Lisa, congratulations on your decision and getting your surgery scheduled. I'm a year younger and same height. I started out at 269 and after 90 days I weight 208. This is what you can look forward to! All the energy in the world all the freedom in the world! I don't know where Hale, MI is, are you able to come down for our monthly meeting to see some of us post-ops and meet others who are scheduled or considering surgery? We have a great group. Contact Claudia at Dr. K's office for details. Hope to see you!