TRISH, THERE'S HOPE!!!!

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Hey, Trish-the-dish!

Your weight loss is identical to mine at the same time frame (you're two

weeks behind me). HERE IS THE GOOD NEWS!!!!!!

THIS WEEK (week 8), I LOST *6* - going-on-8 POUNDS. (The scale actually

dipped to 218 this morning before I ate, but I can't count that 2 pounds

because it was back to 220 when I took my " official " weight today).

I think since we both lost weight before surgery, it has just taken the

body awhile to get it in gear, but now, it's on a roll. I can *see* the

fat as it turns mushy and then gets turned into liquid.

So at 8 weeks, including the 11 pounds of initial water weight that came

off with surgery, the total weight loss post surgery is 29 lbs. Still

not earth-shattering, but a lot better than gaining. Total including my

pre-surgery weight loss: 46 lbs.

I was still wearing shorts that were just really tight and too small

before surgery. They have an elastic waist and the elastic was

stretched to the max and they were hard to get up and down. Well, those

same shorts are now easy to get up and down, I can pull the elastic

waist out about 4-5 inches when I'm sitting down, and they are loose in

the legs. Two pair of cotten-khaki walking shorts I bought that fit,

size 24, before surgery, now look like baloon skirts, much too baggy.

So this is the first week I'm actually enthused at the weight loss.

Help me contain my glee!!!!!

Doing the happy dance. Hope yours does the same thing at 8 weeks!!

Heeehee!

Hugs!

Stats:

47 years old, 5'4 "

Surgery date: May 18, 2000

Wt. @ Surgery May 18, 2000: 249, Waist 45, Hips 55

Wt. @ 1 week May 25, 2000: 238, Waist 45

Wt. @ 2 weeks, June 1, 2000: 238, Waist 45, Upper Arm 17

Wt. @ 3 weeks, June 8, 2000: 234, Waist 44, Upper Arm 16

Wt. @ 4 weeks, June 15, 2000: 232, Waist 43, Upper Arm 15

Wt. @ 5 weeks, June 22, 2000: 230, Waist 43, Upper Arm 14.5

Wt. @ 6 weeks, June 29, 2000: 228, Waist 42.5, Upper Arm 14.0

Wt. @ 7 weeks, July 6, 2000: 226, Waist 41.5, Upper Arm 13.25

Wt. @ 8 weeks, July 13, 2000: 220, Waist 40.5, Upper Arm 13, Hips 50.5

(These measurements are over clothes, and not pulled tightly, either!)

Weehee!