Almost There

Mar 26, 2011

Well, it has been a while since I posted.  I am writing this because I need to stay focused on my goals and this community is a great way to do that.  I am officially 9 pounds from my surgeon's goal weight for me of 212 pounds.  I originally wanted to get down to 175 pounds, but that is just a little unrealistic for me and my body type.   I think if I really hit the gym hard I could get to that weight, but 221 is a great weight for me.  When I was discharged from the Navy in 1993 for weight control failure, I was 244 pounds.  I fell so much better now than a year ago it's not even funny.

I've done some things recently that I wanted to do since the surgery; play basketball with my 16 year old son, cut my grass without even breaking a sweat, wash my truck from top to bottom, etc.  I can go into Wal-Mart and grab anything off the rack and buy it without trying it on.

I am down to a 36 inch waist from a 50, my shoe size actually went down one size to a 14.  I just feel so much better about my life since the surgery.

I went to a support group style meeting with my nutritionist last week and I was blow away by another patient.  This gentleman was in the meeting with our surgeon pre-op and he lost an incredible amount of weight.  I was scared this guy was going to die prior to surgery or on the table, but there he was.  He went down from a 76 inch waist to a 56 inch.  He wore an incredible 8X waist pants and proudly displayed it for us.  He didn't remember me prior to the surgery but I remembered him.  Because of his weight before surgery, and I didn't think to ask him, he had to wait until July to have surgery.  I really needed to hear about his story, it gave me inspiration.  Hope everyone is doing well.  Talk to you all soon.  And I really need to post some pictures.

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Laplace, LA
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31.6
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RNY
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04/28/2010
Surgery Date
May 29, 2009
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