I think it's funny that all kinds of people are saying we cheated to lose weight. They say that because they are ignorant if they only knew how hardd this process really is, So until you do go through the things we do you should keep your mouth closed. I started my journey weighing 360lbs on 11/29/2010 then on 12/01/2010 I woke up screaming in pain and the room filled with doctors and nurses and I'm now being rushed into an emergency surgery to fix a tear where a staple once was. I was 10 minutes away from death due to blood loss and internal bleeding. I was septic for over a day and i was then placed into a induced coma to fight the infection. Also had to have a blood transfusion I lost 3/4 of my blood. My rectum exploded as well. I woke up 7 days later to the news I was given in the elevator down to intensive care.. I would do it all again to gain extra years of life. My wife was my rock and without her I wouldn't of made it. Almost 5 years later I'm down to 160lbs total weight loss 200lbs and I've kept it all off which is very hard my wife and kids are the reason I keep it off and that's very hard to do.
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