PhotoHunt 92: Skinny
The latest PhotoHunt category from tnchick.com is “Skinny” which can be interpreted as one sees fit. This week, I am featuring myself. Although I don’t qualify as “skinny” per se, I do qualify as skinnier. Let me explain.
On March 2, 2006 I underwent a surgical procedure called Roux-N-Y gastric bypass or Roux-N-Y gastrojejunal bypass. The stomach is divided into a small upper part and a large lower part. The small upper part of the stomach now acts as a new stomach. This part of the stomach is also called the stomach pouch or gastric pouch. Usual size of the gastric pouch is 1 to 2 ounces after surgery. The size of an average stomach is equal to the size of a person’s head, or 6 cups, and the size of the stomach pouch after gastric bypass is equal to the size of a person’s thumb. About one-third of the small intestine is bypassed, and 2″ length of intestine is connected from the small stomach pouch to the rest of the intestines. The lower part of the stomach and its intestine will no longer be used. Roughly two-thirds of the small intestine is still used for digestion and absorption of food after food passes from the small stomach pouch into the small intestine.
My surgery was performed laparoscopically by Dr. Eliot Sieloff, one of the premier bariatric surgeons in the United States. He made 5 small incisions on my belly, all less than an inch in length, to perform this surgery. This made post-surgery discomfort very minimal (my only major pain was when I accidentally rolled onto one of the incisions while I was asleep — that’ll wake you up in a hurry). Before the surgery I weighed over 420 pounds (I say “over” because the scale only went up to 420) and I wore size 64 pants (and those were kinda tight in the waist on me) and a 4-5XL shirt. By the spring of 2007 I had lost a massive amount of weight as you can see in the photograph below.
I need to update the “before and after” graphic I made to reflect my current condition. I am now down to 245 pounds which is only about 25 pounds away from what I weighed in high school. I now wear a size 44-46 pair of pants (depending upon the cut) and an XL-XXL shirt (also depending on the cut). More often than not, XXL shirts are pretty baggy on me but I can’t afford to start buying more clothes so I put up with “baggy” for the time being. My waist is actually below 44 inches but due to saggy skin and fat roll below the waist, I still have to wear 44-46 size pants. Thus far, I have lost over 175 pounds (that’s Paris Hilton, all her luggage AND her little dog Toto, too).
In the grand scheme of things, I’m really not skinny, but compared to what I was in the spring of 2006, I definitely am skinnier.
Trackposted to Outside the Beltway, Rosemary’s Thoughts, 123beta, Right Truth, Adam’s Blog, Shadowscope, Leaning Straight Up, The Amboy Times, Cao’s Blog, Big Dog’s Weblog, Conservative Cat, Adeline and Hazel, Pursuing Holiness, Diary of the Mad Pigeon, Allie is Wired, third world county, Woman Honor Thyself, Stix, The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns, Blue Star Chronicles, Pirate’s Cove, Celebrity Smack, The Pink Flamingo, Right Voices, and The Yankee Sailor. Also a big thank you to Linkfest Haven Deluxe.
January 12th, 2008 at 12:45 am
Congratulations! Here’s hoping you achieve the ideal weight for you.
January 12th, 2008 at 12:48 am
Congrats on the weight loss! That’s pretty impressive! You do look like a different person but you have the same great smile =) I do not know of anyone who personally had this done (surgery) but I know online folks that did - most were pleased with the results. I know yo must be thrilled with your results and I hope you the best at keeping your goal weight! =)
January 12th, 2008 at 1:02 am
Photo Hunt - Skinny, Usui
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!This weeks theme in The Photo Hunt is Skinny or Usui (うすい) in Japanese as a loose translation. Usui actually translates to thin and this was as close as i could…
January 12th, 2008 at 1:10 am
Hey good for you. It’s was a big step on your part to have the operation. Keep it up!
