Stable at 230

Jul 20, 2011

Well, I've lost a total of 240 lbs from my highest weight of 470lbs.  I feel pretty great.  Getting a couple of Plastic surgery consults in the next couple of weeks.  I think i wanna have my arms and chest done first but am open to doing the lower body lift first if the surgeons think I should.  I was sick a ton over the last year and a half so I guess my immune system was in bad shape for a while.  Had 5 bouts with kidney stones in about a year.  No fun at all.  I would like to drop maybe ten more pounds before skin removal but my bypass surgeon says I don't really need to.  Probably have around 12-15 lbs of loose skin so if I get down to 220 before surgery I could end up about 205 which is pretty perfect for a 6ft 4 guy.  The weight loss was really fairly easy.  I eat pretty much what I want to now but just not a lot of anything.  I can eat a 6 ounce steak and a small salad on good days so I feel good about that.  Some days I can probably eat 10 ounces of food at a time and other days maybe only 3 ounces.  Don't know what thats about but my doc says it probably has to do with stomach acid.  I look pretty good with clothes on but oh boy is it scary without my shirt. lol.  I really look forward to getting a rejuvenated body after plastic surgery.  I have taken 20 mgs of Prilosec every day since my surgery just as a maintenence thing my doc recommended.  I had to cut out my calcium supplements because of the kidney stones.  I switched to gummy vitamins 6 months after the surgery and they are a godsend.  The celebrate stuff got old really quick and started to make me nauseous so I was having trouble taking them.  DONT stop taking your b-complex.  I stopped and then ended up really low in Thiamine.  I started back right away with a pill form and everythings good now.  The only foods I can't really tolerate now are Dairy (other than cheese), pasta, and rice.  Life is pretty good.

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