I finally made it. My target date was July 24th (and was aggressive given the timeline and the Lapband choice instead of bypass) but this morning, on my official weigh in scale, I have lost 101 pounds! I got a small fill on Friday and upped my exercise over the weekend and that seems to have kicked me over the ledge. Now i have to make sure over this week I distance myself from this milestone and set up a new resistance level.

This next part of my journey will be highlighted by starting training to run in a 5K (gonna do the couch to 5K thing I believe). I will be walk/running a few 5K events in the interim as I build up my ability to run for prolonged periods of time.

Updates

• I went from a 66 Jacket to a 56 Jacket
  
• I went from a 5/6X shirt to a 2/3X
  
• I went from a 58/60" waist to a 46/48" waist
  
• I am far more helpful around the house. This speaks to laziness which seems to have been tied to my previous size. Net/net, my wife likes it more!
  
• I got to shop in a 'normal' store for clothing (albeit in their big and tall department)
  

My next set of goals are:

• Get to "Twoterville" - I have no idea when the last time was that I weighed under 300 lbs
  
• Shop in a REAL normal size store. (Old Navy, Eddie Bauer something like that)
  
• Not be afraid to sit in a booth in any restaurant.
  

To get there I will be upping my walking regimen, adding more weigh work (not heavy weight, but more work on the machine) and continuing to focus on my intake, aided by my bad. It is amazing to have gotten here in this time period. I got my body composition analysis on my last fill and will be blogging about those results later this week.

I hope these entries are useful to folks that are going down this road as well.