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My two cents: Ok everyone I just wanted to say I am so proud of all of us that are going thought this journey, we did some mistakes to get to where we were but now we have taken steps to better ourselves and I think that is great. I know at one point or anther it is a struggle with issues that we can not control and say to ourselves or other why (at least I have) did I do this, but on other days we say I am feeling better I can walk, dance, run, bend over or just wear something that we could never think of wearing again and say wow. Well I am just writing a little note to all that I am so happy that I have found this site I come here to get advise and just to say hi to all but today I just wanted to say have a great weekend and don’t look at the glass as half empty but look at is as almost full and enjoy yourself. As I have read some post people get depressed or sad or are going though some tough times with the way the world is going but take some time to go outside and even if it’s a cloudy, rainy or whatever just picture yourself for one moment and see yourself in a place that you really like and for that moment you are their. And enjoy, enjoy, enjoy take a deep breath and enjoy so to everyone out their please have a great day, weekend, month, year and the rest of your great life. This is what I am thankful for today all of you guys. I do massage so I see people after I work on them and that makes me feel great so go get one you will feel better. Take care all and hope to read how great you are doing. I just had to write this because this is what I am feeling at the moment.

 Hello all I am at and below my goal weight.  Some explanations at first my Dr wanted me to get to 215 lbs be their and done that well when he say how fast I did it he then said 200 lbs and got to that and still lost 10 more I go between 185 and 195 depending on how lazy I get.  I am now riding a bike at least two days a week to work and home, I work two jobs so if I am only working on one I ride if not I need to take my car or else I will not be able to get to my other job but that one is only during baseball season.  And I am also going to start my massage business I went to massage school and myself and a co student are going into business we are starting a company called I need a massage so cal . com.  If anyone of you guys feels stressed and are coming to San Diego give me a call and we can take care of you.  Be live me with the new change in habits and eating habit changes you can get very stressed and depressed and a good massage will take care of that.  So look us up and we can help.  Now I really want to be able to ride a century (100 miles) soon I just purchased a new road bike and love riding I road a lot before when I was younger but as I gained weight my wheels could no longer hold me and would go out of true and the tires looked flat when I got on my bike.  Now that I lost the weight I no longer flatten the tires and I can go up hills again with not too much of a problem.

Hello all hope all of you are doing great and having a great week well it’s hump day and I can see the weekend from here.  Well I have had another WOW moment this weekend and yesterday.  First this weekend I had purchased some Lucky Brand Jeans a few months ago and I wear them on weekend I tend to dress up more for work so jeans I try not to wear at work.  Well I put them on and too big a size 38 too big fist I have not worn 38 since my twenties I am a lot older now well off we went to Lucky brand again and purchased size 36 slim now I told myself and my wife never did I think I would be a slim again ever well I purchased 36 slim and they fit great.  Then went to BR and purchased shirts no more XXXXL or XXXL or XXL or XL no I am not L and they fit great now get you I am six feet five and did not show my old weight much but now everyone that has not seen me says is that really you?  I went to buy my family bagels this weekend and have not be their since Nov right before my surgery and the guy behind the counter looked at me and did not recognize me until I spoke my voice is very recognizable once you hear me speak you know it me very deep so after he asked me for my order he took a few seconds and said I know you what happened too you, you look great.  Instead of telling the whole surgery story I just said I had some help and diet and exercise he said wow I need to do the same he wanted more info but too many people to air out what I had done so I told him I would come back and have a cup of coffee with him and we can talk.  Well for my other Wow moment that came today I stepped on the scale and am at 227 last week I could not get out of the low 230 ties but now upper 220 ties I will take that any day.  It has been a hard journey especially for us that are limited to what we should eat and what we can eat, I have a lot of friends social and at work and I don’t know how it works for you guys but when people what to do something it revolves around eating and drinking like lets get a beer or lets go to dinner and of course when you don’t eat too much oh come on have some of this or that and until you tell them no I can’t and say why they don’t seem to stop.  And I love to watch sports when I can and all you see is food, beer, car, more beer commercials I am getting used too them but just being four months our it still hard not too want to go our and drink or eat at least for me but it’s getting better especially now that I can buy what every I want to wear and not have to go to the BIG and BIGGER store and pay a lot more for your cloths.  Well enough of your time I just had to write this it was going to be short and sweet but I just went on and on. Sorry. one more thing now when do we ask for the century card at the time we started our journey or when we had the surgery?  If anyone can let me know thanks you.

 

Ok for me this is a big thing.  Let me start by saying I used to love to purchase new clothes from the Banana Republic and bought a lot from them.  Well as I started to get bigger and bigger all of those great clothes went straight to the good will and I was left with the BIG and Tall store, and they do not seem to have the same as what I was used too wearing but I did it to my self and no ones fault but myself.  Well I went to this place up in Los Angeles that is called the Farmers Market at the Grove it has a great outdoor market and a new fashion area.  Well as I walked around with my family we went and looked around and I was in awe of all the things that I would wear again (I hope) well as we walked around I saw my store Banana Republic well my boys wanted to go see some toy store I told them go ahead and my wife and I went in to BR as we looked around I saw this grey P coat that I have always wanted to wear well I looked for a XXL or XXXL but all they had was a XL well my hope diminished my wife said try it on well I did and it FIT and FIT well just a touch small if I button it but in So Cal you don’t button those and she said as fast as I am loosing weight I will be able to close the buttons in a month or so well that did not take me long to say I am getting this, until I saw the price ouch but the lady said that it was on sale and if I got a credit card I will get more off well I purchased that coat. After that I told my wife I want to try one more thing too check something out she went with me too the lucky pants store you know those high priced denim jeans that never fit well I was using a 48-52 in Oct well I tried on a 40 and they fit a little loose so I tried on a 38, now I have not fit in a 38 in well who know how long I don’t even remember well they also fit a little tight but like I am hoping and my wife says in a month they will fit great.  So guys I know this was worth it many people say was it worth it and now I can say yes it was so worth it.  I was giving up on loosing weight and just said to myself well just get bigger pant and shirt and be happy being big, but I was not happy I thought I was but not really being able to fit in those jeans and coat made this all worth it if you are not sure if you really want to do this I will say yes feel better and look better do it for yourself and your family and friends you might make a difference in someone else life if they see the commitment that you have made.  So God Bless all of you and thanks for reading this long post. 

