btradio Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 Hi everyone! It has been awhile since I posted on the board due to the extreme schedule demands that I have had this summer. To say that it has been busy would be an understatement. Anyway, I wanted to post my news from this morning. As of this morning's weigh-in (and yes, I weigh in EVERY morning) I was UNDER 300 lbs!! I have officially entered "twoderville." Just to recap, I made my decision to have surgery on 3/1/2010 when I weighed in at 420.4 lbs. On May 7, I had surgery with Dr. Ortiz and weighed in at 394.0 lbs. Today, just over 4 months later, I am down 120.6 lbs (94.2 lbs. since surgery) and weigh 299.8 lbs. Some highlights from the last 4 months: - I have gone from wearing 4x/5x shirts and 56/58 waist pants to 2x shirts and 46 waist pants. - I have gone from completely sedentary to running 3 nights a week (as well as other exercise) and have signed up for my first 5K run! - In the last 4 months I have had no bread, no rice, no pasta and no soda. I totally gave up pizza too. It was tough at first but has been a great move. - I don't sweat NEARLY as bad as I used to nor am I winded at the slightest exertion. - My relationship is stronger than ever because I am able to do SO many more things than I could before. I could go on and on and on about how amazing this journey has been so far. To say that I am over the moon about it would be selling it short. Everyone I see just marvels at how great I look and are constantly telling me (great for the ego, btw.) When I had the surgery, Dr. Ortiz and I discussed what my goal weight would be. We settled on 250 lbs. That number seemed so incredibly far away at the time. In fact, I had set my goal for the year to hopefully be under 300 by 12/31. And, yet, here I am under that number on 9/13. It is pretty damn awesome to be so far ahead of schedule. I am hoping to continue losing at a decent rate and maybe get below 290 before the end of October as I would like to make it up to Busch Gardens to ride a roller coaster. I haven't been able to do that in over 15 years and it is something I dearly love to do. Wish me luck! To everyone else that has had surgery or is thinking about having surgery, I wish you the best and can only hope that you have felt as good and had as awesome a time as I have had. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevyD Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 Hi everyone! It has been awhile since I posted on the board due to the extreme schedule demands that I have had this summer. To say that it has been busy would be an understatement. Anyway, I wanted to post my news from this morning. As of this morning's weigh-in (and yes, I weigh in EVERY morning) I was UNDER 300 lbs!! I have officially entered "twoderville." Just to recap, I made my decision to have surgery on 3/1/2010 when I weighed in at 420.4 lbs. On May 7, I had surgery with Dr. Ortiz and weighed in at 394.0 lbs. Today, just over 4 months later, I am down 120.6 lbs (94.2 lbs. since surgery) and weigh 299.8 lbs. Some highlights from the last 4 months: - I have gone from wearing 4x/5x shirts and 56/58 waist pants to 2x shirts and 46 waist pants. - I have gone from completely sedentary to running 3 nights a week (as well as other exercise) and have signed up for my first 5K run! - In the last 4 months I have had no bread, no rice, no pasta and no soda. I totally gave up pizza too. It was tough at first but has been a great move. - I don't sweat NEARLY as bad as I used to nor am I winded at the slightest exertion. - My relationship is stronger than ever because I am able to do SO many more things than I could before. I could go on and on and on about how amazing this journey has been so far. To say that I am over the moon about it would be selling it short. Everyone I see just marvels at how great I look and are constantly telling me (great for the ego, btw.) When I had the surgery, Dr. Ortiz and I discussed what my goal weight would be. We settled on 250 lbs. That number seemed so incredibly far away at the time. In fact, I had set my goal for the year to hopefully be under 300 by 12/31. And, yet, here I am under that number on 9/13. It is pretty damn awesome to be so far ahead of schedule. I am hoping to continue losing at a decent rate and maybe get below 290 before the end of October as I would like to make it up to Busch Gardens to ride a roller coaster. I haven't been able to do that in over 15 years and it is something I dearly love to do. Wish me luck! To everyone else that has had surgery or is thinking about having surgery, I wish you the best and can only hope that you have felt as good and had as awesome a time as I have had. Brian Way to go Brian. This is amazing news . You are truly a new man and I bet you feel terrific Debbie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curveydiva Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 That's such fantastic news. Congratulations. You are an inspiration! Keep going! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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