An emotional update!

Well guys, it's that time of the month when I try to update you on what is happening with the weight loss!

At the moment, I am at 210 pounds, only 15 pounds from my goal! Yeah!!!! I have gone from a size 54 inch waist, to a 36 inch waist ! Amazing, I have lost 1 1/2 feet from my waist alone! For shirts size, I have shrunk out of a 4x shirt to a lg/med. Now, this is where the emotional part of the story comes in.

Last week at church, one of our dear ladies brought me a shirt. Now, she brings me clothes about once a month. I don't know if she sees how baggy my clothing is becoming, or she has brought these for her husband and grandchildren and they don't like them. Personally she tells me its the latter! Well, this shirt she brought last week was a large. Out of respect for her, I
took the shirt thinking, "I'll never be able to wear that!"

Well, I tired the shirt on yesterday, and Beth said it was big. So, I told RJ to go and get me one of his medium polos. Guess what, it fit! My loving wife looked at me at this point and aksed why I was teary eyed? I said, "I never wanted this to happen".

I wanted this surgery for one reason...my health! At my heaviest, I was havibng trouble breathing, getting out of bed, sleeping all night, high blood pressure, yada, yada, yada. The list could go on, but I believe you understand. The surgery was to better my health, not to make me smaller than my son! I feel like he would be devastated to know he was wearing larger size clothing than his father! Kinda like children are suppose to outlive their parents, not the other way around!

Now I know RJ is not as heavy as I am, but he has the potential of becoming just like I was. I don't want that for him. So, Beth and I are going to make a better effort at helping him not be the fat kid in school. We have a way to go, but we are going to do our best!

Oh yeah, the shirt I am wearing in the picture, is the one Miss Bobbie gave me. When looking at it, I guess it is a little large on me. Oh well, off to raid RJ clothes for church!

How much is too much?

How much is too much?

At what point do you decide that you have lost too much? Don’t worry, I’m not there yet, but believe it or now, I am getting close.

Dr. Dyer suggested that 180 pounds would be a great goal weight for me. Right now I am at 218 pounds. So, I’m only 38 pounds away from my Doc’s goal weight. Right now, I would feel great at about 195. Why that number, I don’t really know other than it would be below 200!

I’m sure a lot of you are hearing the same thing, but it gets old! Everyday people ask me, “How much more do you plan on losing?” My pat answer is not to much more. At church the little old ladies say, “You’ve lost too much; you’ll blow away in a strong wind”. I usually come back with, “It’s been a while since I’ve been flying, so just watch me soar!”

R.J. even got in the act the other day. He told me I’ve lost too much; the veins in my head are showing! But then again, he only sees the veins when he’s made me mad, or didn’t follow an instruction!

Right now, I feel good. I will probably feel good if I lose more. But my question is this, “How much is too much?”

Hope everyone had a great weekend!