Hey, my name is Joe, I am a 46 year old man in Granada Hills. I will be having the gastric sleeve at Kaiser West LA. I was 422 at my highest. I have completed the options program required by Kaiser, and I am 10 pounds away from meeting my 10% weight loss required by Kaiser. I have my first appointment with my surgeon on January 6, 2016. I am busting my butt this week to get closer to my goal prior to my appointment. We will see how close I get. I also took my "Before" pictures at Picture People. My daughter works there, and wants to document my journey. I will post them soon!

Almond I don't know how to tag you. I had two options for my classes. When I called they had one starting the next week in OC, then they had one starting in LA the following month. I don't know if it was luck or if they have more classes in OC. I started just before Christmas. So with the holidays I know the scheduling was a little messed up.