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I am not down 75lbs (Jul 25 - Oct 29) in 3 months but the weight loss didn't come in the planned fashion.

The Story:  The lapband (that I got in 2006) cause a lot of tissue damage and a hernia.  The lapband was removed and my RNY was completed on Jul 25th.  BUT, the damaged tissue (from the lapband) busted open 3-days post revision surgery.  Post surgery food leaked into my body cavity and BOMB POW... massive blood infection.  I got sepsis (blood infection that has a ~50% survival rate).  The lapband messed me up not my current bariatric surgeon.  No fault!  He saved my life and is awesome!.  I was in the hospital through the end of Aug and I lost considerable muscle mass (I was fat but always muscular and strong).  I'm all good now but I am still recovering strength and trying to retain/build muscle.  I do NOT have any long term effects from the sepsis blood infection.  It actually allowed me to be cleaned out (literally).

Jul 25 - Revision.  340lbs

Jul 27 - Home from Revision

Jul 29 - Cousin saved my life and called 911;  Ambulance rushed me to hospital

Jul 30 - ICU for sepsis

Jul 31 - Happy Birthday to me; Organs shut down (thanks sepsis); Surgery to bring me back to the land of the living

Aug 4 - Out of ICU; Recovery from sepsis surgery

Aug 21 - Home from hospital and recovering

Oct 10 - Back to the business office (medical disability for 2 1/2 months)

Oct 29 - Today.  265lbs.  Down 75lbs.  I'm in the gym and trying to recover muscle lost to sepsis.

I’ve always been a weekend warrior type.  I’ve always been a dancer.  I’ve always been an avid weight lifter.  I’ve always choose to run stairs instead of walking them.  Even today, at 328 lbs and age 41, I still believe I’m a weekend warrior dancer weight-lifting stair-running kind-of-dude. 

Reality is that I haven’t played a weekend warrior sport (rugby & flag football) in 12yrs.  I was 245lbs then.

I stopped shining my boogie shoes and severely limited my dance floor visits when my weight crept over 275lb 9yrs ago.

I lifted weights and/or performed cardio:

 14yrs ago: 90min/day 5d/wk (225lbs).

12yrs ago:  90mins 3d/wk (245lbs) – ACL Repair.

8yrs ago:  60mins 2d/wk (285lbs). – Lap Band (no weight loss)

5yrs ago: 45mins 1d/wk (290lbs). – Married with kids

3yrs ago: 30mins 1d/wk (300lbs) – Tennis Elbow Repair

1yr ago: 15mins 1d/wk (320lbs).

It is weird that my mind still believes that I am “That Guy”.  I guess that is good thing because it may help motivate me once I start to pick up the weights, run those stairs or dance a little more frequently.

I know why I slowed down all those physical activities.  I can’t blame it on marriage or my kids (5yo & 4yo boys).  I can’t blame it on changing jobs or moving states 3x in the past 12yrs.  I can’t blame it on ACL repair 11yrs ago or Tennis elbow repair 2yrs ago.

I will blame it on weight related depression and self esteem.

I’m living a split personality life.  One personality is Confident, Positive, Open, Loving & Optimistic.  The other personality is Nervous, Insecure, Self Loathing, Sad, Stressed and Depressed.

I’ve always had both sides within me, but I think 14yrs ago, the Confident personality controlled 90% of my life and now, the confident me only has 20% control.  I want to old me back.  I know changing my lifestyle will swing the pendulum the other way.  I think it is already swinging.  All it took is some good news.

Pendulum Swinging Positively: A lot of good things happened when I got my revision approval from my insurance company.  First of all, I did a “happy dance” which included a little ‘Cabbage Patch’ and ‘Ed Lover’ moves.   I dusted off the elliptical machine and logged a 30min sweaty burn.   I pulled out the fresh fruit and made some healthy smoothies w/ protein powered.

All I have to stay is, I think a revision will do wonders for me and my health.  I am very motivated to do everything in my power to ensure this revision is a success.  The pendulum needs to keep on swinging on the positive side...