Good luck on the surgery .... make sure to eat enough calories though 1200/day) so your body doesn't start storing them as fat.  I know you'll be inactive but in the long run it will be worth it (IMO).  Try to be patient.  How is your other knee doing? Do you have access to a pool to walk around in?

Melissa.

Gosh Miley...don't beat yourself up...YOU HAVE WORKED HARD to lose that much weight. I haven't even lost 10 pounds yet cause I can't keep my fat lil fingers out of the peanut butter jar!  2.5 pds per week is wonderful...I would take that anyday.  Be kind to yourself.....you've done so well!

Hi melissa72- my other knee still hurts. My main problem is going up stairs. I'm still working on that one. I wish I did have access to a pool. But that won't be possible for approx 8 weeks anyway. Due to the incision. I'm having issues with the calorie intake right now. I have not gone over 900 calories for the whole 68 weeks. I was even thinking about dropping it down to 600 per day just to see if that would help. I'm frustated right now. I wish I could explain this to you. But I can't. All I can say it's like this war going on inside my head that won't go away. It's been there since I've been 12. i went from emotionally eating myself to morbid obesity to now all I want is to get to my goal weight. No matter what it takes.BTW what does IMO mean?         miley

IMO = In My Opinion

I wish you could explain things to me too so I could help.  It sounds frustrating.  Feel free to email me anytime

melissaw72@verizon.net

(also on my profile page)  If you decide to, please write in the heading who you are and from DRs site so I dont delete it.  If you have a yahoo account it should go thtough fine but in case you email me and I dont respond in a day or 2 please let me know on the board or something.

Melissa.

PS.... IMO, I wouldn't drop the calorie level down even lower.  I am ALMOST sure your body will go into startvation mode, and that will be why you aren't losing weight. 

Melissa.

I find it totally facinating that someone can actually stick to 900 calories per day for 68 WEEKS!!!!  Why you must have incrediable self control or crossed the line into an anorexic type mentality.  Especially since you have a history of emotional eating.  How in the world have you maintained such self control...did you cheat at all over those 68 weeks?

1967ssf- I have a very strong drive right now to get this weight off. A little over a year ago I was laying in bed praticely dying. My husband had to physically help me out of bed every day. I refuse to go back there again. No matter what it takes. I have had people tell me I need to stop taking the pills, I don't eat enough etc... Seriously? I don't care what anyone thinks. I'm doing what I need to do, to get my health back. I've already had a total knee replacement. Now June 13th I'm heading back into surgery for the other total knee replacement. When all is said & done I'll have almost a new body & a second chance at life. I am not going to blow it this time and who knows maybe I can teach someone else along the way that being obese is NOT the way to live.

GOOD MORNING!!! Have a prayer candle lit for you this a.m.  Someone was just thinking about you and praying for you and yours... Cheering for you too!   Your Dallas Cheering Section...

Hi Miley, I haven't been online the 17DD blogs for AGES... a month in fact... so spent about half an hour last night reading most of your blogs as I was BLOWN AWAY by your incredible weight loss! By the time I am finished I probably will have lost about 170 pounds myself, so I can relate to so many of your postings.  I'm only at 4 months now and have lost 70 pounds, so you are very inspirational to me. I DO agree with Melissaw72 though that you probably should not go lower than your existing 900 calories daily - been there; done that, and I suffered from it, as my entire system shut down thinking I was in starvation mode. 1200 is a good benchmark, but if you have been successful at 900, then I suppose that's ok b/c it works for you. To go any lower is really anorexic behaviour, and even though you say (below) that you don't care what others say, PLEASE consider the fact that you won't be getting maximum nutrition at 600 calories. The bigger thing too, is that you're really not learning how to eat moderately; all you are doing is teaching yourself how to starve yourself and lose weight. I understand - believe me, I understand how addicting that can be - as the payoff is great losing a bunch of weight each week. My worry for myself - and for you - is that once we both have reached goal weight, our big job then begins: that of figuring out how to MAINTAIN that weight and not gain every pound back. I have lost OVER 100 pounds twice already (years ago) and have gained it all - AND MORE - right back, as I never learned the lesson of moderation.  This time I am going to go more slowly and learn the lessons as I am losing.  I think this all sounds pretty "preach-y" - that's not my intention - I just want you to be healthy for years and years to come, not just the immediate weight loss. Good luck with your surgery on Monday; we'll all have our fingers crossed for you!