soft stop' when eating

3. Eating foods that are more calorie and fat dense

4. Not exercising as regularly or as vigorously

These are the reasons. No mystery. No conspiracy. Just my own laziness. I am back on it today. I have a target, dammit, and that is 100 pounds by July 22nd. It will not be easy as 9 pounds in just over two weeks, even for a guy my size, is no walk in the park, but by using this tool (the band) and the other tool (me, as I am now referenced as a 'tool' for wasting two quality weeks on bad habits) I will get it done.

So to all you fellow losers out there (meant that in a WW good way), keep it up! I am back in this damn fight full force. I have a long way to go!