knt4ever

Mine comes from first letter of My name and my Wiff's name and how longer we will be together "ken n talya forever". It was my idea when we first got married 13 years ago.
My drag/hooker/performer name would be RAMBO PARK.
I always look at people's name and try to figure it so this is cool.

Mine comes from first letter of My name and my Wiff's name and how longer we will be together "ken n talya forever". It was my idea when we first got married 13 years ago.
My drag/hooker/performer name would be RAMBO PARK.
I always look at people's name and try to figure it so this is cool.

"Practice doesn't make Perfect......Practice makes Permanent."
"Whatever you do, always give 100%; unless you are giving blood."

Ok confession time...
I have gotten completely obsessed with the gym and weighing mySelf. (I've lost 130 btw)
I eat whatever I want in moderation. I'm in the gym so much that it burns off right Away
I love the attention I get. Reminds me of when I played football in college.
I hated throwing out all my old jeans. It's like burning money. I'm so upset
I feel constipated a lot. I started taking Metamucil to regulate myself, but Jesus. I go to th washroom like 3 times a week.
At my heaviest April 2013. 320
November 2nd 2013 195

THE BILL ARRIVED
Sooooooo, I received my medical bill for the surgery, lab tests, and everything else. WOW. Luckily we have very good insurance!! I have Mutual Heath Services in Ohio.
I strategically had the surgery before the calendar year ended because I knew most my deductible and co-pays had been paid already. I was seeing my PCP almost every month for some sort of medical issue from the morbid obesity. Last year I went to the doctor more than the last 10 years combined. That was one of the factors that led me to the WLS, I was physically falling apart FAST.
Back to the BILL, here is how it broke down of who paid how much:
TOTAL CHARGE: $51,847.27
PPO DISCOUNT: $30,015.01
BENEFITS PAID: $21,519.83
AMOUNT I OWE: $312.43!!!!
I don't feel I could put a price on how much this WLS has helped improve my health but if I had to pay $51,000 it would be worth it!! I am down over 50lbs and 9 inches off belly. I don't have any more liver issues or sleep apnea. Blood pressure is perfect. Heart rate is normal. I just wanted to share the bill because I was wondering Pre-Op about this.
If anyone is interested and wants to see what I have been through I have updated my journey in a thread called, "Operation Operation".
Here is link:
http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/290947-operation-operation/

UPDATE 2 Months & 2 Weeks:
CLOTHES FIT?
I just can't believe but I am already down 60 lbs!!! I am now under 35 BMI so that makes me officially ineligible to have the WLS!!! LOL
I am finally trying on clothes that were too small for so long. They are FITTING!!
It is weird because mentally I think clothes I have on are fine or tight but they are actually really loose! So I am adjusting mentally what is loose and how clothes are supposed to fit. Weird transition for sure. A pair of jeans I have been wearing will fall off even all zipped up and buttoned and I thought they fit fine. I found an old pair that are smaller and I had to tell myself this is what clothes that fit feel like.
I will try to post more often to keep in touch!!!
Peace out and WORD to yo mutha!

SW: 287 (12/26/13)

CW: 227
60 lbs down!!!!! Can't believe it!!!!!
I am now under 35 BMI so that makes me officially ineligible to have the WLS!!! LOL
I am finally trying on clothes that were too small for soooo long. They are FITTING!!

_____ inches in heigth over 5 feet
X 5 = ____________
+ 100 = ________ + 2.2 = _________ x 1.5 = _________ min grams protein
I eat cottage cheese, shakes, crackers, avocados, a taco Soup recipe found on Jennie Os Taco Seasoned Ground Turkey, string cheese, tuna mixed w cottage cheese, Crystal Light, eggs, broths, just a small sample.

UPDATE 2 Months & 2 Weeks:
CLOTHES FIT?
I just can't believe but I am already down 60 lbs!!! I am now under 35 BMI so that makes me officially ineligible to have the WLS!!! LOL
I am finally trying on clothes that were too small for so long. They are FITTING!!
It is weird because mentally I think clothes I have on are fine or tight but they are actually really loose! So I am adjusting mentally what is loose and how clothes are supposed to fit. Weird transition for sure. A pair of jeans I have been wearing will fall off even all zipped up and buttoned and I thought they fit fine. I found an old pair that are smaller and I had to tell myself this is what clothes that fit feel like.
I will try to post more often to keep in touch!!!
Peace out and WORD to yo mutha!

UPDATE 2 Months & 2 Weeks:
CLOTHES FIT?
I just can't believe but I am already down 60 lbs!!! I am now under 35 BMI so that makes me officially ineligible to have the WLS!!! LOL
I am finally trying on clothes that were too small for so long. They are FITTING!!
It is weird because mentally I think clothes I have on are fine or tight but they are actually really loose! So I am adjusting mentally what is loose and how clothes are supposed to fit. Weird transition for sure. A pair of jeans I have been wearing will fall off even all zipped up and buttoned and I thought they fit fine. I found an old pair that are smaller and I had to tell myself this is what clothes that fit feel like.
I will try to post more often to keep in touch!!!
Peace out and WORD to yo mutha!

UPDATE 2 Months & 2 Weeks:
CLOTHES FIT?
I just can't believe but I am already down 60 lbs!!! I am now under 35 BMI so that makes me officially ineligible to have the WLS!!! LOL
I am finally trying on clothes that were too small for so long. They are FITTING!!
It is weird because mentally I think clothes I have on are fine or tight but they are actually really loose! So I am adjusting mentally what is loose and how clothes are supposed to fit. Weird transition for sure. A pair of jeans I have been wearing will fall off even all zipped up and buttoned and I thought they fit fine. I found an old pair that are smaller and I had to tell myself this is what clothes that fit feel like.
I will try to post more often to keep in touch!!!
Peace out and WORD to yo mutha!

