Can you believe it??? :eek: We are beginning to Celebrate one year on this fantastic journey!!!

Name........Surg Date....Start Wgt/BMI.... Cur.Wgt/BMI..... Total Lbs lost

Add your information and then tell us three things that have changed for you in the past year. Before and after pictures would be great!!!

Yeah Steph, you do look awesome!! You're motivating me to get my butt in gear. I should have lost more by now. You'll get the rest off before you know it!

No wonder you're so much slimmer than me at 188 lbs. I'm just under 5'2" and 185 lbs. I'll post some pics soon.

Steph, Wow! Those are fantastic pictures... I am so happy for you, you have no idea! Congratulations, and if you are still "in a mood", get out of it quick. With pictures like that, they should be peeling you off the ceiling.

No wonder you're so much slimmer than me at 188 lbs. I'm just under 5'2" and 185 lbs. I'll post some pics soon.

Yes...we need pics! :thumbup:

Steph, Wow! Those are fantastic pictures... I am so happy for you, you have no idea! Congratulations, and if you are still "in a mood", get out of it quick. With pictures like that, they should be peeling you off the ceiling.

LOL...the mood may have had something to do with my #3 in my original post. I'm seeing the creepy side of that... So yes, I get the good flirting, now...but I also have to take with that the skeevy guys that think I'm some kind of object. :thumbup:

Thanks for the compliment. :smile: I do FEEL a whole lot better, now. I think I just get frustrated sometimes that I still have so far to go.

Name -----------Surgery Start Wgt/BMI -Cur.Wgt/BMI -----Total Loss

Sades -----------1 Nov 07 ---229/41.9 --- -- 185/34.8----------- 44

Cindyg-----------1 Nov 07 ---253 / 42 --- -- 191 / 35----------- --62

Hollyberries-----6 Nov 07 ---358 / 54 --- --245 / 36.2----------- 115

Linda-------------2 Nov 07 ---225 / 38.6 --- 174 / 29.9----------- 51

Stephanie--------15 Nov 07--233 / 36.5 --- 172 / 26.9----------- 61

Bandpal----------21 Nov 07 -286/47--------171.93/28 --- --- ---114.071

There you have it, folks. Thank you all for being with me during a wonderful year and an incredible experience.

Edited November 20, 200817 yr by bandpal

Wow! One year ago today I had surgery. What an amazing journey. I've lost 59 pounds since surgery and 71 total. I can't believe I've lost this much and I am only 16 pounds from my 1st big goal of 135 pounds. I will decide from there how much more to lose.

Bandpal - Wow! The pictures are really great. You are a different person.

Steph - You look amazing.

I need to take some more body shots.

Congrats to everyone on a wonderful year!

Congratulations, Jill. I know that those 16 pounds are not long for this world. Thanks for the compliments. I guess I am a different person, kind of...

Oh wow, undy pics!

Awesome man, lol, that takes more courage than I have, but I'm not nearly as skinny as you either.

That's my new goal bandpal. When I am comfortable enough to post a picture of my self, on the internet, without a shirt - I've reached my goal.

You look great though man, absolutely excellent. So have you gone to the fair yet? An amusement park? I can remember not wanting to take a date to the fair for fear of not making a weight limit or size limit on a ride. You should go to an amusement park and ride a roller coaster ; ).

Thank you, Scarecrow - The real breakthrough was the "before" pics - that, for me was a dramatic way of saying, "this is where I am at, I need help and I'm going to do something about it." The "after" pics were just a follow- through; a comparison has to be legitimite, right?

No fairs out where I am but I wouldn't mind horseback riding, something which my feelings about the ethical treatment of animals would have prevented, oh, about 115 pounds ago...

LOL

Poor horses. The mayor of the city I live in has commercials with him riding around on a horse, and he's a 350-400lbs guy. I didn't believe it when I first heard about it, but when I saw the commercial I learned they found him the worlds largest horse to ride on or something. It was MASSIVE.

I too would like to ride a normal size horse.

Bandpal!!! Wow you look great!! I'm not brave enough to take pictures of me in my undies. LOL I bet your wife is thrilled to death.

Steph you look fantastic!!!! Congrats.

Name -----------Surgery Start Wgt/BMI -Cur.Wgt/BMI -----Total Loss

Sades -----------1 Nov 07 ---229/41.9 --- -- 185/34.8----------- 44

Cindyg-----------1 Nov 07 ---253 / 42 --- -- 191 / 35----------- --62

Hollyberries-----6 Nov 07 ---358 / 54 --- --245 / 36.2----------- 115

Linda-------------2 Nov 07 ---225 / 38.6 --- 174 / 29.9----------- 51

Stephanie--------15 Nov 07--233 / 36.5 --- 172 / 26.9----------- 61

Bandpal----------21 Nov 07 -286/47--------171.93/28 --- --- ---114.071

Momto1 19 Nov 07 269/42 185/29 84

I just can't believe that it has been one year. Wow!! What major changes in my life. I wore a 22/24 now I'm a 12/14. My blood pressure is normal. My surgar level is normal. I still have knee problems, but I figure I would be in worse shape if not. There are times when I don't even recogize pictures of myself.

You all remember my DH and DS had surgery too. We have about 350 lbs as a family.

The first picture was taken today. The second & third pictures were taken the day before my surgery.

There you have it, folks. Thank you all for being with me during a wonderful year and an incredible experience.

Wow, Bandpal! What a major difference. You look so completely different. LOL - you also have more guts than I do. I have the undie pics, but I don't dare post them on here.

Steph - You look amazing.

Thanks. You're looking pretty awesome yourself! Your pic in avatar, you look like you've always been a skinny little thing.

Steph you look fantastic!!!! Congrats.

Thank you.

I just can't believe that it has been one year. Wow!! What major changes in my life. I wore a 22/24 now I'm a 12/14. My blood pressure is normal. My surgar level is normal. I still have knee problems, but I figure I would be in worse shape if not. There are times when I don't even recogize pictures of myself.

You all remember my DH and DS had surgery too. We have about 350 lbs as a family.

The first picture was taken today. The second & third pictures were taken the day before my surgery.

Gees! The change is certainly dramatic! You look fantastic!

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Originally Posted by bandpal

There you have it, folks. Thank you all for being with me during a wonderful year and an incredible experience.

Steph: Wow, Bandpal! What a major difference. You look so completely different. LOL - you also have more guts than I do. I have the undie pics, but I don't dare post them on here.

First of all, I think there's no question that I have more guts than you do - in my "before" pictures, that is. Besides that, anyone who wants to get all hot and bothered about some 48 year-old guy in his undies can knock themselves out, for all I care. I also want to reiterate: Skinny Jill - Wendy - Steph - you are each and all magnificently beautiful (whew, good thing I'm not only wearing underwear now! -only kidding, ladies, only kidding). Seriously, though, what an honor to come together with a group of people determined to make this change. I just hope we can keep together and be a resource and support for each other in the years to come.

Love, Bandpal