introduction Archive

  • I’ll start by confessing that I am a former fat dude. I was happy to find this blog. As a dude who blogs about weight loss surgery, I also find...

    Another Former Fat Dude, Tom at Beariatric.com

    I’ll start by confessing that I am a former fat dude. I was happy to find this blog. As a dude who blogs about weight loss surgery, I also find...

    Continue Reading...

  • (Be sure to read Part 1 of Larry’s Story first…) My wife Beth and I discussed having weight loss surgery in early 2008.  We had heard good things, and bad...

    Larry’s Story – Part 2

    (Be sure to read Part 1 of Larry’s Story first…) My wife Beth and I discussed having weight loss surgery in early 2008.  We had heard good things, and bad...

    Continue Reading...

  • Hello!  I’m Larry, and I’m a Former Fat Dude. I’ve never been to an AA meeting before, but that first line sounds like what they say there.  My name, and...

    Larry’s Story – Part 1

    Hello!  I’m Larry, and I’m a Former Fat Dude. I’ve never been to an AA meeting before, but that first line sounds like what they say there.  My name, and...

    Continue Reading...

  • Originally published November 12, 2008 Tonight was my first meeting in awhile regarding the WLS. It was a group intro session… they had a staff person from Unity talk… and...

    Flash Back: More and More Details

    Originally published November 12, 2008 Tonight was my first meeting in awhile regarding the WLS. It was a group intro session… they had a staff person from Unity talk… and...

    Continue Reading...

  • My name is Tim Grayless and I’m from Indiana. I used to weigh 385 pounds until I had my RNY surgery on August 5, 2009. I have discovered so much...

    Introduction

    My name is Tim Grayless and I’m from Indiana. I used to weigh 385 pounds until I had my RNY surgery on August 5, 2009. I have discovered so much...

    Continue Reading...

  • Alright, I have to credit a frequent reader of this site, MissMaryMac with this idea. In a posting on her own blog entitled I Am Not a Kangaroo! she mentioned...

    Meet Joe

    Alright, I have to credit a frequent reader of this site, MissMaryMac with this idea. In a posting on her own blog entitled I Am Not a Kangaroo! she mentioned...

    Continue Reading...

  • Well, I sort of gave an introduction already, but I thought I would follow Benson’s lead and tell a bit about my motivation to have WLS. In a word, paintball....

    My Turn

    Well, I sort of gave an introduction already, but I thought I would follow Benson’s lead and tell a bit about my motivation to have WLS. In a word, paintball....

    Continue Reading...

  • Hey there… this is the first posting, and I suppose I should come up with something profound and earth shattering here, but… well, I’m coming up blank. Basically, I had...

    What the heck is this?

    Hey there… this is the first posting, and I suppose I should come up with something profound and earth shattering here, but… well, I’m coming up blank. Basically, I had...

    Continue Reading...