TxArcher

Congratulations!!! Who did your surgery? I am still trying to get hooked up with a surgeon here in Greenville to do fills and such. I would lay off the gingerale... that carbonation will make your stomach hurt worse that it already is! I will be 7 mo. postop on Saturday and have lost over 100 pounds! Take things slow and easy and do EXACTLY what the doc says to do and you will do great. Craig

Thanks for the encouragement. I am more proud of the blood pressure than I am of loosing 100 pounds!

Oh yeah, I dropped another pant size. Now a 40"x32" jeans. Still gotta buy the relaxed, or loose fit. But I had to do that when I was in high school too!

I did some pushups the other day! I also checked my blood pressure... 122/84!!!! That makes me HAPPY!!! I had been as high as 170/96:eek::sad_smile::eek: That is a HUGE weight off my back. Sorry for the bad pun!

So... I step on the scale wednesday and it said 302. "Oh, great... another fluctuation" I thought. Step on the scale yesterday and it registered 301. Well... today... That is another story! I step on it and BLAM!! I look down and it reads 299! That makes it 101 pounds for me! I am trying to remember the last time I was below 300. It was sometime while I was dating my wife. We were married in Jan '00. I was 330-something when I was married. When I met my wife I was about 275... I have noticed she has been "eye-ballin'" me! So, 6 1/2 months... 101 pounds!!! GLAD TO BE OFF THAT BLASTED PLATEAU. Happy Father's day to ME! Here is a picture taken last night at an entertainment park. Cindy, I wore this shirt JUST FOR YOU!! That is a 2X shirt I got for Christmas last year. The shorts are size 40!!! down from 54! That is a "berry dangrus pider, who's name is Snot" as my 3.5 year old would say... and the lil one turned 6 months old yesterday... well, for that fact the older one turned exactly 3.5 years yesterday. That sharing the same birthday thing is interesting.

when--- you have an itch somewhere... back, shoulder, arm, etc. you go to itch it and your skin is not there... You have to keep moving your hand a few more inches to reach the itch! am I the only one this has happened to???

Also, when said steak meal takes nearly an hour to enjoy!

---When a 6'-2" 300 pound guy walks into a steak house and freaks everybody out by asking if they have a steak smaller than 8 oz. !!! Got some really strange looks...

Here are some more progress pics. Gone from a 54x30 pants to a 40x32. From 400 lbs. to 299!!!!! Had surgery on 11/28/07 I can't explain how good I feel now. I did PUSHUPS the other day! only 3 of them, mind you. But Hey, they were pushups!!!! First picture is my Pre-op collage Second is about half way. Sometime in March Third was last week. That is my 3 1/2 yr old. Fourth is a head shot from the same day with my 6 mo. boy.

Oh yeah... I have kept my LARGEST pair of pants from my fat times. It is only for a reminder of where I NEVER want to be again! I am sure there are some things I need to part with now. I just dropped another pant size. I am now a 40-32!!! Feelin' good being able to just go to a store and pick something off any of the shelves! ha-le-vai a-lai Shalom

Sooo... here it is. I couldn't resist. Here is my workshop drawn up in SolidWorks.

Name..........Start........Current.........Goal........ To Go CindyG.........204...........204...........184...........20 TxArcher.......299...........299...........280...........19 A bit more realistic goal than that of my latest challenge. 19 pounds in 2 1/2 mo. I should be shedding the pounds quick. I am closing on my house this upcoming friday and will have PLENTY of work to do. I have to demo an out building and construct a new Man-Cave! AHHH, at last--- I have designed a 16'x20' workshop! I am planning on building it myself!

Ok... 8 pounds. It is not the 20-some-odd that was my goal. I will take it though. This was a good challenge for me though. I broke through two goals. One was the 100 pound loss and the other was to get into the two-hundreds! It just so happened to happen at the same time since I started out at 400 lbs!!!!:redface: Now it on to a more realistic goal for the summer melt down.

Name............Lbs Lost........% of wgt lost.......BMI Foofy...............40.5..................15%..................37.6 Sades...............35....................15.2%...............35.6 Shalee04...........66.....................26.6................30.3 Bandpal.............77.66..................27%................34.1(47) Skinny_Jill..........50.....................22.5%..............32.7 Stephanie..........60.....................26%.................27.1 Hollyberries........100.....................27%.................37.7 linda.................46.5...................20.5..................31 Abbisgood..........53.....................23%.................?? want2lose..........76.4...................26%................33.5 kandiceb............63.....................26%................27.6 Momto1plus1......63.6...................24%................32.2 MollyBrown.........36.....................12.5%..............36.5 TxArcher............101...................25.25%.........52.8 to 39.4 Cindyg...............48.....................19%.................37 Close.................50.....................20%.................33.1 Tmusicmaker123..73.....................19%.................60.1 to 48.7 plump_princess....57.....................22%.................36 Mariegabrieleee....71.....................23%.................51.3 to 39.4 gabeekeeper.......101.....................30% ..................40.2 stranger138........40......................17.4%.................33.7 shortgal..............40......................18.5%..............33.8 Robin_Bird............80.....................27.2%................33.8 Staysee..............70.....................20%................48.4 Hajohnson1..........45....................16.4%..............40.6 lindseyann2u........63......................?%.................? BarbBee..............57.......................19%...............42.1 Cherlita...............44.......................20%...............65 to 57.5 BandChick64..........90.....................30%.............33.9 tyman311..............61.....................31%...............41 to 28 (so far) TOTAL: 1858.66

WooHoo... Add me to the list! I am 6 1/2 months post-op and Couldn't feel better! Down 101 pounds as of TODAY! What a father's day gift to myself!

