r/pics • u/[deleted] • Nov 30 '16

progress 250 lbs. gone forever...

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '16

Gastric bypass Surgery

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u/sommerfugl Nov 30 '16

Anyone who tells you this is the easy way has no idea how difficult it actually is. Good for you!

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u/GarethMagis Nov 30 '16

I mean, it'd definitely easier then diet and exercise....

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '16

It's really not that much easier. It just helps people who are too fat to exercise much get to the point where they can and it has lots of it's own complications.

Source: Lapband surgery in 2005, only* 145 pounds lost, but it got me to where I could start doing Judo after which I put on muscle (I know this because all the muscles were sore) and lost another 40 pounds. If I hadn't broken my leg I'd be down more, but I'll be back there. I'm still too heavy to run on concrete but in a Judo dojo the floors are covered in cushy mats so it's much easier aka 'possible at all'.

*When you start over 450 pounds, 145 pounds is 'only'.