Hello Everyone,

I made it, today I reached my goal of 215 pounds (214.8 pounds actual weight). I have not been on in a while been busy living life. My son and I took a trip in September and went to see Carol (Keys Pirate) and her husband Rich down in the Florida Keys, we had a great time scuba diving in the Keys, thanks Carol and Rich for showing us around. Now it is hunting season in Arkansas so I have been busy chasing whitetail deer.

I started trying to maintain my weight between 217 and 220 to make sure I could do that before I went down further to make sure I had that under control. I was able to so I came on down just to say I made it, family and friends are not wanting me to go anymore because they say I'm getting too small, WOW from too FAT to too SMALL, I can live with that. But I don't want to start looking sick so I am going to stay in the 215 to 220 range.

Thanks to my Lord, Dr. Aceves and the posters on this site for all the help.

Good Luck to everyone on your weightloss journey.

Gary B.

You are the man Gary. When I first started reading on this site seeing your results were amazing and made me seriously look in to this surgery. Hopefully one day I can make a thread celebrating being as successful as you.

WOOHOO!!!! Gary, you rock!!!! I knew you would do it soon!! You look absolutely fantastic, by the way, I could not believe my eyes when you were here. Rich was especially stunned! He's up to 50 pounds down but is doing it the hard way... again! So proud of you, of all of us! You guys need to plan on coming down again, anytime. Me, I'm still hanging at 101 lost - goal was 104 but I just pulled that number out of my head. I've been fluctuating between 153 and 156 for some time now. If the remaining three pounds comes off, fine but if not, that's fine too. Probably tmi but it's only coming off my boobs now and I can't spare any more! so I really do think my body is where it wants to be.

YIPPPPPEEEEEEEE !!!!!!!

Say hey to Larry for us!

C

p.s. are your girls still considering VSG? Can't wait to hear the next chapters...!

Carol, did we make the right choice or what? VSG has been great for both of us and seeing you in September and in the picture of you at Sears, WOW just like I said when Larry and I were in the Keys, you don't look like you ever had a weight problem. It has really been a blessing for the both of us. Rich told me before we left he was really amazed and wanted to start working on getting some off. It is great that he has been able to lose that much without surgery, he really don't like the ideal of surgery. I agree, I to am proud of all of us. We would love to plan another trip to come see you guys again. Really had a blast! Thanks again for everything. I still cannot get over how pretty it is to dive in the ocean.

I don't see how you have anymore weight to lose, your so small and active it would have gone if it was there to lose.

My girls are still considering VSG after the first of the year, but I found out Monday that my youngest daughter is going to have another baby so that will delay her having surgery. Lucky for me I get another Grandbaby.

I will tell Larry you guys said hello, tell Rich and Richie we said hello.

Hope you have a great week in the Keys.

Gary B

You are the man Gary. When I first started reading on this site seeing your results were amazing and made me seriously look in to this surgery. Hopefully one day I can make a thread celebrating being as successful as you.

RaiderRob,

I wish you all the luck in the world with your weightloss. VSG was a God send in my case. Last December I made up my mind to have WLS and was looking for MX doctors for the Lapband since my insurance would not cover any type of WLS. That is when I started learning about VSG vs Lap Band, it did not take long for me to change my mind and as you see I am so happy I did. It has been amazing to see the weight come off like it has, that being said I needed to 147 to 148 pounds so I was not a lite weight and we all know the larger a person is the faster it comes off.

VSG is a great tool and a tool I needed to help me get to my goal, but I still have to eat the right foods and make the right choices. Since I started trying to maintain I catch myself thinking I am eating to much of the wrong type foods, not portions because I still know when enough is enough, but carbs. But I guess not because I have been able to stay in the range I set for myself.

My only regret about the VSG is I wish I could have had it done years ago.

I know with VSG you will be able to make that thread and we will all be celebrating with you.

Thanks,

Gary B

Thanks to everyone who posted a comment or sent me a message, you guys and gals are really great.

I will continue to update from time to time.

Thanks,

Gary B

Huge gratz to you. What a great success story. Thanks for sharing it with us.