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I
am a 57 year old man who has been overweight most all of my life. Just
about the start of 2001 I had a doctor appointment and was going to talk with
him about the tummy surgery. He strongly suggested I not do that.
He suggested weight watchers instead. Well, I had tried WW many years
ago and lost about 60 pounds. However, the ole tuna fish and liver routine
got to me so needless to say I slowly slipped back into the old habits and
gained the 60 I lost plus lots and lots more. But, for lack of
something better i said I would try it again. About the first of
Feb. my wife and I joined a local meeting. It was so embarrassing; the
scales they had would not weigh me. This was on a Saturday morning.
Leader told me to come back and weigh in on Tues. night. She said the leader
that night would have scales that would weigh me. So I went to that
Tues. night meeting. Once again embarrassment, the leader that night
had forgotten her scales. So I left and came back the next Sat. morning.
Still, no scales. She assured me that the lady Tues. night would have
them this time. I had been legal and right with the program all this
time. Sure enough Tues. night the lady did have the heavy-duty scales.
When I got on them I weighed 460 pounds. Therefore, I have no idea
at all how much I actually weighed that first Sat. morning. I have never
been more depressed in all my life. I knew I had gotten to
a weight I had never been before, but did not realize I was that heavy. The
past few years I had gotten to be a real inactive person. I use to play
golf but got to where I could not stand up long enough to wait my turn
to hit without my back killing me. Therefore, I gave that up and became a
real couch potato. Since I joined back in Feb. I have had
a very successful 22 weeks. I have lost 71.8 pounds in that period of
time with 3 weeks of gains that I have not figured out why yet.
Just this past week I lost 7.6 pounds. I once again am an active
person (or at least as active as a 388 lb. person can be). I now
go shopping with the best friend and motivator a person could have...........
my wife Ann. She has really been a blessing in my life not just now
but for the 36 years we have been married. She has been with me this
whole time in hard times and good times. I am so very motivated
and happy with my success in the making that I wanted to share it with
you and the other people on your website. I have really developed some
good friends on your site that have helped me more than they will ever
know. I just wish I could give all of them a big hug. I can
come in your room down and out and leave it feeling good about myself and life
in general. Thanks for being there when I needed the support.
Danny
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