Mike Dumas

Good afternoon everyone! My name is Mike, I am having the Duondenal switch
I have been reading through these forums for a few weeks now, and have finally have found the courage to finally post. I am 32 and currently 6'4 530lbs with a BMI of 64.5. I come from a large bodied family, and have been battling my my weight since i was little. I am married with 2 awesome kids. Thank you all, in advance for your knowledge and advice.

Good afternoon everyone! My name is Mike, I am having the Duondenal switch
I have been reading through these forums for a few weeks now, and have finally have found the courage to finally post. I am 32 and currently 6'4 530lbs with a BMI of 64.5. I come from a large bodied family, and have been battling my my weight since i was little. I am married with 2 awesome kids. Thank you all, in advance for your knowledge and advice.

@@Mike Dumas WELCOME!!!!
Oh wait ... I think someone else already said that
I'm in GA too ... Just outside of Atlanta ... had the sleeve last July ... been on the boards ever since ...
These people are my adopted family ... they are ALWAYS here when I need them ... To give me a hug or give me strength or a kick in the pants ...
You too will find them inspirational and motivational and probably the only ones in your life that actually "get it" ....
I wish you THE BEST and stick around ... You'll enjoy it !!!
You got this!
Be Blessed!

@@Mike Dumas
hey dude
has anyone welcomed you yet?!
that's great that you have been reading the board
learning good info
good luck to finishing jumping through the hoops of insurance
you'll get there sooner than later
some docs put you on pre-op (ex liquids only)
good luck with that!!
if you can get through this, you can probably do anything
good luck
kathy

Thank you all for the welcome!! I have 1 more meeting with my dietitian and endoscopy next month. Then im told i will receive a surgery date. Looking like it maybe around the middle of June. I will keep you all updated as i go along.! Thanks again!

Good afternoon everyone! My name is Mike, I am having the Duondenal switch
I have been reading through these forums for a few weeks now, and have finally have found the courage to finally post. I am 32 and currently 6'4 530lbs with a BMI of 64.5. I come from a large bodied family, and have been battling my my weight since i was little. I am married with 2 awesome kids. Thank you all, in advance for your knowledge and advice.

Good afternoon everyone! My name is Mike, I am having the Duondenal switch
I have been reading through these forums for a few weeks now, and have finally have found the courage to finally post. I am 32 and currently 6'4 530lbs with a BMI of 64.5. I come from a large bodied family, and have been battling my my weight since i was little. I am married with 2 awesome kids. Thank you all, in advance for your knowledge and advice.

Good afternoon everyone! My name is Mike, I am having the Duondenal switch
I have been reading through these forums for a few weeks now, and have finally have found the courage to finally post. I am 32 and currently 6'4 530lbs with a BMI of 64.5. I come from a large bodied family, and have been battling my my weight since i was little. I am married with 2 awesome kids. Thank you all, in advance for your knowledge and advice.

Good afternoon everyone! My name is Mike, I am having the Duondenal switch
I have been reading through these forums for a few weeks now, and have finally have found the courage to finally post. I am 32 and currently 6'4 530lbs with a BMI of 64.5. I come from a large bodied family, and have been battling my my weight since i was little. I am married with 2 awesome kids. Thank you all, in advance for your knowledge and advice.

Good afternoon everyone! My name is Mike, I am having the Duondenal switch
I have been reading through these forums for a few weeks now, and have finally have found the courage to finally post. I am 32 and currently 6'4 530lbs with a BMI of 64.5. I come from a large bodied family, and have been battling my my weight since i was little. I am married with 2 awesome kids. Thank you all, in advance for your knowledge and advice.

