Well, the NSV's are fast and furious, but scale victories are nice too.

I'd been in a long stall, and I'm starting to believe it was because I was eating these stupid popsicles at 80 calories a pop. I've cut them out and the weight has gone back to a nice steady pound or so per week.

More importantly, I'm finally under 250 pounds! This is a big deal for a guy who's been over 300 lbs for at least 15 years. I haven't been under 250 lbs since high school. 250 lbs is also an important number for me for two reasons: it marks 80 lbs lost (yay!) and there are a LOT of activities that I always wanted to do "some day" (skydiving...) that have an "absolute weight limit" of 250 lbs. So now I can finally get back to trying all those "I'd like to try them some day" activities that I've always been too fat to try!

I'm excited

On a side note, I went to my girlfriend's Xmas party last week, and her boss, who hasn't seen me for a year, couldn't stop talking about how great I looked. And he wasn't the only one. It's weird, I'm still trying to wrap my mind around the fact that I'm not the same giant blimp of a man that I used to be!

AWESOME NEWS!!!!! Yeah, I haven't been in the 240's since I had my twin's in 2002. It's truly the best high on Earth So happy for you. You don't have that much more to go!!!

Congrats! I never thought much about 250 being the upper limit on rides, skydiving, etc. That is really cool that you are BELOW that limit...feels great doesn't it?

I'm in an 11 day stall currently and ready to say goodbye to the 240's...soon I hope!

Congrats! I never thought much about 250 being the upper limit on rides, skydiving, etc. That is really cool that you are BELOW that limit...feels great doesn't it?

I'm in an 11 day stall currently and ready to say goodbye to the 240's...soon I hope!

Yes, it's definitely great to be below the 250 lb threshold for a lot of reasons, but the limitations thing is a biggy. The main reason I got this surgery was to remove impediments from my life -- all of the diseases that were chasing me as I segue into middle age being morbidly obese, all of the things I can't do because I'm so huge -- gone! With one flick of the surgeon's scalpel!

I'm hoping to say goodbye to the 240's by early next year. I have a Hawaii vacation scheduled for late February, which is about.... mm 10 weeks away? So if I can maintain 1 lb per week loss, I should be able to JUST barely sneak into the 230's by then! At that point, I'll be less than 20 lbs from my goal weight! Huzzah!

Congratulations on your progress

Grats! I've been wondering how you were doing, haven't seen you around for a while.

Congrats yayyyyy!

Grats! I've been wondering how you were doing, haven't seen you around for a while.

Doing well!

Now that all the post-surgery stuff is over and I'm just doing the slow-'n-steady weight loss, there hasn't been as much to keep me posting here all the time, but I like to update folks on my progress now and again. I figure it's a tiny way of "paying back" all of the support and advice I got from around here.

And frankly I'm gettin' to feelin' so sexay that I just HAVE to get my brag on now and again

Weird thought... I wonder if other heavy folks (and previously-heavy folks, like us!) have noticed that they have a hard time allowing pictures of anything other than their face. I've noticed that even though my body doesn't look so bad these days, I'm still very shy about allowing anyone to take pictures of anything besides my face. It's just a learned behavior, but I just realized that I've noticed a lot of other folks on here only ever have face pics!

Omgosh that's meeeeeeee! I only like face shots...

Congrats! That is an awesome weight loss! Hawaii here you come!

Well my reason for face shots is that everyone I know takes absolute horrible body shots I'm the only one who can take decent pictures around here. I did take some pics in the mirror for my 10 week post but wouldnt' you know it, it was all body no face. Just can't win I guess! You are looking great, it's amazing to see your updated profile pic. You have reason to feel sexay!

I figure that probably around spring of next year I might start posting some body shots. By that time I should be approaching my goal weight, and it won't be a horrendous waste of money to buy clothes that fit properly. Plus, I maybe will be a little less shy about people seeing "all of me."

Now if I could just turn back the clock so that I was 30 instead of 40, life would be good

Congratulations. You have done so well. Get used to all those compliments!