SM2969
I wasn't interested in creating a profile at first, but then the closer my surgery date came, I realized that research and profiles is what helped me finally decide that wls was the way I needed to go. I have had a weight problem all my life . My highest weight in 1999 was 398lbs. At that point I was existing not living. I couldn't walk and was diagnosed with severe sleep apnea. I made up my mind along with Weight Watchers to lose 70lbs. Over the course of the years between 1999 and 2001 I continued to lose 50 more reaching 270lbs then came the continuous ups and downs for years. I have climbed back up to 328lbs again and not as depressed as 398 but tired of going nowhere fast. The biggest mystery remains to me that if something makes me feel good than why do I revert back to what makes me feel bad. It was in November 2006 when I came to the decision that I didn't want to keep struggling I wanted results. Let me be honest here I have tried for years now and I don't want to keep waiting for another bout of control and then possibly relinquishing it I need a bigger start.
My surgery is scheduled June 6th 2007 I have been in nothing but a rat race with the insurance since I started with one Bariatric Center and than switched to Dr Brolin .. etc etc etc...but it is finally close and although I know wls is not a miracle or a cure but it is definitely a jump start. I want to make a commitment to post my progress as much as I can to hopefully help someone else like me who is interested in wls.
06/11/07 Well it is the Monday after my surgery and I am still recovering from the everything...it was rough. The surgery itself went fine actually it was a day later when I had reactions to the morphine ..complete nausea sweating vomiting up bile...The Dr ordered npo and discontinued morphine for pain and then I felt better. I am home now my incisions are okay I am just trying to get thru one day at a time till my follow up.
06/22/07 Today was my first post op visit and I have lost 18lbs....I feel like I am losing rather slow but according to other members on oh they were the same way. I will just keep doing what I was instructed and be patient though it is not easy.
07/06/07 I went for my second post op visit today all is well I lost another 8lbs = 26 total..
I am happy but I guess because I am kind of back where I started I want more...patience 
07/22/07 I was going to wait till 2 months and post update but I was a little anxious well today I have lost 15lbs more = 41lbs in a little over 6 weeks. My goal is to get back to 270 lbs I know this sounds crazy but that was my lowest weight recently that I made it to with weight watchers and a lot of clothes will fit again...
08/01/2007 Well today is officially 2 months post op and I am down 43lbs. 
08/12/07 I am updating sooner than I planned but I don't care I want my ticker to move
As of today I am down a total of 50lbs which leaves me with 8 more lbs to my short term goal.
08/24/07 I found my last weight watcher tracker and my lowest weight was 271lbs and I reached that yesterday so I am happy now that any weight I lose in the future will be new ...
08/30/07 3 month post op I am down 58 pounds....
10/03/07 At 4 months post op I am down 70 lbs ... I am really starting to feel and notice all that is changing about me ... It is amazing the feeling of self worth and accomplishment. I am not just letting the bypass do all the work. I am trying to learn behaviors as well as becoming more physically active. I have very little regrets having this surgery and if there are they come and go very quickly.
10/31/07 Lost 9 more lbs this month for a total 79.
01/23/08 It has obviously been awhile since I updated because it has taken this long for the scale to move . I seemed to have hit a stall that I thought was never going to end then a lot of yo yoing up and down. Of course I haven't been perfect but I am still exercising and trying to keep unecessary carbs to a minimum but the water is hard to get in sometimes. Finally last night I weighed myself and am down to 239lbs which is a total of 89lbs 10 since October...Needless to say I am happy..
03/14/08 Well I am a little worried I lost 2lbs more since my last entry. Stalls and plateaus are common but its been a long time.
04/02/08 I think the stall is over for now I am down to 228lbs which makes my 100lb goal. I can't even begin to convey all the feelings I am experiencing at this time. I do know that I am happy with my surgery. If I have any regrets it would be not doing this sooner. I feel alive I look forward to walking more and going out and living, unlike before where I took much shelter in the house. I still question my size fitting in booths different chairs etc. People who have never had this problem can't begin to know what the effect all these restrictions have on a person. I am trying to stay grounded and remember this is a tool and not a miracle that alot of my future success lies within me. I am also trying to keep some of the feelings I had at my heaviest to remind me so I don't forget where I came from and where I want to go. For now In the words of Leonardo Dicaprio from Titanic "I am the King of the world".
08/06/14 It's taken me a long time to come back and post seeing as though it is 7 years since my surgery. Well needless to say I am not the story I ultimately wanted to tell at this point. I reached a certain progress of weight loss and kind of yo yo'd for a long time. I do give myself credit that I didn't gain most of it back. I have started doing Weight Watcher's again at home and exercising. I have lost a total of 17lbs and am the lowest I have been in a long time with 61lbs to go. I have a new determination and really understand how I can benefit from the gastric bypass tool and the behavior modifications I learned in the past from from doing Weight Watchers. 
08/31/14 I am still going last week was tough because we had family come so I wasn't as a active and accountable as I could have been but I am not giving up. I am back on track for the past two days. I have found that exercising, drinking more water and keeping new perspective is the key. 