... I've looked the list up and down several times and this is as close to accurate as I could get.
I'm not ranting and/or raving...
It's not a 'men only' thing...
It's not a boy/girl thing...
I'm not 100% certain that it's a 'success story' thing either because the story isn't over yet..
It's just a thing..
Anyway, here's the s**t..
My story is similar to many others here.
Got fat...
Got sleeved...
Lost weight...
Hit a "stall"...
(I use the " around stall because technically, it wasn't all a stall. In the beginning it was. After that it was Christmas, New Years, holiday, drinking, not watching intake...)
I've posted about my "stall" before...
Unfortunately, the "stall" happened when I was floating around the 100kg (220.462 pounds) lost mark. I went from 98.5 kg lost to 96 then back to 98.7...
This went on for four weeks or so leading up to Christmas...
Once Christmas came, I knew it wasn't gonna break in the near future so I stopped weighing.
So for a month, I stopped worrying about calories and carbs and all that stuff.
Yes, I made sure to keep up the Protein and Water, but that was all.
Then, once I was back at work and into my routine, I decided it was time to bite the bullet and weigh in.
I was scared that I'd gained...
Scared that I'd undone some of the good that I'd done...
So with great trepidation, I stepped on the scales (first thing in the morning, straight after a pee, naked apart from my reading glasses).
I could not believe what I saw...
The scale hadn't moved...
I was still within a couple of kg of my 100kg lost.
Well, that got me going...
It was head down and arse up for the next two weeks, making sure I watched EVERYTHING that went in, got right back into training and all that...
No cake at work morning tea.
No waffle fries at the baseball.
No alcohol at the races... (I know, right??!??!)
Protein, water, protein, water, good fat and carbs, repeat...
Tonight, as I walked in the door, something told me to check my weight...
I dunno what it was...
The universe maybe...
(Please don't make this a God thing... That's a whoooole other story...)
Whatever it was, I listened...
I weighed myself..
No fear...
No trepidation..
And I'm pleased to say that, as things currently stand, I have officially lost EXACTLY 100.3kg (221.124 pounds) since Feb 25 last year.
I still have approx 50 kg (110 pounds) to go and hope to have that gone by year's end..
But I'll think about that tomorrow...
Tonight is for enjoying the moment...
Please...
If there's anyone reading this who is struggling or needs support - PM me.
I'm more than happy to answer questions or give opinions/anecdotal advice.
Thanx for reading...
Kinda...

Thank you all for the welcome!! I have 1 more meeting with my dietitian and endoscopy next month. Then im told i will receive a surgery date. Looking like it maybe around the middle of June. I will keep you all updated as i go along.! Thanks again!

Good afternoon everyone! My name is Mike, I am having the Duondenal switch
I have been reading through these forums for a few weeks now, and have finally have found the courage to finally post. I am 32 and currently 6'4 530lbs with a BMI of 64.5. I come from a large bodied family, and have been battling my my weight since i was little. I am married with 2 awesome kids. Thank you all, in advance for your knowledge and advice.

Thank you all for the welcome!! I have 1 more meeting with my dietitian and endoscopy next month. Then im told i will receive a surgery date. Looking like it maybe around the middle of June. I will keep you all updated as i go along.! Thanks again!

Good afternoon everyone! My name is Mike, I am having the Duondenal switch
I have been reading through these forums for a few weeks now, and have finally have found the courage to finally post. I am 32 and currently 6'4 530lbs with a BMI of 64.5. I come from a large bodied family, and have been battling my my weight since i was little. I am married with 2 awesome kids. Thank you all, in advance for your knowledge and advice.

Good afternoon everyone! My name is Mike, I am having the Duondenal switch
I have been reading through these forums for a few weeks now, and have finally have found the courage to finally post. I am 32 and currently 6'4 530lbs with a BMI of 64.5. I come from a large bodied family, and have been battling my my weight since i was little. I am married with 2 awesome kids. Thank you all, in advance for your knowledge and advice.

@@Postop, I just looked at your pictures. You look amazing, congratulations...11 years, wow!!

​Welcome Mike, please keep coming back and know you are not alone in this!

Hello, Mike.

Welcome glad you found us ,

Hi Mike
You are on your way....welcome aboard!

Thanks, Jane.
Howdy, Mike !!!
Welcome to a really wonderful resource and a top notch group of folks. There is so much support to be found here that it will give you confidence in knowing that you are not alone......not at all. Great folks on this site.
Welcome to a great new life.

@@Mike Dumas welcome!
@@Dub another family member from Georgia!
Mike if you have been on here readings posts you have to have read a few from Dub...very inspirational.

Welcome, Mike.
You will find out that we may not always agree (if ever), but the one thing that we all do have in common is that we all CARE.
We may have different ideals, backgrounds, foundation of beliefs, but we are all on the same WLS journey.
So speak up!! Why should you be spared?

Welcome Mike! Glad you joined us!