Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for saying that you have only dropped 1 clothing size! I was beginning to think I was going crazy. I've lost 77 pounds, and have gone from a 5X shirt at Catherines to a 4X, and I'm still buying the *same* pants, though they are looser. Just today somebody posted to the board, "I've lost 45 pounds and gone from a size 24 to a 12." Now, I ask you. I realize this person must have only 100 pounds to lose, and is therfore half-way to her goal, almost, but that still doesn't make sense to me. If she's gone from a 24 to a 12 at halfway through, what's she going to do on the last half? 12 to Zero? ///I started at 385 and am at 308, so, like you, I am still a big girl. I tried Wal-Mart 26/28's the other day, and no deal. Sigh. It goes so slowly. I have not had surgery, so it's taken me since mid-March, 2002 to lose what I've lost. I should break 300 by mid-March 2003. Maybe 90 pounds lost will make a bigger difference than 77. Anyway - God Bless You- I really appreciated what you had to say. -Kim