2003
My name is Rob.  I live in Wilmington, Delaware.  I have lived here for the past 25 years which is significant.  I grew up on the move.  My family moved all the time.  We lived in 35 states, Europe and South America.  So settling down has been nice.  I am happily married and have two kids, two corgis and two cats.  

At the ripe old age of 49 my primary physician told me that I might want to look into gastric bypass surgery and gave me ObesityHelp as a reference.  After twenty years of success and failure with diets and exercise I had ballooned to 340 pounds.  I was taking cholesterol meds, high blood pressure meds, anti-depressants, arthritic meds for the knees, etc.
I am basically a wreck living on borrowed time.  I am pre-diabetic and have severe sleep apnea (three years with a CPAP).  I get to work extra early to avoid having to park up the hill, and leave extra early because I get so tired.  I need to make serious changes in my lifestyle if I plan on being around for the next few years.

Here is my weight loss success since my surgery.  The only time where I gained weight was about 5 pounds during 2006 while recovering from two separate surgeries (abdominalplasty and hernia).   My increased cycling, running, and hot yoga should keep me in the upper 170's for many years.

Date	Current Weight	Pounds +/- month	Total pounds lost
6/1/2003	340		0
10/6/2003	325		0
11/6/2003	291	34	49
12/6/2003	268	23	72
1/6/2004	260	8	80
2/6/2004	245	15	95
3/6/2004	234	11	106
4/6/2004	219	15	121
5/6/2004	210	9	130
6/6/2004	200	10	140
7/6/2004	199.5	0.5	140.5
8/6/2004	197	2.5	143
9/6/2004	194	3	146
10/6/2004	191	3	149
11/6/2004	189	2	151
12/6/2004	188	1	152
1/6/2005	185	3	155
2/6/2005	182	3	158
3/6/2005	181	1	159
4/6/2005	180	1	160
5/6/2005	181	-1	159
6/6/2005	179	2	161
7/6/2005	179	0	161
8/6/2005	179	0	161
9/6/2005	179	0	161
10/6/2005	175	4	165
11/6/2005	177	-2	163
12/6/2005	175	2	165
1/6/2006	176	-1	164
2/6/2006	176	0	164
3/6/2006	180	-4	160
4/6/2006	181	-1	159
5/6/2006	181	0	159
6/6/2006	181	0	159
7/6/2006	181	0	159
8/6/2006	180	1	160
9/6/2006	179	1	161
10/6/2006	179	0	161
11/6/2006	178	1	162
12/6/2006	178	0	162
1/6/2007	178	0	162
2/6/2007	178	0	162
3/6/2007	178	0	162
4/6/2007	178	0	162
5/6/2007	178	0	162