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What's up people?  I am almost six months out and I weigh 247lbs after starting at 404lbs.  I am so happy and life is great.  I just left Chicago last week and met DTray and DD(Dimple Donna) and had the time of my life.  I walked the city like a mad man and was never tired.   WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so happy and I have no regrets.  My only and largest regret is that I have been away for so long and lost contact with great people.  Well I will check in with more regularity and keep everyone abreast of what's going on in my life.  The church is going good and we are growing at such a rapid rate.  God has truly been good to me and the family.  Here are a few pics from Chicago.  Be blessed until the next time.

Hey all it has been a minute since I posted last and what better time to post than on my 2 month sugiversary.   Here it goes: I am down from 404 to 307 for a whopping 97lbs lost.  I feel great and I am looking forward to life and what is up the road.  I am so thankful to God for allowing me the oppurtunity to have WLS.  GOD IS GOOD is my cry.   I have posted new pics and I am so proud of the progress.  Continue to pray for me and I will do the same for you.

I went to the doctor on yesterday evening for my 1 month post op checkup.  Here are the results.  My vitamin levels were perfect with the exception of my iron.  So I will start an iron supplement on this week.  My weight went from 404lbs to 338lbs, for a total of 66lbs loss in one month.  Dr. Hoehn says that is a record for his practice and he is totally impressed.  I give God all the glory, he has given me a second chance at life and I am determined to stay focused and on the right track. I am so excited and I am now adding working out into my routine.  Continue to pray for me and as always I lift up every person on OH to the Lord. 

Where do I start?  On Monday, I woke up and was getting ready.  All of a sudden a case of the bubble guts came up.  To my suprise my comode was full of blood.  This happend four, Yes 4 more times that morning.  I then passed out and my lovely wife called 911 and I woke up in the hospital.  I then had 2 blood transfusions and on Tuesday I found out I had 2 ulcers on the staple line of the pouch.  This happens on 5% of all surgeries.  So eventually they stopped bleeding that day and they kept me one more night for observations.  On Wednesday my blood count was low.  So they gave me 2 more transfusions and sent me home.  I am truly blessed and I know that God is a healer.   I realize the enemy attacked my body and once again Jesus came on through and touched this body.  I will still have the Grand Opening of our church Restoration Temple on this Sunday and will proclaim that Jesus is Lord and tell of his goodness.  This is the only reason I haven't been on line to holla at yall is because I was down for a minute.  But I am back.   Check for new photos some time this weekend.   Be blessed and remember when you can't Jesus can.

Okay, take a seat and hear this.........are you ready?  
The day of surgery your boy was 404lbs according to the doctors records.  Last friday(4 days post op) I went in to have my drain pulled out and I weighed get this 369lbs.   I was so happy I didn't know what to do.  So today I go in to have my staples removed and they weighed me again and the scale said 358lbs. A brother almost passed out.  This tool is a bad boy.  I am so energetic and I can't wait to see what the month holds for me.  I am eating right, getting my protein in, and drinking a ton of water.  I feel great and I don't know what to do with myself.  My wife, kids, and co-workers say I am disappearing fast.  This is down right exciting.  I thank God because everything He does He does it well, and I could be dead, stricken with all manner of diseases, but God.   I am now officially off of blood pressure medicine and that was enough to cut a step.  I am still in amazement,  I will be putting some new photos up in a few days and then you can tell me if you see the difference.  I will holla at yall later.

What's up people,  I am back to work today and I must admit I feel OK.  I am healing up pretty good.  No major pain to report.  I'm not hungry and it is hard for me to stomach certain smells.  I will have to force feed myself.  I am so ready for egg day to get here.  Thank you all for your prayers and comments.  I am ready to count down the pounds.  I will soon have pictures from the surgery and the post-op looks.  I will keep you all abreast of my progress.  Be blessed and know that only God is in control.

