RJay3

I am a 31 year old male, 5'10 415(ish) Lbs, and I have a bmi around 60. I have spent years thinking about the band, and I've seen it gone from sure-fire tool, to now, I have been reading alot of stories about failures. I will be paying out of pocket to someone like Dr. Kuri for this operation come this summer. I have decided something needs to be done, and this is the only surgery I can afford to pay out on. I am looking for advice, and experiences, from both men and women who have had the surgery, but I am curious about men, who are "belly heavy" or were anyways, since most of my weight is all in my stomach, do you find that our body type loses more slowly, faster, or no difference? I read alot of results on here, that are alot slower then I would ideally hope for. ...I am a big loss kind of guy, I have to lose around 200 lbs for my personal goals, but for "the standard" im looking at closer to 250 lbs, and I see alot of people losing 20 or 30 lbs, etc. and for me, that would be sort of sad, ive done that just skipping a few meals for a week.... I dont feel as big as I am, I have broad shoulders, grew up athletic, played high school sports, always could gain and drop weight w/o issues, but I love food. Pizza, burgers, chips, steaks, and soda...ya..I would totally have an affair w/ a mountain Dew if it would rub my shoulders...I just don't know what to expect, result wise, pain-wise, cravings-wise, I gotta say, I am sick and tired of being big. I still try and play basketball with friends, and after a 2 hour session, my body hates me, and for a week I walk gingerly on my feet, and that hurts inside more thany anything else, knowing I can't keep up anymore because of my size. I used to just overcome it and try harder, but once I hit 30, my "motor" slowed down, I feel like, all those people were right, my weight is finally catching up to me. anyways, I am hoping to hear some advice, and experiences...thanks for your time in advance guys... RJ

thanks for the messages, I do got to say, dave, when I said big losses fast, your results would make me happy, 66 lbs in 3 months would be a speed I could totally enjoy! I've already picked out Dr. Kuri, for 6500 this summer, so its really just a waiting game until my funds become available. Its really driving me crazy, Its 4 months away, but I can just taste it. (i guess 3 months, since I have a month long LSD diet) anyways, thanks for the nice words.