I'm BACK, & Banded !

[one gone dog 0]

I got back about 1:30 saturday morning after short stop in vegas :cool:

the only problem I had was some spasms. Some drugs cleared that up and i feel pretty darn good.

When i left mt waist size was 40 - 42. Today i (just for kicks) tried to put on a pair of pants sized 38. THEY FIT !

I still have some diaphram pain from the stiches but its not to bad, its kinda like i either ate to much or need to eat. :cool:

so now since both the wife and I have this chunck of plastic in us we both need to rethink cooking for two. Like i said in another thread, our dogs are going to need a band before long. where going to loose the wieght and they'll find it.

Dr. Rumbaut says hi to all the bandsters here.

updates still to come.

The BIG DOG.

[Alexandra 55]

Hey Dog, congratulations!! Glad to hear things went smoothly and that you're already reaping the rewards of your travail.

But I have to ask--how tall are you? My husband wears a 40 waist in pants and he may need to lose about 15 lbs. How much weight do you want to lose, and what size are you aiming for?

Just curious--people are all different shapes and sizes I realize, but 38 sounds to me like a perfectly normal pants size.

[nightingale2u 42]

Welcome back and glad everything went so well! Sounds like the "chunck of plastic" is already helping out. (o:

Darcy

[one gone dog 0]

Thanks.

My Target size is 32-34. I was as big as 44-46.

hieght is 5'10".

My goal weight is 190-210. Right now its at 275 (lowest its been in 10 years).

give or take 10lbs i've been hanging around the 300lbs mark.

my Dad has 13 brothers and 3 sisters. I could pass for a brother to 7 of the boys just by when---- our hair line went up, our belt size grew , our hands started to hurt in the mornings and our ankles and knees began to give us grief.

In a few years i have another 80lbs to look foward to comming around my waist.

ALL of my Moms family is huge. the smallest one in her family is around 400lbs.

So I have a lot of "genetics" going against me. But one of MY biggest problems is the size of meals i can eat. I'm the guy at the buffet bar that they dont want to see. (I've molested many buffet bars).

20 years ago I was a pro-bodybuilder. I know nutrition and I know how to exersize. And niether one of those two facts could stop my wieght gain.

so now when i get start to hit the gym again in stead of a protien shake + Breakfast + a protien bar and then a snack, i'll be pleanty full with my drink. :cool:

My goal isnt to have the body i did then (be nice) but the past is the past. I want to try to head of the diabeties and other things that run in my family, I Just want half the energy i did and the ability to run down into my field or fly upstairs in my house without getting so short winded my wife thinks i need medical attention, or feel like my chest is going to explode. when and if we have kids to be able to run and play with them and I want the extra years I'll gain by loosing the wieght to spend with my wife.

so there it is.

No this wasnt a rant against your question alex :cool: . I just figured I'd lay it out there.