Well i am officially about to hit losers bench in less than 72 hours.  This truly is the year of "New Beginnings",  I will have this surgery and then on March 2nd I will start to Pastor, Restoration Temple COGIC will be in full effect.  This is truly a good time to plant seed and WLS is the kickoff to it all.  OH family you are outstanding, Hatda I know you will be praying for preacher man and all of you that know the power of prayer I appreciate it.  My wife is truly a God send and I realize why it is not good for man to be alone.  Baby I love you.  For the last 3 months I have gone through this process and all my friends on this site your profiles have inspired me and now I know I am ready for all that comes with this.  I realize that this is not a sprint and there is no need to try to out do anyone.  With that said, I am going to run my race and set my pace, always following the rules and when I step off course I will look for the signs that will give me my direction to get back on course.  They are calling me to the starting line...................... I'm in the middle of the pack..............I can hear the call............ON YOUR MARK(this is really it).................ARE YOU READY(God help me do this)............GET SET(no fear and no going back, I can do all things through Christ who strengthen me)................(pray my strength)............GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am sittng here at work and daydreaming about the change I am about to go through.  My quality of life is about to change and with that will come a new confidence.  I have always had confidence, but now I am about to look the way I always have felt.  I know that sounds rehearsed, but I have always had this high self esteem.  What am I saying?  It is by the grace of God that I am afforded this second chance at life.  I am so blessed and highly favored to be given the oppurtunity to reverse the abuse I put my body through.  I know that this body is the temple of the Holy Spirit and was a gift from God for this short moment in time, but even in knowing that I ignored it and did whatever I felt to it.  But GOD,  only a faithful God would erase your mistakes and never remember them, would give a second chance to a person that doesn't deserve it, would hold and destroy the had of death and allow decent health to prevail over HBP, strokes, heart attacks, kidney disease, diabetes and many other life threatening diseases.  Jesus is worthy to be praised, from the rising of the sun to its setting I will bless the mighty name of Jesus.  If it was not for him on my side and every person on this sights side where would we be.  I am truly happy that I chose him and I am privledged that he accepted me in my sick state of body, mind, and spirit.  I would pray that all would accept Him as their saviour and acknowledge his existence,  but the word declares that won't happen.  But, If, you can see where I am coming from and you are in need of a change( outside of WLS).  Try Jesus and accept him in your heart.  

I feel better, I had to offer Christ to anyone who doesn't have him.  If you know him you know that this is what we are suppose to do.   And if you are reading this and you are reading this far down, it wasn't an accident that you clicked here.  As always I pray that the God of my salvation and the lover of your soul will continue to bless and guide you through this journey called life.  Stay strong and I am so happy for each and everyone of you.   Holla at ya boy.

peoples what it be?  today i went to see my cardiologist for the 3rd time this week.  I had to take a stress test because of my high blood pressure and they found a slight thickness on my heart wall which is common with HBP.  Nontheless when they did the test they found out that my heart functions perfectly and I was cleared.  Another blessing and 1 step closer to surgery.  The only thing i have left is my labs and i will call monday to have that set up.  Tomorrow is my birthday and i am so happy that this is my last fat birthday.  I have decided to get down to 205-215.  i desire to be streamline and being a big man is so overrated.  i am truly tired of carrying this mess around.   something else i found out was that i have thyroid that only operates at  12% efficiency at it's best which explains my insane weight gain in the last 3 years.  i would have waited to find all this out later if i wasn't going through this journey.  wls is saving my life already.   i will blog later.  but know that i pray for everyone on this sight daily and to my friends on here and those that will become may God Bless and keep you is my prayer.

GOD IS GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111
Holding true to the theme of '08, my year of New Beginnings is really happening.  I went to see my surgeon today and they gave me my surgery date.  FEBRUARY 11, 8:45am it is going down.  I am about to be on Loser road.  I can't wait.  My wife is excited, I am excited and once again God has made a way of escape out of this world of obesity.  I can imagine that many of you have felt what I feel and I must say outside of being filled with the Holy Spirit, getting married,  and seeing the birth of my baby girl this is the greatest feeling of euphoria I've ever felt.  I can't stop smiling and when the weight starts to come off I'm sure it will get wider.   You know you hear people speak of blessings, but to be walking in the midst of one and watching it play out and all that I asked for come into fruition is such a dynamic spiritual experience.  I have a few more appointments to go through before the big day and then all is in my hands to get maximum results.  I hope to hear from some of you and anyone that paruse through my page.  Don't hesitate to give me some pre- surgery advice on things I can do to make it better.  Until the next time may God bless and keep you is my prayer.