UPDATE 2 Months & 2 Weeks:
CLOTHES FIT?
I just can't believe but I am already down 60 lbs!!! I am now under 35 BMI so that makes me officially ineligible to have the WLS!!! LOL
I am finally trying on clothes that were too small for so long. They are FITTING!!
It is weird because mentally I think clothes I have on are fine or tight but they are actually really loose! So I am adjusting mentally what is loose and how clothes are supposed to fit. Weird transition for sure. A pair of jeans I have been wearing will fall off even all zipped up and buttoned and I thought they fit fine. I found an old pair that are smaller and I had to tell myself this is what clothes that fit feel like.
I will try to post more often to keep in touch!!!
Peace out and WORD to yo mutha!

SW: 287 (12/26/13)

CW: 233
Lost 5 this week!

Officially lowest I weighed since coming back from Afghanistan in 2010!!
"My weight is perfect, it just so happens I am 3 feet too short!!"

I don't think it's the easy way out either. But if it is, so what? What's wrong with taking advantage of scientific and technical advances?
I drove to work this morning instead of jogging all the way there. Or riding my nonexistent donkey. Easy way out?
One of my friends takes birth control pills to avoid unwanted pregnancies. Sounds like the easy way out . . . she should struggle with the rhythm method and hope for the best like her foremothers did.
Basically anyone who uses a power lawnmower, accepts anesthesia for getting a filling, or buys meat at the supermarket (instead of hunting, killing, butchering, and cleaning it themselves) has no moral high ground when it comes to taking the "easy way out."

This is not a competition, this is each of us saving our own lives. We are getting in touch with our bodies and our behaviors, learning to stop beating ourselves up and to make healthy choices. If people create stumbling blocks to our happiness we need to really look at that. Why? Because finally, finally it's time to choose ourselves first and foremost. Choosing health and happiness means putting your own feelings at the top.

SW: 287 (12/26/13)

CW: 233
Lost 5 this week!

Officially lowest I weighed since coming back from Afghanistan in 2010!!
"My weight is perfect, it just so happens I am 3 feet too short!!"

I like what DLCoggin's says:
"You are going to love the new you!"

SW: 287 (12/26/13)

CW: 233
Lost 5 this week!

Officially lowest I weighed since coming back from Afghanistan in 2010!!
"My weight is perfect, it just so happens I am 3 feet too short!!"

UPDATE 2 Months:
Happy 2 Month Surgiversary - My Body & Me
Today is two months since I went to surgery at 5am in the morning. This is officially the lowest I have weighed since coming home from Afghanistan in 2010. Not counting those 7 months, this is lowest in.........well I can't remember. I am very aware that this amount of loss will not stay at this rate but I want to keep this journal going so I can look back.
I have learned so much about me and my body these past months. I can look at food and know what it will do to my body and what my body will do with it. My body is responding and I don't want to let it down. It likes the meals with Protein. It likes to know that meals will happen at certain times of the day and doesn't worry if I will forget about it. It likes the work outs. It likes to actually rest when sleeping instead of fighting to get enough oxygen. My body likes ME!!!!!!
So I have said before I am a stat guy so here are the pounds and inches that I have lost in two months:
WEIGHT: 53 lbs.
WAIST: 9 in
CHEST: 4 in
LEG: 3.5 in
NECK: 2 in
ARM: 2.5 in
New quote for the month:
"My weight is perfect, it just so happens I am 3 feet too short!!"

Way to drop it Ken! See you Monday...stalls suck but I finally ( after 3 weeks ), dropped two

HW 252
SW 245
CW 190
35 until goal .... Stalls lasting as long as 3 weeks!
" Gotta keep on Keeping on" as Bob Dylan so wisely reminds me in song

"Practice doesn't make Perfect......Practice makes Permanent."
"Whatever you do, always give 100%; unless you are giving blood."

SW: 287 (12/26/13)

CW: 238

WOW almost down 50!! Lost 4 this week!
"My friend said he thought i was delusional. I nearly fell of my Unicorn."

Great attitude!!!! You are doing great just keep going strong!!!!

UPDATE 2 Months:
Happy 2 Month Surgiversary - My Body & Me
Today is two months since I went to surgery at 5am in the morning. This is officially the lowest I have weighed since coming home from Afghanistan in 2010. Not counting those 7 months, this is lowest in.........well I can't remember. I am very aware that this amount of loss will not stay at this rate but I want to keep this journal going so I can look back.
I have learned so much about me and my body these past months. I can look at food and know what it will do to my body and what my body will do with it. My body is responding and I don't want to let it down. It likes the meals with Protein. It likes to know that meals will happen at certain times of the day and doesn't worry if I will forget about it. It likes the work outs. It likes to actually rest when sleeping instead of fighting to get enough oxygen. My body likes ME!!!!!!
So I have said before I am a stat guy so here are the pounds and inches that I have lost in two months:
WEIGHT: 53 lbs.
WAIST: 9 in
CHEST: 4 in
LEG: 3.5 in
NECK: 2 in
ARM: 2.5 in
New quote for the month:
"My weight is perfect, it just so happens I am 3 feet too short!!"