January 12th, 2008 at 1:30 am
GREAT job!!! That’s awesome! Glad you shared it! Mine is up at
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/prodoceo/459874
January 12th, 2008 at 1:50 am
Where the Presidential Candidates Stands on Milita
Stars and Stripes has done some work compiling comparisons of the various presidential candidates. I tend to be a one issue voter, the war. All the other issues are in the shadows of that one issue. Many of the other issues will be taken care of by t…
January 12th, 2008 at 2:21 am
Al-Qaeda Threatens Jay Leno’s Wife and Laura Bush
In the video that was recently released by the American Al-Qaeda Member Adam Yahiye Gadahn, he lashed out against Jay Lenos wife, Mavis Leno and First Lady Laura Bush. He called them hypocrites and warns that they, along with other Americans, will b…
January 12th, 2008 at 2:30 am
There’s Trouble in France
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is in love and its causing quite a stir over there.
Heres the thing. His wife of 12 years decided to up and leave him just weeks after he took office. Apparently, she went back to a former lover. He was so upset a…
January 12th, 2008 at 2:47 am
Watching Fred! come out swinging
Fred Thompson’s campaign is breaking my heart…or more to the point, the media’s ignoring of it is. He continues to say what needs to be said to the Republican party, and to his opponents he has become the elder statesman who slaps down t…
January 12th, 2008 at 2:48 am
Paratrooper Carries the Flag His Father Carried in
Pfc. Alexander Cesario of Somerville, N.J., a forward observer with A Co, Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, displays his father Adams American flag on a rooftop in Baghdads Suleikh neighborhood.
As a Soldie…
January 12th, 2008 at 2:59 am
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January 12th, 2008 at 3:01 am
Global Warming shocker: Hell Freezes over
Ok, not hell, but it is regularly described as being hotter than hell…From Sister Toldjah:
Via Reuters:
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Snow fell on Baghdad on Friday for the first time in memory, and delighted residents declared it an …
January 12th, 2008 at 4:13 am
The transformation between the before and after surgery is pretty amazing. The post op part of when u accidentally rolled over one of the incision made me squeak “oouch!”
January 12th, 2008 at 5:56 am
I just gotta say this “HIGH FIVE!!!!!!!!”
My skinny photo is published now, would you care to visit with me? I’d love to have you drop by!!
January 12th, 2008 at 6:32 am
GREAT FOR YOU! You look healthy! My whole family’s battling with obesity, even me at one point of my life, and I know where you’re coming from. You know what? Congratulations, I wish you all the best!
Visit my post of skinny too-
http://intrepidlywrong.blogspot.com/
January 12th, 2008 at 8:54 am
WOW. That’s a HUGE achievement! Congratulations on your success :D
January 12th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
WOW!!! You look great after the operation. Geez.
I have something different to show you too. I hope you can visit me. Have fun!
January 12th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
wish I have the well power to loss some weight too, thanks for sharing.
Mine is up at 2Cents Worth and
4SeasonsOfMyLife
. Hope you can all visit me too. Happy Photo Hunting.
January 12th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
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January 12th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Good job, Carl…
January 12th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Syria Building On Site of September 6 Airstrike
That the Syrians remain silent over what happened on September 6 is the most curious part of the entire episode and suggests that whatever the Israelis hit, Syria didn’t want to bring any attention to what they were doing at the site.
January 12th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Weekend Open Trackback+Military Stuff
Good evening. I will be hosting an open trackback weekend, so feel free to share with others your fabulous works. I have quite a bit to do, so I shall be using this trackback post to add news and other information as the weekend progresses. Check out…
January 13th, 2008 at 5:36 am
wow, congrats!! you’re looking super. :)
January 13th, 2008 at 6:05 am
Florida to Charge Hilton…
Gary Michael Hilton, the scumbag who has been busy getting himself charged with murder and kidnapping in the death of Meredith Emerson in north Georgia, sits and languishes in a Dawson County Jail. He is now being investigated in five cases, two in Geo…
January 13th, 2008 at 7:33 am
Sunday Reading List, January 13, 2008
The Lost Archive — Missing for a half century, a cache of photos spurs sensitive research on Islam’s holy text (WSJ) On the night of April 24, 1944, British air force bombers hammered a former Jesuit college here housing the
January 13th, 2008 at 10:04 am
Hey, you seem to have really made it! Thanks for the tip on the doctor, I shall keep it in my notebook.
Yeah, and it is another bonus to be rid of Ms Hilton ;-)
Have a great week!
January 13th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Ezra Levant: Booyah!
Don’t ever “offend” the holy um…”prophet”- you know who.
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January 14th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
Way to go!!!!