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Over the past week or so my wife has been getting jeans out of the attic that I haven't worn in years. I used to be wearing a size 48. As of yesterday I was able to fit into a size 40. It felt so good to be able to get into those jeans. It has been at least 6 years since I have worn that size. I had my 3 months post surgery check up yesterday. The whole time driving down I was so nervous and praying that I had finally gotten under the 350 pound mark. Well I made it......I am now at 341 pounds and going down. I do not go back for another check up until Janurary 11, 2012 and my doctor wants to see another 30 pounds off by then. I am hoping and pushing myself to have more than that off. I have never felt this good in years. My wife and I stopped to see my dad after my appointment and it feels to great for him to tell me how good I am looking. For years all I have ever heard from him is how big I was and that I needed to lose weight. Then I looked at a picture that he has on his fire place that was taken of my wife, our son and I in June of 2009 when we went to Bethany Beach, Delaware. Looking at myself in that picture and looking at myself now is amazing at the tranformation already taking place. I can walk with more ease and don't get out of breathe so easily. The sleep apnea is all but gone away. I don't have to use my two inhalers any more at all.

My starting weight was 423 pounds. My surgery was on June 28, 2011. My one week post-op check up ws on July 6, 2011 and I was down to 404 pounds this was amazing to me 19 pounds already gone. Yesterday August 3, 2011 was 5 weeks from surgery and I am now down to 374. A lot of people say that they can tell in my face but I really can't tell yet. So my total to date loss is 49 pounds. My jean shorts that I wore before surgery a lot bigger on my hips now than they had ever been and I am constantly pulliing them up. I have even had to tighten the strings in my shorts that I wear around the house. My when I really noticed that I am losing the weight is when I got behind the wheel of our vehicle yesterday morning to go to my appointment. I noticed that my belly is not 1/2 inch from the steering wheel anymore its more like 5 inches away. That made me really happy. My doctor is proud and said that I am a little bit ahead of schedule. He was aiming for 160 pounds lost total which would bring me in at 250 pounds. My personal goal is to be 200-225. I don't go back to the doctor until October 3rd, 2011. I don't want to weigh myself at home because I am afraid of failure.