Hi Lynn and Welcome! I am still struggling with losing too. And I too have also cosidered WLS, my cousin had it done. But I was afraid of what Val explained with her surgery, I love food too much. With Atkins there isn't a food I can't have that can't be converted to Atkins. Atkins.com is an AWESOME site. Back to the slow loss, don't give up. I did Atkins before and got discouraged and went off I was 314 the first time and got down to 232 and went back up to 277 and said NO HIGHER! So I restarted May 11 and it has been slow. But the inches show it is working. There are alot of great people here and you learn alot from their experiences and suggestions. Also there is not one single soul here that does not understand where you are at in one way or another. So keep in touch and Best of Luck!