Before and After RNY with phuffman007’s 210 Pound Weight Loss!
March 8, 2016Celebrating phuffman007's RNY Journey!
My highest weight was 365 pounds. Knowing that I couldn't keep this going, I spent over a year of researching and made the decision to have RNY Gastric Bypass. On May 20th, 2014, my life changed. I haven't felt this good in my entire life. I worked hard, I ate right, I did all that was asked of me. I went from a customer service supervisor to my dream job, a police officer, and if it wasn't for gastric bypass, I wouldn't have had a chance.
After coming to the realization that I wasn't happy weighing over 300 pounds, I decided that drastic measures must be taken. I researched many methods of weight loss and met several kind people on websites such as Obesityhelp.com that really helped me decide what course of action I needed to take to ensure that I lived a long, healthy, fun life.
OH Username: phuffman007
Total weight loss: 210 pounds
Surgery Type: RNY Gastric Bypass
Surgery Date: May 20, 2014
Surgeon: Dr. Jonathan Hata
After gaining the approval of my insurance, I met with Dr. Jonathan Hata and the surgical weight loss team at Frye Regional Medical Center to discuss weight loss surgery and really go through the nuts and bolts of surgery.
Dr. Hata and the team were fantastic throughout the entire journey by being honest, respectful, kind, and sincere; they really wanted to help me, not just "sell" the surgery. After many months of research and seminars, I decided that I would have RNY/Gastric Bypass on May 20th, 2014.
After one year and 5 months, I went from weighing 365 pounds to 155 pounds, have my dream career helping people in law enforcement, and can do the activities I love such as hiking, camping, kayaking, and volunteering within the community and in scouting.
As my sergeant told me once, "Embrace the suck".
There will be times that you feel defeated, that you say to yourself, "this sucks." This is a journey, and like with any journey, there will be bad moments. Embrace those moments. Let them become part of you and your journey to a happier you! I couldn't be happier, that's for sure.
Special Milestones
When I reached 270 pounds in January of 2015, I decided to pursue my dream of helping people and enrolled in Basic Law Enforcement Training at my local community college.
Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) is a rigorous 16-week program to teach skills to new law enforcement officers including a very difficult physical fitness program. By the end of BLET, I was down to 180 pounds and had passed the physical fitness exam for the program.
Another special milestone was when I reached the mark of having lost 200 pounds! When I weighed in at 165 pounds, the joy that overcame me was unreal, seeing as how my goal had been 210 pounds.
How has ObesityHelp.com been part of my journey?
ObesityHelp.com really played a major part in every step of my journey from researching the different weight loss strategies to learning the different surgical options to tracking my weight loss and my major goals. If it wasn't for ObesityHelp.com, I may never have gotten this far or been this happy.
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