 

  Well it has been 10 days since my sugery and all is going well for the weight loss, but for the not eating it killing me.  I am hungry and cna't stop thinking of food yesterday day was a hard day I did not have the will too say thanks for not letting me eat.  I am doing better but still miss food.  My surgery went well I woke up and the frist thing I did was ask to walk everyone was amazed on how well I did I just kept it up all my three days all I did was walk and walk felt great.  The only thing that I had go wrong so far is I had a infection in the arm I had my IV put into I did go back to the ER on Friday the three days after my surgery, they gave me antiboitcs and am feeling better I could not use my left arm for a few days that was bad but I am now better.  I really want to thank everyone that has help me and wished me well I really needed too hear from all of you again thank you.

Hello all I am one day out and feeling better.  Now for you all that did not read my post I am/was sick.  I had a bad cough and had some junk in my lungs but today I feel better and not too much junk in my lungs almost none.  So tomorrow I am going to show up at the hospital and hope for the best.  I took my internal cleaner and wow what a cleaner I took it at 11:00 am and it started to work around one hour later.  So next is the surgery I really hope so (God willing) and all will be well.  Well that is it for today and will post again right after the surgery and let everyone know how it turned out.

 

 OK today is the day after pre op and all I can say is what a day!  Ok here is how it started but first let me tell you about the day before Sunday I washed and wax my car we had the fires here in San Diego and my car was all ash and dirt  I washed and waxed it and I think I left my radio on too long because about 4 hours later I went to take my wife out and the battery was dead, I got it back up and drove it a while to try and get it recharged but it still said battery low.  I was thinking I am not going to make my pre op well maybe this is a sign right well my wife said no this is not a sign you just left you car on too long and no sign you are going to your pre op.  Well the next day the car started fine and I made it I was suppose to be at the Dr at 0830 but I got in the parking lot at 0730 because it always get full and you have too walk about 1 mile to get too the clinic.  I got to the clinic at 0815 then waited as asked but at 0855 I said did you guys forget me and sure enough they did the clerk did not put my paperwork in the Dr files for me too see him and after looking for my files she found them and gave them to the nurse and she took me straight to get my vitals I had lost even more weight that the scale in my home said I did I was at 309 not 311 so the Dr was happy.  After seeing the Dr I had too do all the pre op paperwork the one where you tell who what where and all that stuff, next was the nurse giving me a bottle of clear stuff that I don’t think I am going to like and she says drink this the day before at 1100 am and not too eat anything except clear stuff on the 11 and 12 and nothing after 1200 pm on the 12^th wow three days without food me.  Well after her I had to see the anesthesiologist he asked me more questions that I had answers for, like in 1998 aug I had heart surgery and I for some reason stopped breathing (not good) they had too do CPR and do a tracheotomy on me and did not what that to happen again so he asked me what happed I said I have the paper work in my file I gave a copy to my Dr. this morning.  I had given it to his assistant and he did not send it over so I went back too look for the files I just gave him and sure enough it was in my files along with more stuff that should have been given to the anesthesiologist well after him reading everything he says open you mouth and stick out your tongue.  Well then I get some bad news he says that they might need to stick the breathing tube down my throat while I am awake I said you better have a lot of people to hold me down because I don’t think that too be a great ideal so he looked at me like you think it am worried well I told him about once I did knock down some nurses once that they thought I was out but was still kind consciences and did now know what I was doing and that the nurse where not ladies but big nurses that I think I hurt so imagine me awake when you try this I said.  He and I just looked at me and then he said well we will see in the operating room all I said was fine see you there.  And after all day without eating from 0700 to 3:30 getting out I was not in the best of moods so I did not have a good day and did not want to write what happed on this board and write things that might sound like I changed my mind because I almost did say well never mind about this but I know this is for the best and I will stay on track.  Well guys that was my day at pre op yesterday.

 Ok I am going to the nutrition clinic today at 3:30 and I weighted my self on Sat to see that I went down from 325 on the 17 of Sept.  too 308 this is Sat now.  Well knowing that I had to see the nutritionist today I got on the scale and saw that I went up too 316 why.  This is what I had on Sun two cups of coffee  egg beaters with one piece of bacon, watermelon with grapes and reg melon, some vegetables carrots, cherry tomatoes, broccoli, and later two ham and cheese sandwiches no mayo with some cheese one piece each.  I did drink about 2 1/2 litters of water but I always thought that water just came right out and did not stay too long in your body.  Well I will see how it goes today I am only eating yogurt and cottage cheese and water not too much I don't want to go above the 316.  Well I will write and let you guys know how it goes.