Name..........Start........Current.........Goal........ To Go CindyG.........210...........205...........198...........7 TxArcher.......308...........299...........285...........14 Foofy..........235...........233...........225.......... 8 Skinny_Jill....173...........168...........163...........5 Hollyberries...257...........254...........247...........7 Stephanie......173...........173...........159...........14 gabeekeeper....246...........234...........236...........0 Sades..........197...........194...........185...........9 shortgal.......175...........175...........165...........10 Momto1plus1....210...........205.4.........198...........7.4 Shalee04.......187...........182...........177...........5 osangriared....248...........248...........228...........20 lindata........181.5.........178..........176.5..........3.5 kuchiegrl1.....262.5.........253.5.........252...........1.5 kandiceb.......175...........175...........165...........10 Hajohnson1.....234...........229.2.........219...........10.2 Hopping to it..295...........295...........280...........15 Eulete P.......219...........219...........209...........10 wnr2lose.......211.8.........205.7.........200...........5.7 Dropped below 300 today!

Way to go Cindy! I will cross that line this week, I predict. I bet it sure feels good to finally be past that hurdle. For me it will mean that I will FINALLY be back down to the 2-hundreds! I am so happy for you. Now lets focus on both knockin' off the rest of the weight that we have!

<insert Eeyore voice here> I am here... I am on the plateau from HELL! I am swimming, playing w/kiddos, etc. I have really struggled to not let my emotions get to me and try to gorge myself here and there. I have been floating 2 pounds up and down. I can't get the scale to move below 302. I have been beat to the century mark by GaBeeKeeper and Hollyberries. Congrats to those two! It has been over 6 weeks since my last fill. (relocation) I went through a period of a few weeks where I felt like I could eat a horse! I felt like my restriction was just GONE! I was pretty ticked off at my clinic in Waco and wrote them an email encouraging them to hurry and find me a doctor here that I can work with. Well... wouldn't you know it... THAT night, Mr. Restriction decided to come back! Now, I can eat about the right amount and be full. I don't know what the heck is going on, but I am glad to have my restriction back. I think now that it has been a few days with restriction, I will be getting back on the weight loss. I gotta be honest, I got pretty down on myself for not losing weight. This is the first time since Sx that I have had any length of time that I was not losing weight every time I stepped on the scale. It was just a hurdle I need to cross. How can I help anybody down the line If I don't experience the whole gambit of "Band Gremlins". I am feeling much better now... Amanda (wife) has been very supportive in my hard time. She really encourages me that I WILL make my goal weight. After all, I have lost 25% of my max weight. That is no small feat in 6 months! Thanks for thinking of me... VENT OFFICIALLY OVER NOW!!!!!!!!!

HA!!! yep, that sure works too! I think I was asleep in 8th grade math! One less step to anything in life is better...

Congrats!!!!! Ya beat me!!! On a calculator enter your current weight. Now hit the divide button. Now enter your MAX weight. hit equals. That gives you a percentage below 1. Now take 1 minus what the percentage you got and that equals the percentage you have lost. ex. I used to weigh 400 now I weigh 302. 400/302 = 0.755 1-0.755 = 0.245 Move the decimal to the right 2 places and you get 24.5% Now you know!

That is just the problem... I can't seem to hit it. I just "flirt" with it then go back up a pound!!!! I know it will come. My clothes are fitting loser now than they did last week, so the weight loss will come soon enough. Now... GaBeeKeeper just passed 100. Congrats to her!

Cindy, Why do you have two identical tickers in your sig line? Here is my absolute favorite recipie. SALAD!!!!!!!!! I don't know what it is lately... I can not get enough of the stuff! It does not matter what kind of salad, though I have been very pleased with the salads my wife has been making. It is hard to find one anywhere that surpasses the standard she has set!!! I don't know what it is about her salads... I try to make one with the same stuff and it just does not work as well... Maybe it's all the love she puts in it!

Wow BandChick!!! Awesome job with the WL... You should show up more often. What an inspiration you could be to others.

Name............Lbs Lost........% of wgt lost.......BMI Foofy...............37.5..................14%.................38 Sades...............33...................14.5%.................35.5 Shalee04...........61.....................24%................31.1 Bandpal.............77.66..................27%................34.1(47) Skinny_Jill..........50.....................22.5%..............32.7 Stephanie..........60.....................26%.................27.1 Hollyberries........97.....................27%.................38 linda.................42.5..................19%.................31.6 Abbisgood..........53.....................23%.................?? want2lose..........76.4...................26%................33.5 kandiceb............63.....................26%................27.6 Momto1plus1......59.2...................22%................32.9 MollyBrown.........36.....................12.5%..............36.5 TxArcher............98.....................24.5%.........52.8 to 39.8 Cindyg...............45.....................18%.................37.5 Close.................50.....................20%.................33.1 Tmusicmaker123..73.....................19%.................60.1 to 48.7 plump_princess....57.....................22%.................36 Mariegabrieleee....71.....................23%.................51.3 to 39.4 gabeekeeper.......97......................29% ..................40.9 stranger138........36......................15%.................35 shortgal..............40......................18.5%..............33.8 Robin_Bird............76.....................25%................? Staysee..............70.....................20%................48.4 Hajohnson1..........40.2..................14.6%..............41.5 lindseyann2u........63......................?%.................? BarbBee..............57.......................19%...............42.1 TOTAL.......1618.46 Somehow the total got lost... here it is again. ONLY 2 POUNDS 'TILL THE CENTURY MARK!!!!! And I just dropped down into the 30's for my BMI... much better than 52.8!!!!

Oh yeah, I forgot to report that I have dropped down another size waist too! I am now at a size 40!!!! It's just too bad that my gut is not vanishing NEAR as far as my butt has!!! Oh well, never in my wildest dreams and hopes did I think I would be back down to a size 40 this soon! I have not even reached the 6 month mark!!!