I Reached My Initial Goal

[Euroyen99 37]

Had my sleeve done on March 18th 2013. It was the best decision I have made in a long time. I have primarily followed all of the direction given me by the institute where I was a self pay client here in Newport Beach Ca. I exercise with a trainer 3 days a week and on my own two days a week. My starting weight was 398 pounds and today i weighed in at 250 lbs. 148 pounds total loss so far. I am 6'2" and am a former football player. I have now revised my goal and am shooting for 230 pounds, but it will take a while. The last scan I had showed that my lean muscle mass was 198 pounds, so I feel that 230 will be a reasonable number. I feel a lot better than I did at my highest weight and am overjoyed at my ability to play with my kids and not be sweaty and huffing and puffing. Mentally I am still having some trouble not viewing myself as fat or morbidly obese. I am attaching a photo of my chart that shows the weight loss. The chart shows the weight loss from about April. I am grateful for this site and am so happy with my progress.

[Euroyen99 37]

Here is a before and after. The first one is on my birthday in 2012 and the other is around my birthday in November of 2013 with my 90 year old grandmother

[SuzyB 182]

You are doing great. Keep working toward IMO reasonable goal. It is great you are looking at lean muscle mass vs fat, I think it is easy to overlook the fact muscle weighs more than fat.

[cubbies76 132]

Congrats! You're doing awesome!

[Euroyen99 37]

Thanks, I appreciate it.

[Lady VS 1,147]

Incredible!!! Awesome!!!! Continued success.