phil1336

After a life time of being a (chubby/husky) child to an overweight.obese and morbidly obese adult, the time finally came.  Recently retired and after maintaining a (happy) weight between 225 and 255 pounds for 30 plus years, I`ve finally lost it.  In the past 2 years my weight crept up slowly from from 255 to 275.  My 44`` inch pants became too tight!  Since retiring Apr. 09 my weight grew to 284!  Bingo, last call!  I`ve got to do something drastic to stop this runaway train!  I investigated Lap Band in 2004 and thought surgery was dumb when I really only needed to lose 30 or so pounds to be back at my (happy) holding weight.  Fast forward 5 years and now.....Its Lap Band time!  I hope I can make this work.  I love my diet sodas, am addicted to seltzer water, and really enjoy my micro-brewed beer.  Its going to be a battle but if John Daly the PGA Golfer can do it, dammit, I`m going to give it a try.  If a chain smoking, beer guzzling, bad behavior bubba can make it work (not being the model compliant patient) I got a chance for success.  Jan 12, 2010 is my surgery date unless I get cold feet but I`m quite sure at this point, I`m going for it.....wish me good luck please.  This fat aging dinosaur wants a few years left to enjoy fitting into cloths that dosen`t come from the Big Mens catalog and no longer wants to squeeze into an airline seat and (hope)I don`t need to ask ever again for a Belt Extender!