
TheSecondTimeAround

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TheSecondTimeAround wrote 1 year anniversary from starting the journey - a reflection 5 months, 1 week ago
September 1, 2021 was the day I started my fast to prepare for surgery. So today, I commemorate that important decision and the results arising from it. The actual surgery date was September 14th...

TheSecondTimeAround wrote Achieved Goal, Now on Maintenance 8 months, 3 weeks ago
It's like a whole new life! Check out my photos, including before/after, trend analysis, published data on optimal weight, write up on the journey and metrics, tracking, and ultimately going from ...

TheSecondTimeAround uploaded 7 photos 8 months, 3 weeks ago

TheSecondTimeAround uploaded a new photo 10 months ago

TheSecondTimeAround wrote Likely Achieved (Healthy) Terminal Weight Loss 10 months ago
Well, fellow bariatric patients, from this vantage point, this looks like the end. Aparently, this new current weight of 175 pounds is about where I am going to settle in, since it has been my ave...

TheSecondTimeAround uploaded a new photo 10 months ago

TheSecondTimeAround has achieved his goal: My goal is to lose 100 pounds from my starting weight 10 months, 3 weeks ago

TheSecondTimeAround uploaded a new photo 1 year ago

TheSecondTimeAround wrote Arrived in Wonderland!!! 1 year ago
Well, fellow DS'ers, I am so excited to report that this morning I arrived in Wonderland! 199.2 pounds, down from 294 pounds when I started, and an all-time career-high of 307 at the beginning of ...

TheSecondTimeAround uploaded a new photo 1 year, 1 month ago

TheSecondTimeAround wrote Achieved lowest adult weight in memory 1 year, 2 months ago
Hi Obesity Help friends. Sept 14th was a date that changed my life. 2 weeks prior, I started my preop 1,000 calorie a day diet, so, Sept 1st, and on November 21st, about 80 days out, I hit one of...

TheSecondTimeAround wrote Down 60 pounds in 6 weeks! 1 year, 3 months ago
This has been so great that I wonder when I am going to wake up and realize I am dreaming. Sure, there are significant difficulties trying to get used to my new "system", but as I see those pounds...

TheSecondTimeAround uploaded a new photo 1 year, 3 months ago

TheSecondTimeAround wrote Two Weeks Out, Life is Sweet 1 year, 4 months ago
Hi fellow sincere seekers of a lower BMI! Great news! Today is my two-week anniversary from having my surgery. Including the weight lost from the pre-op diet, I am now down 40 pounds! (294 to 25...

TheSecondTimeAround wrote 30 pounds lost in 20 days - The BPD/DS Diet Fairy Cometh 1 year, 4 months ago
*30* pounds lost in 20 days Woaaah! since pre-op fast started. (includes one-week post-op)
I AM SO HAPPY!
This is so over the to...

TheSecondTimeAround uploaded 2 photos 1 year, 4 months ago

TheSecondTimeAround wrote why "the second time around?" 1 year, 5 months ago
In about 2005, I had a Gastric Band installed. It helped my weight loss a lot. I started at 307 pounds, the highest I had been in my life, and I got down to a weight of 217 pounds. This was base...
