Hello all my name is Sami and I had my surgery on Feb 6th and I am down 40 pounds. Since I started this journey in May of 2012 I am down 102 pounds. I started out weighing 486 pounds and my first goal was to get under 400 pounds and after being weighed in last night I am proud to say I down to 384 pounds. I have decided to take small steps and make my monthly weight lose goal of 25 lbs a month. I decided to take this journey because I have 2 beautiful grand kids and I want to be able to go out side and play with them instead of staying in the house and watch them from a window. So after talking everything over with my husband I decided to have the surgery and to be honest it was the best decision I have made in a long time!

Congrats Sami!

What an accomplishment so far! Keep up the great work and welcome.

Tomorrow is my big day and starting to get nervous.

I did not get nervous until they took me back into surgery and when I went into my room I was really expecting to be in a lot of pain but I was was really surprised that I was not. I was up and walking 4 hours after surgery so it is not as bad as u may expect. Good luck with your surgery and just relax and keep telling yourself it will be worth it all!

Wow, Sami, big congratulations to you!!!!!

I understand the grandkid motivation. I went from poor old grandpa that had to be pushed in a chair around the theme parks and could not fit on a roller coaster seat to fast walking, live-wire grampa who rides everything and gets to see the smiles on their faces and hear their laughter because of it. Doing is better than watching, outside is better than inside, having fun is better than witnessing fun.

Congrats Sammi--That is great I just had my surgery last week and finally feel like I now have a chance. Very excited for the future. Keep up the great work!

Congrats Sami!

What an accomplishment so far! Keep up the great work and welcome.

Tomorrow is my big day and starting to get nervous.

Good luck tomorrow. Mine was just last week and I, too, was nervous but excited and it will be great!! A new great adventure for all of us!

You are making amazing progress. I know youvmust be feeling proud and happy,and that it will just keep vetting better and better. Congratulations!

Sami, congrats! You're doing amazing things!

Newat52. Good luck to you! All will be well.