monro411

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My story is very different from many on this forum.  I was skinny most of my life.  My sister and brother always teased me as being too skinny.  The reason I was skinny was because I was extremely active.  basketball, flag football, baseball, soccer, and track were all part of my life.  When I got in high school, I began lifting weights.  I changed my image from a skinny person to a bulk person.  My frame put me at 6 foot 3 190 pounds with less than one percent fat.  People I met often thought I was a college or an NFL player.  I got more attention from the women than I could handle.  After high school, my athletic life ceased.  I concentrated on college and partying.  My eating habits stayed the same even though I got less exercise.  I first noticed it in my thighs.  I could no longer see the muscles.  Then others started to notice.   Friends said I need to get back to the workouts.   Luckily, I met my future wife before I got too large.  The smallest she knew me at was at 240.  In the next five years under her cooking and me becoming a couch potato, I blossomed to 300.  I was still healthy with no problems.  In 2005, I went for a checkup and the doctor said I was a borderline diabetic.  My weight was 411.  I had started having sleep apnea. Other than that, I was still healthy for my weight but he was concerned for my future.  He suggested a medically supervised diet or surgery.  I told him no because I though I could do it by myself by becoming more active again.  I tried-then cried.  My son was born in 2006, which took much of my time.  Between two jobs, kids and other responsibilities, I could not get on the routine I was on back in the day.   One day I was looking at my son play and wondered what his life would be like without me.  This was right after the Michael Jackson death.  What would he become?  I thought about my girls also.  My wife was capable of raising all of them, but my son needs a positive father figure in his life just as I had.  Therefore, I made an executive decision (hopefully the best decision of my life.  I quickly called my doctor and scheduled an appointment.  I also called my insurance and found out that I really did not have to do anything, but have my weight and height verified and it should be approved (thank God for good insurance).  I went to my doctors and found out I weigh 420 pounds with a BMI of 52.   I decided to try to get everything moving as fast as possible.  I got my packet with Depaul filled out and faxed back in two days. What slowed me down is my doctors office lost their paperwork and I had to resubmit.  They sent it over on 7-30.     I went to my required seminar on 7-29 and scheduled to have my Psych evaluation on 8-4.  According to my coordinator at UHC, she will have my Paperwork finalized within 48 hours after receiving.  My goal is to have a date by 8-15 (we all know how that goes).   My goal is to get down to about a bulked up 220.