105 pounds and shrinking

On August 1st of 2012 I entered into a Gastric bypass weight loss program at 328 ponds with high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol.

I had my weight loss surgery on December 5th of 2012, my pre-surgery weight on that day was 295 pounds.

for the following four and a half months I have followed the program exactly, logged everything I eat and all of my exercise and participate on both online and in-person support groups. the MyFitnessPal community has been instrumental on my success.

After 30 years of being morbidly obese I am now down to 223 pounds, a 104 pound loss. I am off most of my meds am bicycling 10-15 miles per day and I feel great. If anybody thinks that weight loss surgery is the "easy" way out, I can attest that it is the hardest work that I have ever done to reach a goal, but the payoff is fantastic.


This is me on the day before my surgery, December 4th 2012 at 295 pounds


This is me on the day before my surgery, December 4th 2012 at 295 pounds


This is me on Easter of 2013 at 230 pounds

Thank you MyFitnessPal for everything!!!