not a charger
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The good kind. :bravo:
I ended up losing 157 lbs. I went from 357 to 200 in about 9 months, just with diet and excercise...LOTS of exercise. :giggedy:
Anyway, my health insurance pays for surgery to remove the excess skin and such if you lose 80lbs. or more. I had my lower torso done 3 weeks ago. End of September is my upper torso, and end of the year is my upper legs. It's not costing me a penny, so that's cool.
Recovery hasn't been easy, but it's been well worth it. Well, maybe not to my wife, as she's had to take care of both kids AND me during the last 3 weeks. :toot: The first 2 weeks were especially tough because I had 4 drains in my abdomen, which is pretty unpleasant and hurts like a mofo when they take them out.
Still, I went from a 52 inch waist to about a 34/35. My blood pressure went from 140/90 to 100/70. My severe, life-threatening sleep apnea is completely gone. This week, I bought a large t-shirt...it's the first time in about 20 years that I've bought a shirt that didn't have a size beginning with the letter "X." I feel the best I've ever felt in my life, and I look pretty damn good, too, at least from the neck down.
I ended up losing 157 lbs. I went from 357 to 200 in about 9 months, just with diet and excercise...LOTS of exercise. :giggedy:
Anyway, my health insurance pays for surgery to remove the excess skin and such if you lose 80lbs. or more. I had my lower torso done 3 weeks ago. End of September is my upper torso, and end of the year is my upper legs. It's not costing me a penny, so that's cool.
Recovery hasn't been easy, but it's been well worth it. Well, maybe not to my wife, as she's had to take care of both kids AND me during the last 3 weeks. :toot: The first 2 weeks were especially tough because I had 4 drains in my abdomen, which is pretty unpleasant and hurts like a mofo when they take them out.
Still, I went from a 52 inch waist to about a 34/35. My blood pressure went from 140/90 to 100/70. My severe, life-threatening sleep apnea is completely gone. This week, I bought a large t-shirt...it's the first time in about 20 years that I've bought a shirt that didn't have a size beginning with the letter "X." I feel the best I've ever felt in my life, and I look pretty damn good, too, at least from the neck down.
Congratulations, I can not relate at all to weight loss, but it sounds like you have accomplished what few of us have the fortitude to do.
