http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/studaddy/blog/studaddy's Bloghttp://www.obesityhelp.com/member/studaddy/blog/2009/03/17/2-year-checkup-today/Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:18:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/studaddy/blog/2009/03/17/2-year-checkup-today/Hard to believe it's been 2 years since surgery (actually it's 2 years and a month) and I just got back from my 2 year check-up with Dr. Mailapur.  Labs were great, weight was up, but according to the doctor, to be expected.  I'm at 230 pounds...as heavy as I ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/studaddy/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,161860/Sat, 24 May 2008 14:22:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/studaddy/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,161860/It's been a while since I updated my page.  I was taking a break from repairing and painting walls in our kitchen and thought I would update my progress.  I now weight around 203 pounds....down about 180 pounds from my highest recorded weight.  I am still feeling great and thinking ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/studaddy/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,143629/Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:34:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/studaddy/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,143629/I didn't realize it had been so long sice I updated my blog, but I wanted to give an update on my progress.  It was one year since surgery on February 12, 2008.  I had my one-year check-up with Dr. Mailapur on Feb 14.  All blood work came back great.  ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/studaddy/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,94660/Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:17:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/studaddy/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,94660/Sept 13 2007 I had my wife make some new photos of me tonight and it is really shocking to me how much I've changed in just 7 months.  I am down 140 pounds and now weight close to 220.  The shirt in the photos taken tonight I bought off Ebay, size ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/studaddy/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,86461/Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:03:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/studaddy/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,86461/I had my six month check up today with Dr. Mailapur.  My labs all came back fine..my B-12 was on the low side of normal, so that's something I will have to watch, but everything else was fine.  I have officially lost 120 pounds in six months...looks like my scales ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/studaddy/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,82862/Wed, 01 Aug 2007 18:25:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/studaddy/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,82862/I celebrated my 41st birthday yesterday.  Had a nice day ending with a nice meal with just my wife.  Thinking back to last year's birthday, I have come a long way.  At this time last year, I weighed in around 375 pounds...today, I weigh in the neighborhood of 235...quite a ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/studaddy/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,80361/Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:48:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/studaddy/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,80361/If my scales are to be believed, I have lost 123 pounds as of today.  That's 123 pounds gone in 161 days.  Simply amazing and very hard to wrap my mind around.  I still see myself as that very overweight man struggling to get through the day.  But the changes ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/studaddy/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,77297/Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:34:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/studaddy/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,77297/Lately, I find that I am hungry seemingly all the time.  I am not giving in to temptation to overeat, but it's a real change from what it has been like since surgery.  I have been enjoying Mexican food quite a bit over the past 3 weeks.  I usually order one ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/studaddy/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,72278/Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:23:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/studaddy/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,72278/I had a full weekend of work for the most part, but the kind that before surgery I would have not been able or willing to do.  I got on a ladder for the first time in probably 6 years, replacing light fixtures and bulbs, cleaning windows, ect.  Today I ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/studaddy/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,70712/Wed, 20 Jun 2007 03:55:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/studaddy/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,70712/My goal of losing at least 100 pounds by my birthday has been reached!  I got on the scales yesterday and had hit 260...101 pounds gone in 127 days.  If I didn't loose another pound I would say this surgery has been worth it, but I know it only gets ...