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My story is not the usual one, I wasn't an overweight kid I was a kid who was in great shape. I was in the United States Marine Corp Reserves and when I went to Boot Camp I weighed 226 and came home weighing 199. I never was a disciplined eater, heck I just ate cause I was so active it didn't matter. As my time in the Marines moved on I got heavier and heavier and though I was only in the reserves I was still put on Weight Control (Which didn't help cause I was around them for them to do anything about my eating) But I was still in good enuff shape to always past the PFT which was to run 3 miles in under 28 Minutes, do atleast 35 sit ups in under two minutes and 3 pull ups. But by the time I got out of the Marines in 92 I was somewhere between 260 and 270 still playing basketball alot but still eating whatever I wanted. So as time went on I got bigger and bigger. I remember playing in my last Gus Macker 3 on 3 tournament and I was probably around 290-300 lbs and that was about 5 yrs ago. Then I finally stopped playing basketball and then the weight really just came on like Gangbusters a few years ago I made my first real attempt at having WLS. I jumped thru all the hoops and even saw a pyschiatrist because it was required just to have my previous insurer deny me because they said I had never a doctor prescribed diet. I weighed 375 at that time and before I knew it I was 399 (Never got on a scale that said I was 400 or more it always was 399.6 or 399.2 and I consoled myself with well atleast I'm not 400 (Like 4 tenths of a lb made that much of a difference). So in 2006 we got a new insurance provider so one day in sept06 I was here at work and I just called the 800 number and spoke to a customer service rep and explained everything to her and she said that from what I told her she would find it very hard for not be be approved so I called the Barix Clinic and scheduled a new consultation, got approved and now I'm down to 256 and working to get down to a weigh I would be utterly pleased with which is anywhere between 220 and 230!!!!!
