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Congratulations!!!!!

Thank you both!!!! Wish there was something for us that helps with patience! Lol!

Also increasing water helps too.

I am five months out and 72 lbs down. (32 lbs from goal weight). I'm in my third stall and think partially it coincides with being in premenopause. My body and the stalls seem to wait until it figures out what it wants to do. I increase proteins during this time (I drink chocolate premier protein shake from Costco). Congratulations to everyone!

These were inspiring and wonderful replies. I'm 5 months out and lost 72 lbs. 35 from goal. Your answers motivate me further! Congratulations to everyone!

Trying to stay patient through another stall. Been at 167 for awhile and am 32 lbs from doctor's goal. So close....and yet so far away.

Hi Teach5, Congratulations on your weight loss - 75 lbs is amazing!!! I see my own weight loss in the mirror but.....not in recent pictures of me. Isn't that funny? I do see it in the clothes being so loose. Hoping others will have some answers for you! Maybe new clothes will help promote the new look for you? You are doing amazing!

Chiming in with my update too! Surgery date 9/19/12 Highest weight: 239 Current weight: 167 Total pounds lost so far: 72 Goal weight: 135 Best to everyone!

Thank YOU too Momofthing1! I meant to include you in my above post!!!

Ibehere10, Green and Parker, thank you all so much also for your advice! I really appreciate your responses! Today is a better day too. I think the situation is a combination of all of the factors all of you ladies helped me with. Yes, her son actually addressed her behaviour in front of my daughter and told her he was so mad and embarrassed. However, it's two days later and our kids are fine and unless it continues on her end, I'm feeling much better about it. We actually will be seeing each other again tomorrow night because our kids are going to a high school Sadies dance in a group of six kids, so we'll be bringing them to the gathering spot for group pictures. I want to thank you ALL for taking the time to respond. It really did bother me and all of our kids, and she wasn't hiding her actions at all. You've really helped! Kparker, I had actually given the Christian viewpoint quite a bit of thought too before posting this for your advice. I wondered if that had something to do with it, but the up and down stares she had given in front of me and behind my back added to the guessing. Of course, after my confusion about everything and trying so hard to be gracious, I had felt defensive and felt Christian fortitude and Christian righteousness was all good, but what about Christian charity? LOL!

Lisa, congratulations on your own weight loss! How wonderful! Thank you for your advice! I think this bothers me because her son is such a nice kid and he and my daughter are really good friends. I think you are right for me to not say anything about this further to his mom and see if this ended last night. And you are right! Life is too short and we've got a lot to smile about! Thank you!

New Grandmother, thank you so much for your support. I really needed this, thank you. To be honest, I don't know if she is overweight. That sounds kind of funny, but I was always so self concious of my own weight, that I have never looked at others that way. So I honestly can't say if she is. I talked this over with my 21 year old daughter briefly today because I told her that I felt bad that I hadn't shaken this off yet, and she said that she didn't blame me because it was terribly apparent last night from her actions last night. I just hope it doesn't continue where it will affect our kids. I know rationally that this isn't about me, or you, or anyone else finding themselves in this kind of situation. I guess I was so blindsighted and confused by this last night and I was trying to be friendly to her and put her at ease for the tension that I didn't understand. Thank you again! Let's continue to feel beautiful because we are and it isn't about our weight loss.

Hi everyone! I came across a situation last night that made me so disappointed and this morning I still haven't let it go much yet. I'm hoping you might have advice how to deal with this kind of reality. My daughters and I recently in the past month started salsa dance lessons and the venue is held at a sushi restaurant near our home. The restaurant is a local neighborhood place which recently remodeled and has added a wine bar. They partner with the restaurant where the cover charge is refunded from the dinner if you stay and eat, so essentially the lessons are free. We have become comfortable getting to know the instructors and getting used to this type of exercise, and it's all ages who join, very friendly down to earth people. My daughters are nearly 15 and 21 and we have enjoyed sharing this new experience. I carpool a student with my daughter to high school in the mornings as their high school is quite a distance from where we live. The student is a really nice kid and he was invited to dinner and lessons last night with us. My daughter and he have been friends since 3rd grade. I don't know his parents that well but being from the same schools and church, and the carpooling, they seem like a really nice family. Last night the mom drove my daughter and her son to the restaurant. I don't know if things have been stressful for her but I hadn't seen her since a high school football game last August, and I'm 70 pounds lighter since then. The minute I met them in the restaurant, the atmosphere was so tense. She literally looked me up and down, she wouldn't smile, she was extremely apprehensive and disapproving. My daughters and her son immediately picked it up. I became very uncomfortable and nervous and tried to lighten the atmosphere saying he would really enjoy the food and the lessons. After some discussion, she decided she would allow him to stay for a half hour into the lesson and pick him up, declining my offer to drive him home. When I went to the hostess, my daugters said she gave the up and down look twice more behind my back. She left and apparently sat in her car not leaving the restaurant, and after the kids and I were seated and had ordered, she texted her son and told him she was not ok with this and he had to leave. I felt so bad for him. He was so embarrassed and kept apologizing and offering to pay and I told him I completely understood and I respected his mom's decision. The mom had texted her son twice and my daughter once, but she has my phone number and didn't contact me. My daughter walked out with him and the mom told her that she didn't like that it was a bar and that people would get drunk and she didn't want her son in that atmosphere. My daughter tried to explain that it's a restaurant with a small wine bar, and that the tables are pushed back afterwards to accomodate dance lessons so it's not a night club atmosphere. Long story short, we felt she judged me (not the restaurant) after her surprise at seeing my weight loss. I felt like she viewed me as an "inapproppriate single mom who brings her daughters to a bar" . There has never been a problem between us prior to this. I do respect her protectiveness as a mother, but I'm equally so with my own children. This venue is not a pick up type of place and it hasn't been until I lost weight that I have now been courageous to go out and learn something new, and sharing with my girls. I asked my girls if I was dressed inappropriately and they said no. Sorry for the vent but I would love some advice to learn how to deal with future reactions such as this. My self confidence has been returning since the weight loss and I felt really disappointed about this, and bad for our kids who were in the middle. Thanks!

Hello! I used to be Researching Info and updated my name. The hair loss information you are all sharing is very helpful - thank you! Hugs to all for the challenges! I *finally* went down a pants size to 14. It took forever! But a wonderful highlight over the weekend was taking my 15 yr old and 21 yr old daughters to the fashion store Express, and I now fit into regular clothes there. It's been years! Shopping will now become dangerous.

I'm post op (9/19/12) surgery and possibly may need to have my left ovary removed. Does anyone know how soon after this surgery that another one would be scheduled? Thank you.

Thank you so much and glad all is ok with you too!

I'm post op (9/19/12) surgery and possibly may need to have my left ovary removed. Does anyone know how soon after this surgery that another one would be scheduled? Thank you.

Congratulations on both!!!

Thank you and glad you had no complications!

Forgot to say I'm a little over four months out too.

Delta girl, I really understand and could feel your blues. Hugs! Emotionally, this progress is as important as what we're experiencing physically. Personally, at this four month stage or around the mid goal stage, it seems like the emotional is more important. We're staying on track and have seen some results but we're not finished yet. We're accountable not only to ourselves but our surgeons and his team. Some of us are impatient just wanting to reach goal weight, some of us may still be working through physical challenges. I hope your blues turn around soon. I'm trying to stop projecting so much worry in my future (tough) but I do wonder if I will ever drop more pants sizes because I feel like the loss has shown everywhere else except my butt! I cant wait to fit in smaller pants sizes and shorts for the summer.