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dstollery    290

dstollery
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Wow it had been a long time!! I'm sorry for being away but hope to start posting again soon!! I see so many are doing great and it really is inspiring to see your posts. As for me life has been crazy. As many of you already know my goal was to become a critical care flight paramedic and after WLS I achieved that goal. To that end my life had been nuts since then but I am doing awsome!! I am down from 330lbs to 195. I get 80-100 grams of Protein a day and I am loving life in the new me! I still eat like I am supposed to And while there is always challenges I am living the lifestyle change. Here a few photos for y'all! I look forward to posting more soon! Love you all!

The first pic is pre op and I am the guy in the yellow tie the rest.... Well as you can tell the old me threw up the guy that was inside!

Surgiversary 07/24/12 Sent from my iPhone.

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dstollery    290

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Ohh yeah and I love my new office view!!

Surgiversary 07/24/12 Sent from my iPhone.

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lolawaiting    83

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how awesome... you look amazing!

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mrsblues    81

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Wow, you are doing fantastic, congrats!

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kristy3k    1,133

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Wow you look great!!! Glad everything is going so well

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Vicki Loichinger    444

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This is so inspiring. Thank you for sharing. And don't be a stranger, I am so glad you are obtaining not only weight loss goals but life goals. I am really really happy for you, Brings a big smile to my face this Monday Morning,

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slowtogo    301

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Wow it had been a long time!! I'm sorry for being away but hope to start posting again soon!! I see so many are doing great and it really is inspiring to see your posts. As for me life has been crazy. As many of you already know my goal was to become a critical care flight paramedic and after WLS I achieved that goal. To that end my life had been nuts since then but I am doing awsome!! I am down from 330lbs to 195. I get 80-100 grams of Protein a day and I am loving life in the new me! I still eat like I am supposed to And while there is always challenges I am living the lifestyle change. Here a few photos for y'all! I look forward to posting more soon! Love you all!

The first pic is pre op and I am the guy in the yellow tie the rest.... Well as you can tell the old me threw up the guy that was inside!

Surgiversary 07/24/12 Sent from my iPhone.

You are smokin' hot!!!!! Wouldn't mind being rescued by you. ..lol!

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cogburn    125

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It's amazing to me to find this thread... I have always dreamed of being a helicopter pilot especially ems... But always knew I would never be able to meet the seat weight requirements... Now that I've had surgery this past dec 10 and am already down 80 lbs I feel like this is something I could actually achieve... My wife isn't gung ho mainly because flight school is expensive and she's worried about my safety but we made a deal that when I hit 200 lbs I would take up to 3 flight lessons and then decide if I wanted to truly make a career out of it... You are truly a very personal inspiration to me man I'm so glad I found you... I currently weigh 296 started at 376... 80 down 96 to go

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cookier224    238

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Wow it had been a long time!! I'm sorry for being away but hope to start posting again soon!! I see so many are doing great and it really is inspiring to see your posts. As for me life has been crazy. As many of you already know my goal was to become a critical care flight paramedic and after WLS I achieved that goal. To that end my life had been nuts since then but I am doing awsome!! I am down from 330lbs to 195. I get 80-100 grams of Protein a day and I am loving life in the new me! I still eat like I am supposed to And while there is always challenges I am living the lifestyle change. Here a few photos for y'all! I look forward to posting more soon! Love you all!

The first pic is pre op and I am the guy in the yellow tie the rest.... Well as you can tell the old me threw up the guy that was inside!

Surgiversary 07/24/12 Sent from my iPhone.

Wow you look great! Congrats on becoming a flight paramedic.

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lovealways    287

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OMG!!!! So very happy for you!!!!!

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worm2872    635

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AWESOME!! I am so happy for your!!! You are an inspiration :D

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jodimc    117

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Sooo cool! Congrats! I'm currently finishing up my RN with hopes of being a flight nurse. So amazing to see this.

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        Yay!! Congrats. I know how good that feels. 🤩

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        Glad it went well!! Wishing you a speedy recovery and wonderful success!! 🤗

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        Thank you ❤️

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