The Sunday Weekly Weigh-In

   Hi Doug,    Did you see what you did with your numbers?  You did what I often do in my head.  You just don't see the numbers as they actually are.  It appears you added 100 pounds to your numbers.  Unless of course you recently stuffed a bag of cement down your pants.    I just got back from Las Vegas and hope you are able to make the meeting Tuesday night.                        Take care,  Rick

Hey Dex, Well, today is my 3 month "surgiversary", having had my RNY on 12/11/06. Here are the stats.

Date	Weight	Pounds lost
11/12/2006	346
11/19/2006	343	3
12/3/2006	334	9
12/11/2006	322	12
12/24/2006	310	12
1/7/2007	294	16
1/14/2007	289	5
1/22/2007	284	5
1/28/2007	279	5
2/4/2007	275	4
2/18/2007	266	9
2/25/2007	261	5
3/4/2007	258	3
3/11/2007	253	5

Start weight                346 Surgery weight          322 Today                          253 Loss for the week         5 Loss since surgery     69 Total loss                      93 Average 0.775 pounds lost per day, or 5.42 pounds per week, over the last 4 months. At this pace, I will have completely vanished by the end of this year! Seriously, though, it has been a fantastic ride and I have exceeded my expectations to date. Three months ago, if you told me I was going to loss 70 pounds in the first three months after surgery, I would have laughed. Thanks for your ongoing support of the "locker room", Dx. Your knowledge has been very helpful for me. JP

Still going steady here: Weight History Initial Consult: 5/1/2006 - 428 Surgery Date: 10/19/2006 - 392 Currently: 295 (-133) Lighter than I have been in at least 20 years and only 95 pounds to go.

Highest weight.................366 Pre-Surgery...8/20............357 8/27....................................333 9/10....................................310 9/17....................................303 9/24....................................298 10/1....................................293 10/8....................................293 10/14..................................292 10/22..................................288 10/29..................................288 11/05..................................287 11/12..................................280 11/19..................................277 11/26..................................272 12/03..................................273 12/10..................................269 12/17..................................265 12/24..................................264 12/31..................................260 01/07..................................258 01/14..................................??? 01/21..................................254 01/28..................................249 02/04..................................247 02/11..................................242 02/18..................................243 02/25..................................??? 03/04..................................241 03/11..................................238 Total lost this week.............-3 Total lost since surgery...119

What a week! I had my first fill of my Lap-Band on Thursday. I am not going to write out a long play by play, but it did not go as smoothly as planned. They had to probe around a bit before they found the ‘sweet spot’ on the port. I was jabbed a total of 7 times, one of them with a ‘big bore’ needle to drain fluid from around the port that had still not been absorbed by my body. It was only after draining this fluid (and 4 unsuccessful attempts) that they finally gained access to the port on the 2^nd subsequent attempt. I now have 4cc’s in my port, and can tell a huge difference… even swallowing water I can detect a restriction. I only went back to solid foods just yesterday, and it is a real challenge to get even minimal amounts of sustenance down. It took 35-40 minutes to eat 1 cup of chili last night, and I couldn’t fini**** Woo Hoo!! It works! With that all being said, here are my results to date… 05Oct06          389.0   -           Initial Consult with Illinois Bariatric Clinic 14Jan07           385.8   -           3.2# loss since Initial Consult 17Jan07           383.4   -           Pre-Op Consult - 2.4# loss (Start Liquid Diet) 21Jan07           371.2   -           12.2# loss since Pre-Op Consult 28Jan07           362.8   -           8.4# Loss since last Sunday 30Jan07           359.6   -           Lap Banding today 3.2#! Loss since last weigh 04Feb07          355.2   -           4.4# Loss since surgery date. 08Feb07          352.8   -           Post-Op Consult - 2.4# loss since Sunday 11Feb07          349.6   -           3.2# Loss since Post-Op Consult 18Feb07          350.2   -           0.6# GAIN since last Sunday 25Feb07          344.4   -           5.8# Loss since last Sunday 04Ma07           338.4   -           6.0# Loss since last Sunday 11Mar07          333.8   -           4.6# Loss since last Sunday 55.2# Loss overall                                             25.8# Loss since surgery

Well, I have not participated in the weigh-in since I reached my goal, but, since I'm still losing, I figured I'd pop in and update.

Personal Goal 199lbs
Height - 6'1"
Weight on Jan 1, 2006 ................................ 417
Weight on Jan 31, 2006 (Surgery Day).......... 395
Weight on Jan 31, 2007 .............................. 199
Weight Last Week ...................................... 195
Weight This Morning .................................. 192

Loss for the week -3lbs
Total Loss -225lbs

Had my body fat % checked this week and, it's down to 11.5%
So, I've got about 22lbs of fat left on me - Not too shabby.
My goal in that department is to get to 10% and hold it right in that general area.

On another note, I've been wondering about Cards Fan, myself.
Hope he's doin' Okay!

Be Well,
A.J.

Starting weight ---- 346 Last weeks weight --- 211 Todays weight --- 210 Total lost this week --- 1 lbs Total loss of ---- 136 lbs in 36 weeks Another very disappointing week. Exercise has been good and food intake about the same as every week but only 1 lb of weight loss in two weeks...........

Wow - 5 1/2 months out and this is the highest loss I've recorded since the first month. Maybe the thyroid meds have finally gotten to the right level??? Starting weight:     443 Surgery date:         392 Last week:              307 This week:              301 Lost - Last week:         6 lbs. Since surgery:   91 lbs. Total:       142 lbs. Steve

Well after spending a few days back in the hospital again, for that calf pain I posted about last week . It turned out to be a massive blood clot in my left leg from my groin to my knee. They sent me home having to give myself injections of lovenox for two weeks twice daily. And talk about expensive, that stuff cost $3.462.00 for 28 pre-loaded shots. But after all that I still managed to lose 3 more pounds.

Surgery date 11/14/06------544 Last week----------------------433 This week----------------------430 Total for week-----------------3 Grand total---------------------114

So I was so busy that I missed last week's weigh in.  Sorry. BUT!   The numbers for this week: Pre-Op:  419 lbs Today:   359 lbs Total Loss of 60 lbs!!!!! I am now 9 pounds from my first goal and cannot wait to be able and weigh on a normal scale!  I haven't done that in almost 15 years! Congrats and good luck to everyone.