Carlos Valdez

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So it has been a couple of months since I have been on here.  I am down 160 pounds as of today and still going.  Thank God for all his mercy in helping me achieve what I have so far.

I am finding it easier to get all my protein in and water and all that because I am incorporating it into a new lifestyle as opposed to just doing it for the time being.  That is what I have learned through this journey so far.  That what we are eating and drinking is not a diet but what we will have to maintain for the rest of our lives.

I would like to give a small piece of advice and that is don't try and allow sugar or other fatty foods into your diet just to test the waters.  Sure we may be able to tolerate a little here and there but we have to remember that these foods are what got us into this situation and its better to just not even play around with that.  That is just my advice but we have to make our own decisions.  Thanks everyone for the encouraging words and friendship you have all given to me.  God bless!!!

So I have been doing great praise The Lord. I just joined Planet Fitness the other day and it is an awesome gym. Thanks to my friend Ashley for taking me and getting me hooked. I have been hogging two miles a day five days a week and resting two days. Same old eating routine. Making sure I get my protein in and water. I love vitamin water zero it's a great substitution for water. Anyways I weighed myself this morning and was down another 9lbs.  So I am officially down 129lbs.  I hope it keeps continuing and hoping that stall will stay away for now. Thanks for all the support guys!!!

I took a New Year's Eve pic 120lbs down!!!

So I decided to start weighing myself every two weeks otherwise I will become obsessive and I don't want that to happen. I weighed myself a couple weeks ago and I was 100 down exactly and then I decided to weigh myself on Christmas Day and was excited to see I was down 17 more pounds so that makes a total of 117 pounds down in 14 weeks. It's been a crazy few months but I wouldn't trade it for the world. I'm glad I found this site and for the friends I have made through it. I'm excited for a friend of mine having surgery soon. I know she's going to be awesome and she's been an awesome encouragement to me as we'll as a lot of other people on this site. The fact that we can admit we have problems with food and take such a drastic step to get healthy is very brave. I wish everyone the best on here whether it be preop or postop. I'm going to upload some new pictures after new year. Take care everyone and God Bless!!!

Found an awesome before picture...check it out!!

So I woke up this morning and decided to weigh myself.  I never weigh myself because I like to go to the doctors and not stress over it in the meantime.  But Anyways I weighed myself this morning and I am officially past the 100 lb mark!!! I started at 456lbs. and now I am 355lbs.  I was so excited and I want to thank everyone here for your support and kind words.  I still have a long ways to go but I think its pretty good for just under 12 weeks.  I hope to keep encouraging you guys as you have done for me.  Take care and God Bless!!!

So I haven't been on here in a long time to post anything Anyways and I thought I would.  First of all things have been going great but I have not got a final weight amount lost.  I know it is more than 80 but less than 100.  I am very close and I have one person to thank for the past few weeks of that.  Her name is Vanessa and she has become my best friend through this process.  She is a great girl and I wish we lived closer so we could spend more time together but unfortunately she lives across the country.  She is having the surgery soon and she has been a great support system even though we've never met.  I wish her all the best and if she reads this I hope she feels the same way.  I also have been changing clothes like crazy.  I went from a 58 waist to just buying a size 48 so that was really cool.  I am running a mile a day on the treadmill and trying to get protein in because of that.  Vanessa is always telling me to make sure I get my protein in cuz i keep forgetting lol.  I am looking forward to Christmas and since I did fine with Thanksgiving I am not dreading the future holidays.  I really just wanted to update this and let everyone know that I am so thankful for this Website and especially my best friend Vanessa for looking forward to positiveness and encouragement.  Take care and Ill be back to post a final weight and some new pics!!! God Bless

So I had to post a Thanksgiving pic.  I did great at Thanksgiving I ate what I liked but kept the portions small and had a great time.  The key for me is to try and eat what I like but not pig out to the point of hurting myself.  We had this surgery for a reason and we shouldnt want to go back to our old ways.

Got a couple new pics up. Still need some more befores up there but I like the results I'm getting so far!!

So yesterday was my official 2 months post op date.  I have to say this is the best thing I have ever done for myself in my life.  So many years I felt uncomfortable with myself and almost any situation and now things are really starting to look different.  I have lost about 80 pounds so far and still going strong.  I can eat almost anything besides sugar and bread but I am eating very very very small portions but they are filling.  I am exercising regularly and everything is just perfect.  I thank God for this opportunity and I hope to hear from you guys on how you're doing.  Take care everyone and God Bless!!!