First let me say... the theory behind this board is to lose weight and get fit they way it works best for you... this is what worked and is still working for me...
Second let me say "THANK YOU" to all of you who have been such a huge support for me for the past 5 years... from the old board to this wonderful board I have made so many wonderful friends and I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!
In 1990 I lost down to 166 pounds... and over the years I gained back up to my highest weight of 326 pounds... and was desperate to lose weight... so I tried everything. I joined Weight Watchers, I tried Diet Center, I took pills for about two weeks, but they made me tooooooooo jittery... so... after much soul searching and research, on August 1, 2002 I had Laparoscopic Roux en Y Gastric Bypass Surgery. In the first year I lost 106 pounds... in the last 13 months, I have lost only an additional 20 pounds.
Having said that... the surgery helped me lose about 100 pounds without much effort. The rest of it has been a combination of my being able to exercise more, I follow the Weight Watchers Flex Points plan, and I have made other changes including journaling and belonging to the GF&HF board. I would ideally like to weigh around 160 pounds, so I still have a long way to go... but I am much more likely to succeed now that I have come this far.
I hope that the fact that I had surgery doesn't change your opinion any. I still have the same struggles with exercise, journaling, water and my plan that I did before I had surgery... it's just that now I am motivated to never go back there.
If you have questions for me, please feel free to email me at [email protected] and I will be happy to answer... I am truly an open book.
Hugs,
Micki 
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My mom is going to have that surgery done.I hope she gets threw it just like you did.