Grizzly Bear

Greetings to all, I am a 43 year old single man living in Staten Island, NY. I had a lap band installed on 8/16/2012 which would have been my grandmother's 101 birthday if she were alive. I chose this date because I felt she would be watching over me. Also, it was exactly 5 months after my first visit with Dr. Marina Kurian of NYU Langone Med. Center in NYC, NY. Also, the number 4 has been prominent in my life and I consider it a lucky number. 8/16/2012 are all multiples of 4. I was 320 when I went to Dr. Kurian, lost about 10 pounds on the liquid diet to prepare me for the surgery and now I am at 292. My goal is to get al least to 200 pounds if not less. I lost my wife, Tracy, on April 4, 2011 exactly 2 years and two months from our wedding day. In about 8 months I gained 60 pounds from eating and depression after she died. It was the heaviest I have ever been. I decided in February 2012, I decided I wanted to be healthy and decided on weight loss surgery because dieting failed me. I wanted a R n Y Gastric Bypass but my personal physician suggested the lap band because he had one done at NYU Langone Medical Center. Well, that's enough for now. If there is anything you want to know, feel free to email me or respond to this post. Also, feel free to check out my blog website, www.grizzlybearspeaks.com. Cordially, Rob "Grizzly Bear" Bennett

Thank you for your kind words.

Thank you all for your kind words. My late wife Tracy is looking out for me and, as crazy as it sounds, she communicates with me. She led me to the weight loss surgery that I had. She used to call me Bear because she said I was like a grizzly bear (though I like black bears better, they're smaller, cuter and smarter; they get into some silly situations). I have a very heavy frame, even my surgeon Dr. Kurian, says I will be able to only get to 200 due to my bone structure and I will be pretty thin and healthy. My goal was 170 which is what the chart says is the upper limit for me to be healthy weight and BMI. But my surgeon said that the chart was made for an average sized person and I am naturally heavy. I only mention this to explain why Tracy called me Bear. I am 5'8", started out at 320 with a BMI of 47. Now I am 292, with a BMI of 44.4 How do I get one of those tracker thingys that shows your weight and BMI?