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<blockquote data-quote="beardking" data-source="post: 3832326" data-attributes="member: 31421">I have begun a rather controversial method of losing weight and getting my life back on track.&nbsp; I&#039;m 48 years old, and for probably 40 of those years I&#039;ve been the fat kid/guy.&nbsp; I&#039;ve done every sort of diet known to man and had success with a few of them.&nbsp; Of course, that success only lasted for a short while and I would always gain back what I lost plus some.&nbsp; Sitting at 320 pounds and being only 5&#039;8&quot; I know that I&#039;m on the track to a shortened lifespan.&nbsp; So, on July 19th I had a gastric sleeve procedure to permanently change my relationship with food.&nbsp; Some people think this is an easy way out and they are more than welcome to their opinion/belief.&nbsp; But I know that after 40 years of not being successful in the &quot;just eat less and move more&quot; mindset on my own, I had to do something.&nbsp; When my mom died last year I realized that there isn&#039;t anyone in my family history that I know of that made it past 75 years old, so if I&#039;m going to try to beat that record, I had to change something.I&#039;m down 30 pounds since the surgery and I&#039;m losing about 1 pound a day currently.&nbsp; My ability to overeat has been all but eliminated and I&#039;m being forced to make better food decisions.&nbsp; Decisions I couldn&#039;t make on my own.&nbsp; I&#039;m happy with the results currently and I&#039;m happy with my decision.&nbsp; More importantly, I&#039;m happy that I&#039;ve made a change that should make my life better and longer.&nbsp; What I&#039;m not happy about is that it seems like most of the weight has come from my already non-existent b*tt, so my pants sag even more than normal.&nbsp; And that&#039;s just not right for a 48 year old white dude.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="beardking, post: 3832326, member: 31421"] I have begun a rather controversial method of losing weight and getting my life back on track. I'm 48 years old, and for probably 40 of those years I've been the fat kid/guy. I've done every sort of diet known to man and had success with a few of them. Of course, that success only lasted for a short while and I would always gain back what I lost plus some. Sitting at 320 pounds and being only 5'8" I know that I'm on the track to a shortened lifespan. So, on July 19th I had a gastric sleeve procedure to permanently change my relationship with food. Some people think this is an easy way out and they are more than welcome to their opinion/belief. But I know that after 40 years of not being successful in the "just eat less and move more" mindset on my own, I had to do something. When my mom died last year I realized that there isn't anyone in my family history that I know of that made it past 75 years old, so if I'm going to try to beat that record, I had to change something. I'm down 30 pounds since the surgery and I'm losing about 1 pound a day currently. My ability to overeat has been all but eliminated and I'm being forced to make better food decisions. Decisions I couldn't make on my own. I'm happy with the results currently and I'm happy with my decision. More importantly, I'm happy that I've made a change that should make my life better and longer. What I'm not happy about is that it seems like most of the weight has come from my already non-existent b*tt, so my pants sag even more than normal. And that's just not right for a 48 year old white dude. [/QUOTE]

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