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July 2005

About 265

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October 2005

About 270

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August 2008 [8 months post-op]

About 185

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Hi LapBand Friends,

Time to put up my latest pics, this is my 7th month, and have so far lost 51kg (112.4lb). All has been going well, no major problems which is great!

Take care, Josh. :smile2:

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First is May 2006, right before surgery. Second is last summer, July 2007. Third is my work xmas party last year.

I guess I need to take some new pics, eh?

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Here are my latest images. Before November 2007, after August 2008. 118 pounds between them.

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Everyone has been such an inspiration to me, I am going to try and post my 8 month pics.

First one is Dec 20th, Begining day of liquid diet

Second is on Aug 17th.

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Update at 103 lbs down! Even I am amazed at the results! There are a couple more on my blog.

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I still love looking at all the pictures. What a great idea to take pictures in front of a door :biggrin: Not only do you see the changes in your physical body, but you also see "in the real world" how much less space you take!!!! Sometimes it takes tangible reminders to really show us how well we are doing :lol:

Blue shirt (about 350 ish - taken late 2005)

Yellow shirt (about 300 - taken August 2007 - one month before surgery)

Brown t shirt (taken August 18, 2008 - 167.4 pounds)

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It's all about the lighting

I don't -really- look like this, but I surprised myself in the mirror this morning and had to take a pic. Now I'm starting to understand why the celebrities always look like hell in real life -- there's an art to that photographic stuff :)

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6 months ago, I sat here at this very computer and pored over each and every one of your before and after pictures, completely desperate for MY turn. You have all been so inspiring and motivating. Thank you so much. And thank you for indulging me a bit while I post my very first before and "during," because I have a long, long way to go.

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Height: 5'7"

Highest Weight: 263 (May 4, 2008)

Date of Surgery: 247 (June 4, 2008)

Current: 214

Goal: 150

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Ok, so its been a long time since I posted here and I just got a "Happy Birthday" email from LBT and figured I'd come back and say hi and post some new pics. Let me know what you think.

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Here are some before surgery taken at my doctors office and then my 3 month check up that I recently went to. I started at 267 and weighed in at 221 at the doc office.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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