John T.
yes...like many of you i have been fat most of my life. I have been on every diet imaginable. one time
i lost about 85lbs with a low carb type diet...and like many eventually gained it back...im always good at
loosing weight but much more efficient at GAINING weight. Like many people my size, we are professionals at
loosing weight, its the maintaining that weight is the problem..well...now with this surgury im on a one way
train to a better life! my goal is around 175 but would be thrilled to get under 200. i started at 360
My primary reason, of course, is health... with all of the weight i have no energy like i used to. i have
sleep apnea and cant sleep without my bi-pap. i have somewhat high cholesterol and some hypertension.
i broke my leg 15 years ago and now have arthritis problems in my anke. The arthritis is preventing me from doing heavy
exersize activity. Loosing weight will help my arthritis. I am hoping loosing weight will reduce or eliminate some of these
problems.
progress weight comment
8/06/07 360 0 start low carb diet pre-surgury
8/29/07 346 -14 surgury date (avg weekly loss 4 lbs/week - pre surgury diet)
9/13/07 331 -29 going strong! pre-lab band first fill (avg weekly loss 7 lbs/week)
9/19/07 328 -32 (avg weekly loss 3 lbs/week)
9/24/07 329 -31 chalk gain as bandster hell week
today get first lab band fill (avg weekly gain 1 lbs/week)
10/5/07 324 -36 just got back from vacation and lost!!! (avg weekly loss 3.1 lbs/week)
10/12/07 317 -43 just got my 2nd fill so i can loose more!! (avg weekly loss 7 lbs a week!!!
10/29/07 312 -48 hangin in there (avg weekly loss 2.1 lbs a week)
11/16/07 306 -54 got my 3rd fill today (this one is much tigher!) (avg weekly loss 2.3 lbs a week)
11/26/07 299 -61 made it to two- derland!!! (avg weekly loss 4.9 lbs per week!!)
12/10/07 293 -67 still loosing after 3rd fill (avg weekly loss 3 lbs per week)
12/24/07 289 -71 merry christmas! (avg weekly loss 2 lbs per week)
12/31/07 286 -74 Happy new year! (avg weekly loss 3 lbs per week)
01/10/08 284 -76 slowing down a bit - time for fill! fill 1/11 (avg weekly loss 1.4 lbs per week )
01/30/08 278 -82 hangin (avg weekly loss 1.9 lbs per week)
02/20/08 274 -86 slower - time to get my butt excercising (avg weekly loss 1.3 lbs per week)
03/10/08 266 -94 wow! got past a plateu! (avg weekly loss 2.9 lbs per week)
03/25/08 263 -97 im excercising more - but slower loss (avg weekly loss 1.4 lbs per week)
04/15/08 259 -101 finally hit my century goal! (avg weekly loss 1.3 lbs per week)
05/06/08 255 -105 still going slow but goin (avg weekly loss 1.3 lbs per week)
05/27/08 250 -110 wow..memorial day past (avg weekly loss 1.45 lbs per week)
06/30/08 243 -117 half of 2008 is over (avg weekly loss 1.44 lbs per week)
07/29/08 237 -123 11 months banded (avg weekly loss 1.4 lbs per week)
08/21/08 232 -128 if i loose 1 to 1 1/2 lbs a week im happy (avg weekly loss 1.52 lbs per week)
08/28/08 231 -129 1 year anniversary 
(avg weekly loss 1 lbs per week)
10/13/08 224 -136 got a fill which helped a bit but still slow (avg weekly loss 0.8 lbs per week)
11/17/08 217 -143 hey as long as im still loosing still good ( avg weekly loss 1.4 lbs per week) 465 days
12/03/08 210 -150 good loosing spirt here- like the old days (avg weekly loss 3.06 lbs per week) 483 days
01/12/09 206 -154 holidays...gaining then loosing (avg weekly loss 0.7 lbs per week) 523 days
02/11/09 201 -159 hard to get to that onederland (avg weekly loss 1.1 lbs per week) 553 days
02/20/09 199 -161 i made ONEDERLAND! (avg weekly loss 1.5 lbs per week) 562 days
03/20/09 196 -164 slow but sure (avg weekly loss 0.7 lbs per week) 590 days
04/04/09 196 -164 not loosing right now (avg weekly loss 0.0 lbs per week) 605 days
05/11/09 190 -170 didnt have a fill for 7 months..small fill helped (avg weekly loss 1.13 lbs per week) 642 days
06/06/09 187 -173 going slow- need to exercise more (avg weekly loss 0.84 lbs per week)
07/14/09 192 -168 OMG im going the wrong way!!!! (GAINED 5 pounds in last 5 weeks)
08/30/09 188 -172
12/16/2009 186 -174 its hard to loose much anymore
07/30/2020 183 -177 actually went down a bit...im too tight at the momement and need unfill
