Sadly, I don't have anything new to report. I've been working, going to the gym, spending time with friends and the boyfriend. I guess no news is good news? I'm up and down the same five pounds since the fill. I feel restriction because I can't eat several different things--bread, steak, anything big, but for some reason I've been hungry alot. I have to "diet" to lose weight, and then if I have a bad day of eating, the scale jumps back up. I think my body likes the 260s for some reason. And I am so looking forward to the 250s... I haven't been getting enough sleep lately, so I'm sure that's not helping. My goals for the next week is to keep working out, eat out less, and get 8 hours of sleep! In good news, people keep commenting how "skinny" I look (relative term to what I was before, I will never be "skinny'!) In bad news, I was really tired the other night and slipped and fell in the shower and busted my face. I hit my chin mostly, and it cut and bled and I have a huge purple, black, and yellow bruise. I look like I was in a fist fight. My knees and elbows are bruised and I also have a knot on my head. No fun! It could have been much worse though. My face hit the ceramic pretty hard. I thought I broke my jaw, but no, I'm actually okay, I just look bad. Work has been brutal. I have a couple days off next week and I'm really looking forward to it. Tomorrow is Friday!!!

Its almost 12midnight my time and I just read all your entries. Wow you have done so well and I am looking forward to reading your April updates.

My tentative LB surgery date is 4/30/09 but I still have five pre-surgery appointments before the date is confirmed. I weight in at 325 lbs at my first appointment with the doctor after the seminar. My husband cooks for the family and went with me to my dietician visit a week later and made major changes. After the changes to my diet I lost 10 lbs (in about 5 weeks). My goal is to be at 300 or below before the surgery, which means I add have to loose an additional 15 lbs before surgery. Adding exercise will help me reach this goal.

Thanks for taking the time to post your comments, I find them extremely informative, helpful and encouraging.

Thanks! You'll do great!!