311 lbs. Lost!! and Body Lift on the 24th!! Started a Blog!

Hello All,

Some may know me on here others that don't Hi, I have been on MFP coming up on a year but have been on my journey for the last 38 months. I started at 560 lbs. and currently weigh in at 249 lbs. for a loss of 311 lbs. with Diet and Exercise. Even though I have taken the weight off slowly and incorporated weight training, using lotions, etc. I have been left with a lot of excess skin that only an intervention will clear up. So I started looking on you tube for people that have had Body lift surgeries and couldn't find a lot so one of the reason I joined MFP last year was on the advice of my therapist because even though I had lost around 260 lbs. I was dealing with crippling social phobia and he thought by joining here continuing my weight loss journey and sharing it with everyone would help me through this phase. So nervously I bit the bullet put my story out here and have been participating in the forums and paying it forward the best that i can. I wanted to blog this next phase of my journey for those thinking about or needing skin surgery since i could not find much on it myself. So I started a website/blog where I could put b4 and after photos, do a video blog, and let people come along on this next part of my journey. It was a huge step out of my comfort zone but part of the 12 step program I went through, in the 12 step you pay it forward. So I emailed the MFP staff and got approval and am here to but my link up for those wanting to follow me on my blog and I also started a group here on MFP as well. I want to be as open about this process that I can and in doing so am hoping it can help anyone out there that is in need of inspiration or just having questions about this part of my journey. I will be shooting video from the hotel and after surgery (gonna try and give my wife a crash course so she can upload the video's to my blog and post for me because I am pretty sure I won't be feeling up to it for a few days.) Anyway links are at the bottom and I want to thank everyone for all the support you have given me over the course of the last year. I am on MFP more than Facebook these days. On a side note I get quite a few friends request and I apologize that I don't except everyone, I wish that I could but I keep my friends list small so that I can interact (which is why I came here in the first place) but I do add people from time to time and never delete a request. This is another reason I did the blog so that more people can still follow my story....

Thanks again
Ed

Blog is at: www.gettingfit4life.com

group here on MFP: gettingfit4life

Me @ 560 lbs.


Me @ 249lbs.



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