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Hello all, just past my 4 month anniversary since the surgery and am down 112lbs. I am only 22 pounds away from my initial goal. I have since decided to change that goal another 20 to 30 lbs since I am a lot further along than I thought I would be. At my last visit Dr. Myers said my weightloss has been remarkable. That felt good. I have started to get into a pattern of weightloss for a week or so, then level off for a week or so then weightloss again. During my level off periods is when I am fitting into different sizes. I wore a xxl dress shirt yesterday. In July I was wearing 5xl shirts. I no longer have to shop at the big and tall. My selection of clothes now have tripled. And lets not even get to all the energy I have. I mean tons, sometimes I feel restless and just need to burn energy. It is an amazing feeling and a good problem to have. The best thing is I am no longer using a cpap and taking meds any more. My family doctor took me off of them a few weeks ago. I have been on some of them since 1994!

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Brad, that is absolutely amazing ! ! ! You're doing fabulous, and it's only going to get better.

Congrats and best wishes on your continued success.

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Your doctor was right, your weight loss is remarkable. Congratulations on your success, you are doing an amazing job!!!

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Brad - WOW - had to reread your post - down from a 5XL to an XXL - that is so totally awesome. Keep up the GREAT work!

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Brad, great job. Aren't the new clothing choices great? I love that you get to revise your goal. I am hoping I will get to mine and decide to revise! Thanks for the post.

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thank you for all the positive feed back. The best is when I wore to work the other day a shirt from Structure. THat is right Structure, they dont even exist anymore. That is a great feeling.

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