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Well on April 10th I will be 2 years since my Roux-N-Y Surgery. I went from 410lbs to 253lb. Yes that is almost 160lbs. I have lost a person and feel fantastic. I want to reach my goal weight of 235lbs by April 10th. I really hope that it happens. My new sport for over a year now has been 5K walks. I entered 6 last year and actually one one for my division. I have already done 3 this year and plan one doing many more. Its my way of working on keeping the weight off. Plus you meet a lot of friendly people. Hope you all are doing well as well.

 

Well, I haven't reached 300lb mark yet and its a lot to do with me. Not been eatting right and lack of excersize. I have had a issue about a month and a half ago with me throwing up a lot so my Doctor gave me Prilosec OTC and it helped somewhat, but a few weeks ago when it was time for me to get my band adjusted (Fill) he found out that my band was almost completely choaked off to the point where barely anything was going down, so he with drew 4 CCs in order for my stomach to relax. I had talked to the nurse and she said that this happens and was probably from throwing up so much and maybe not eating right. So this coming Friday I get the band filled back up.Not sure if he is going to replace the 4 CCs or maybe a little less, but I have set my mind on getting my shit together and do the right thing. I feel upset at myself for not hitting the 300lb goal 6 months back, but thats all going to change. I will hit it by January 1st, 2012. I will say that I feel so much better then before my surgery. I am really not sure what would have happened to me if I would not have had my surgery when I did. I could barely walk across the street. I was depressed. Didn't feel like leaving the house. God I never want to feel that way again. I want to really get down for my 25th Anniversary with my wife. I have 1 1/2 years until then. I would really love to take her to England to celebrate it. Its been a dream of ours and if I really get down, maybe I will wear a kilt (Another dream of my wifes) lol. Well say a prayer for me and I will be doing a lot of praying myself. Good luck to everyone and feel free to contact me if you have any questions. I plan on getting back on this forum as well weekly.

Steve

Actually it was suppose to be last month but my Doctor had to move my visit due to an emergency surgery. Anyways, I haven't posted in about 6 months. Been doing ok. I finally was able to get into a 2XL which is a big deal for me. I want to get to a size where I dont have to buy at big and tall anymore. I think I should be able to do that over the summer. I need to start excercising. I've been ignoring it since I've been very busy at work. I also have had some issues with throwing up lately and need to tell my doctor that. Anyways I will post tomorrow to let you know how I did. Right now I am hoping for a 10 lb loss. That would make me happy. Take Care.

Steve

I just got done with my visit to my Doctor on Monday 10.18.10. I hav good news. I am back down to 336 lbs. For a couple months I was hungry a lot and I called and talked to Dr. Ringley and he said that I probably needed a fill, so I went in and that helped ALOT. I finally eating about a cup of food at a meal. I never was able to do that and my Doctor said that it takes a little tweaking in order to get it just right. Since then, I've been losing weight like I should. For a while I felt bad because I had gained some weight back, but my Doctor said that sometimes happens. Hear is some more good news, I lost 17 3/4 inches off my waist, 5 1/4 inches off my hips, 2 inches off my arms,4 inches off my thighs, and 1 1/2 inches off my neck. I feel fabulous! I was really hoping to hit the 100 lb loss mark, but I am close. This gives me so much more drive to keep at it and the nice thing is, now it really doesn't feel like I am working at it at all. I am hoping that by Christmas or at least the beginning of the new year I will under 300 lbs. Wish me luck. 

Well....Im disappointed in myself. I thought I would have done better then I have so far. And its my own fault. Can't blame anyone or anything other then me. So....I am really going to try and get down close to 300 lbs by October 16th. That will be my one year anniversary having the lap band. I want to be under 300 lbs by Christmas. I have to do this. I don't want to have another failed weight loss program. I don't eat that much anymore, its that I've been eating crap. Also need to get back to excersizing, no matter what. Please wish me luck and I will take all the prayers you send me. Thank you!

Well time has been gonig by fast. I see that the last post I had was about a month ago, so I thought I better post something. Everything is still going good. I had not lost anything on my last Doctors visit, which bummed me out a little but I think it was due to eating out so much. My son is in high school bowling and we were traveling around for a lot of weekend. Not much choice at the bowling alley. So I have to make sure i bring something in a cooler and leave it in the car. I will do better. I got my new bike a few weeks ago and finally biked over a mile today. Not bad considering where I was about 5 months ago. Weather is starting to warm up so I hope I can start sweating even more. I have over 100 lbs still to lose. I would love to see 265 lbs by September. Its a goal. Well I will be back later. Take care!

This is a 28 mile mountain bike race starting in Kalkaska and ending in Traverse City. I need to lose a lot more weight fast and also get into training for the biking. My boss is going to help. He has been doing this race for a few years. Nice to have people behind you that will motivate you. On Monday at 11:00 am I will be registering for this. Wish me luck.

I did really good too. I have lost 15 more pounds. Total loss now is 71 lbs. I feel fantastic too, except I do feel a little nauseated after this last fill. They say thats normal thou. I've been doing well with my excercises and also started to use my sauna more. People are really starting to notice the difference. Last weekend my wife wanted me to try on some pants that I haven't been able to get into for about 5 years and they fit, with some extra room too. I can't wait to see how much I weigh this summer. Just got to keep doing what I am doing and stay focused. Well I will write late. Bye!

I think I did pretty good. I didn't over do and as for treats, I had very few. Everyone has noticed how much weight I lost. My daughter bought me an American Eagle Hoodie and it fit me. I was never able to wear anything from that store before. Felt really good. Next thing I have to do after pay day is to go get my gym membership for the family. Then we are really going to see the fat fly! LOL I need to start toning up. I really don't want to have that hanging skin problem. Is it weird that its 10:30 pm right now and I want to play some raquetball? LOL My energy level has come back to life. I am doing so much more then what I have in the past. Its so weird and scary how obesity creeps up on you and the next thing you know it, you don't feel like doing anything and thats when the real problems start happening. I am so lucky to have a wife that really cares about me. Not only her, but my kids as well. They have really helped out when times were at there lowest. There is so much I want to get back into doing. I am looking forward to the day I am under 300 lbs. I have another fill appointment on January 15th. That's when I will get weighed again. I really hope I have lost a lot more. Wish me luck. Take care!

I've been doing pretty good, but still feel a little hungry. I think I may need my band filled a little more. More later on! LOL