"Caleb" wrote in message
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2-10-07
265/245/200
Day 41 and still 20 pounds gone.

I got on my scale this morning and saw that I was still at 245 -
although pretty close to 244 - so still 20 pounds gone. Had about 1400
calories yesterday and about 1100 today (it's now about 7 PM) and so
I'm doing pretty well following my low-calorie approach. All I have to
do is just keep doing what I'm doing!

Tomorrow I'm going walking up my hill in the morning.

I have 2 numbers on my watchband - 41 over 20 - indicating that this
is day 41 and I've lost 20 pounds. I showed the numbers today to
several psychologists (there was a terrific local conference) and they
expressed great interest in this approach. (I was also asking a poster-
presenter about her research on bariatric surgery patients. Numbers on
a watchband sure beat gastric surgery.)

I certainly do agree with you about numbers on a watchband vs bariatric
surgery. I was reading a thread in another group about people who had had
bariatric surgery who regained the weight. One person said that her doctor
told her that 40% of people who have gastric bypass regain the weight within
5 years. 50% of those who have lap band regain the weight within 2 years.
That is just plain scarey! Why go through all that if it isn't going to be
a permanent solution?