Hey y'all, got tired of 'lurking' around your site and decided it was time to join up! You guys really post some helpful stuff. Surgery is Thursday morning. I've been jumping through the hoops since I attended the seminar in March and FINALLY have everything ready. When the doc told me to lose 38 lbs before surgery, I thought, "dang, doc....if I could do that I wouldn't need surgery." I was wrong, but I have lost 55 lbs and I am so ready to get this going! I've already dropped a couple of pant sizes, but I'm thinking how great it will be to not have to buy clothes at the big and tall shop!!!!! Non-scale victories (learned that here) are great goal-setters. Riding the rides at Six-Flags, setting in a booth, riding dirt bikes, setting in a normal size chair on a camp-out, I could go on but y'all know what I'm talking about. Best of luck to all y'all waiting.

Go Rangers!

Dennis

Hey y'all, got tired of 'lurking' around your site and decided it was time to join up! You guys really post some helpful stuff. Surgery is Thursday morning. I've been jumping through the hoops since I attended the seminar in March and FINALLY have everything ready. When the doc told me to lose 38 lbs before surgery, I thought, "dang, doc....if I could do that I wouldn't need surgery." I was wrong, but I have lost 55 lbs and I am so ready to get this going! I've already dropped a couple of pant sizes, but I'm thinking how great it will be to not have to buy clothes at the big and tall shop!!!!! Non-scale victories (learned that here) are great goal-setters. Riding the rides at Six-Flags, setting in a booth, riding dirt bikes, setting in a normal size chair on a camp-out, I could go on but y'all know what I'm talking about. Best of luck to all y'all waiting.

Go Rangers!

Dennis

Welcome! Best of Luck to you on Thursday. ~Amy

Great job with the amount lost so far!

Best of luck to you on Thursday

Welcome Dennis and good luck with your surgery. Sounds like you did great with your pre-op diet. I was at the baseball game on Saturday - what a rush! Wish our boys could go all the way, but we've got a battle on our hands. Don't know where you're having surgery, but if at Northpark you'll love it. They're great!

Hi Dennis! You know that list of things you're looking forward to doing (or not doing)? WRITE IT DOWN so you can look at it a few months after surgery and be amazed. There was a thread going here shortly after I joined, which was just before surgery, where people were listing all their reasons for having the surgery and everything they were looking forward to. I hunted that down last week, and you know what? EVERY SINGLE THING that I put on my list, I got to check off!! Write it down, take lots of pictures (with clothes, with almost no clothes, posed from every angle, natural un-posed shots) because you're going to want to compare later on, too. There's no way to make you understand how absolutely wonderful this thing is, but we can help you experience the best of it for yourself!

Welcome Dennis good luck on Thursday. You have done an amazing job so far, and will continue with the good job in the future.

Best wishes Dennis ! ! !Sounds like you're from my neck of the woods, I grew up out near Weatherford as a child, but moved to the mid-cities (Bedford) for most of my adult life before marrying my husband. I miss Texas SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH ! ! ! Cheers to you on your success, and wishing you many more victories in the near future.

Congratulations on losing 55lbs so far. You are on your way to a new life. Keep us posted.

Lily

Welcome and good luck with surgery! You have done great losing 55lbs so far...that is wonderful! Keep up the good work!

Congratulations Dennis on your weightloss! That is awesome! Best of luck to you on your upcoming surgery!

good luck Dennis! We'll be waiting to hear updates on how your surgery went when you're up to it