I know this question is probably very specific to each individual, however I am wondering. A big motivator for me starting this journey is to feel better. I am a 6'5" and 387 right now, and I hurt all the time, my feet, hips, knees, back, you name it. My daughter is 3 months and feel like I am in a race to meet her when she needs me to be really active. Tell me your stories about when you started to feel better after surgery. What there a period when you woke up and realized that you are now able to do what you want with out the pain in doing ADL's? I know it's a journey, but I just want to meet my daughter at the starting line and I don't feel I can do that for her right now in my current condition.

I know this question is probably very specific to each individual, however I am wondering. A big motivator for me starting this journey is to feel better. I am a 6'5" and 387 right now, and I hurt all the time, my feet, hips, knees, back, you name it. My daughter is 3 months and feel like I am in a race to meet her when she needs me to be really active. Tell me your stories about when you started to feel better after surgery. What there a period when you woke up and realized that you are now able to do what you want with out the pain in doing ADL's? I know it's a journey, but I just want to meet my daughter at the starting line and I don't feel I can do that for her right now in my current condition.

I was 6'2 and 360 pounds. My knees hurt and I had some back issues. The good thing about your body is that once the weight starts coming off your body starts to heal up very quickly. The inflammation that caused these kinds of aches and pains is reduced. My snoring was reduced to nothing within 2 months so I was sleeping better and because I was sleeping better I didn't feel the need to carb load and that helped a lot. I lost weight fast and once the pain does subside and you're actually able to move you wont even realize it, you'll just wake up one day and feel good.

It's a great feeling to know you did the right thing for yourself.

I'm down a little over 50 lbs and finally feeling better. I started at 320 and I'm at 267 now.

My 4-year-old is 46 lbs and I can barely lift her.. How the heck did I walk around with the equivalent of her PLUS MORE all this time? And I STILL got 100 to go lol.