Username: DaveD17025
Location: Enola, PA, USA
Member Since: 8/20/2007
BMI: 51.2
Post Op
Surgery Type: RNY (11/16/07)
Surgeon: Matthew D. Davidson, M.D

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OH pool party 8/10/08 Uploaded on 8/11/08 4:24 am	8 1/2 months out 367 to 202 Uploaded on 8/3/08 10:42 am
Our pool area. a work in progress Uploaded on 7/28/08 6:09 am	8 Months post op July 2008 Uploaded on 7/28/08 4:19 am
Uploaded on 7/28/08 4:19 am	July 6th. on the river boat Uploaded on 7/7/08 9:26 am

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DaveD17025 has 47 Friends

Angela C.	xoxorobin	donnyj53
wheezer53	bigbill415	Ted K.
bigbearjeff	Dan_P.	Rocco

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Goals

Return to rollerskating, learn to ice skate again.

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I want to ride my bicycle again...

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6 People

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Go to an amusment park and fit on the rides, comfortably.

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112 People

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23 People

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Fit comfortably in any seat I choose (lawnchair, movie theater, airplane etc.)

Category: Emotional Wellbeing

199 People

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38 People

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Be half the person I am today!

Category: Health

5 People

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Member Interests

Motorcycles - Wanting to get my own scooter. My wife has one that i have kinda claimed.
Bicycling - Can't wait to ride my bicycle again. what a stress reliever.
Home Improvement - her list is longer then mine is of things for me to do.
Camping - We like to camp in our pop-up. It is relaxing. be more fun at 183.
Roller Skating - I Love to Roller skate. I use to be a 3 day a week skater.
Volleyball - I miss playing. it's hard to spike the ball at 367 lbs
WLS in your 40's - I wish i would have started this a long time ago..

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Latest Surgery Support Comments

Comment by Robin D. on 11/16/07 4:10 am

David, I want you to know how very proud I have been to have you by my side, even before the possibility of weight loss surgery. You have added so much to my life! I am so very fortunate and blessed to have you as my life partner and I am looking forward to us making this weight loss journey together. The future is so full of limitless possibilities for us and I can't wait to share each and every one of them with you. I am praying that your surgery goes without event and that your recovery is a speedy one. (not because of your "to-do" list either...lol!) You let me know if there is anything at all that I can do to make this experience any better for you! I love you David Dougherty! Your Yellowrose...Robin

Comment by Rocco on 11/15/07 6:47 pm

Dave, I wish you only the best of everything tomorrow. It will be your new birthday. I am sending you prayers and good thoughts, so you can get through this and recover quickly. You and Robin have been just great to get to know here on OH.com. I'm one of your biggest (poor choice for words) fans. I bet if we lived in the same part of the country that we would be great friends. Take care and have Robin update us when she can.

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        WELCOME to my WEIGHT LOSS ADVENTURE
        I am doing this so I will be healthier and live longer for myself and my loved ones. So I can enjoy all that life has to offer and not watch life pass me by.

              My Goal is to become half the man that I am now.
Starting weight was 367 lbs.  8/17/07  My Goal is 183lbs..

I am born of Irish Princes who ruled in Donegal a thousand years ago; I am descended from the High Kings of Ireland, and my name is from the Clann ODochartaigh!

as of 9/16/2007

DaveD17025's Blog

My weekend.
on August 18, 2008 5:42 am

I made it through the weekend with one family pool party and one family reunion and still managed to stay under 200 pounds. It is hard to watch your intake when there is all this available GREAT tasting delicious food and so much of it. And deserts, OMG so many of my favorites. I did sample (one fork full) three of the deserts. I had just a taste of each one. I did pass up some of my other favorites. Remember NO FOOD TASTE AS GOOD AS THIN FEELS. I did hit the melons and fruit. It was a good weekend.

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I am UNDER 200 Pounds.
on August 10, 2008 3:45 am

This morning I got a great surprise. I broke the 200 lb mark. I weighed in at 198.4 lbs. I have lost 168.6 lbs since my journey begun. I have 15.6 lbs to lose to my goal of 183 lbs to be half the man I was before. Time to celebrate!!!!!!!!

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Went to the Doctors today
on August 1, 2008 8:28 pm

Had our 9 month check up today at the WLC. Dr Weiger said that we are both doing above average with our weight loss. He said the fact that both of us are on the same diet helps out. We are both with-in 20 lbs of our goal weight. So it was an ego buster. Not much else to say tonight.

On Sunday, August 10 we are having a pool get together for those in this area that we know through OH or support group. If you are able, we would love to have you join us. Let's face it... I don't show off all this skin to just anybody, you know! LOL! Shoot Robin off an email at Rselby4275@aol.com and she will give you the details. Hope to see you here!

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8 Month update
on July 27, 2008 7:31 pm

I am doing well. I have been stuck around 205 lbs for most of this month. If you look at my weight tracker on the bottom of my page it doesn’t tell a good story. I have not been eating what I should have been. Well I have been eating what I should have been but also snacking a little too much. More calories in then what are being burned. I am getting back on track now and am down to 203.4 this morning.

Robin went to support group last Monday the 14th and said it was great to get plugged back in and updated with everyone. If you don't belong to one, I encourage you to seek one out.

On Sunday, August 10 we are having a pool get together for those in this area that we know through OH or support group. If you are able, we would love to have you join us. Let's face it... I don't show off all this skin to just anybody, you know! LOL! Shoot Robin off an email at Rselby4275@aol.com and she will give you the details. Hope to see you here!

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8 months post op
on July 17, 2008 4:58 am

It is hard to believe, I am 8 months post op and doing great. I have never felt this good in such a long time. I am at 205 lbs and have been stuck here for a week. I hope to lose another 22 to get to my low goal of 183 lbs and I will. Yes, before you say it 183 is to small but if I hit that goal when I rebound to what will be a sustainable weight I should be around 190 +/- lbs. I just need to be more careful with my calorie intake and get back to the gym. It has been so nice outside so I have been working around the house in the mornings before I go to work at 2pm instead of hitting the gym in the mornings. I hope all my OH friends are doing well. I do check on your all blogs so keep updating too.

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My Story

I am born of Irish Princes who ruled in Donegal a thousand years ago; I am descended from the High Kings of Ireland, and my name is from the Clann ODochartaigh!

I was born in New Cumberland, Pa and lived there with my 1 Brother and 3 Sisters, Parents, Grand mother and numerous pets. I was next to the youngest child. I was heavy through my childhood. I can remember having to buy “husky” size pants as a kid when we went shopping. I was not extremely overweight just heavy. I was the last one picked for teams and had a terrible acne problem. That did not add to my self esteem. In high school I slimmed down in my last year or so and was healthy for a couple of years. Then my first marriage came in 1982 and so did the weight. I have been heavy ever since. I slowly went up then scale and was hanging around 300 for a long time then I upped that to 350. My heaviest was 372 but it may have been the scale. Most of my weight is from poor choices, quantity control and sweets. I have always been the active fat guy, volley ball, roller skating, biking etc... But now I am slowing down and it is harder to get motivated to do things, I can see the danger signs in that and I was approaching the point where I would do less - gain more, do less - gain more, do less - gain more. I knew I had to break the cycle before it affected my employment. It already affected what I would do around the house. I am now working my way back down the scale in preparation for surgery. Every pound I lose now is one that I don’t have to lose later.

LIVE Roux-en-Y gastric bypass procedure done Nov 7th, 2007 at Ostapathic Hospital, Harrisburg.
http://www.or-live.com/PinnacleHealth/2119/event/rnh.cfm?

Which Surgery? Here is a short video explaining the 3 major types of weight loss surgery.
http://health.yahoo.com/weightloss-videos/video-gastric-bypass-surgery-for-weight-loss/mayoclinic--MM00703.html

Life After Gastric Bypass Surgery
Author of "Winning After Losing" gives a firsthand account of gastric bypass.
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3214259

If you need help inserting a player onto your OH page let me know.
I hope no one is offended by my choice of songs. I look at life very light hearted and fun.
I have deleted my Dizzler till it works right. I hope to have it back again soon.