Jeff Keeping It Real!

Good morning everyone:

 This morning I weighed in at 173.2 pounds for my official 2 year anniversary WLS weight.  Here is a recap of the last two years.

August 30, 2005
Weight: 325.5 pounds

August 30, 2006
Weight: 191.2 pounds

August 30, 2007
Weight: 173.2

I will do a little math for you.  That is 134.3 pounds lost during the first year.  Second year I lost an additional 18 pounds for a total of 152.3 pounds lost since having Vertical Gastrectomy surgery on August 30, 2005.  My weight continue’s to hold around the 175 mark which my doctor think’s is just fine.  Let me share some pictures of my anniversary dates.

Picture before WLS August 2005.

Here I am at my 1 year check up August 2006.

Me and Adriana at my 2 year check up August 2007.

As I stop to reflect upon my last two years I find myself counting my blessings.  I did not have a heart transplant back in 2005.  To me this is the biggest advantage of WLS is that most of my medical conditions are gone.  Such as congestive heart failure, high blood pressure, and sleep apnea.  I have said to others that the weight loss would mean nothing if I had to turn around and have a heart transplant and potentially die.  I did not want to make life easier for my pallbearers (haha).  I don’t mean to sound like life ends after a heart transplant cause I know it can give a person a new lease on life.  For me I just always felt that if I had to have a transplant that I would not live long after that.  I do not know why I thought/think that but just have and that is why I am so grateful that WLS did it’s job and allowed me to continue to write my my life’s story.

If you have not take the time to read my WLS story then I can recommend clicking on the WLS category and read about it.  I am in the middle of doing a post about May 3, 2005 and the 5 weeks I spent at CPMC being worked up for a heart transplant which ultimately lead me to WLS.  At current my blog starts August 2005 and should really start May 3, 2005.

I would like to take a moment at my 2 year anniversary and thank my family for sticking with me through thick and thin.  I know that 2005 was a real struggle.  To my wife Tammy who held the family together while I recouped and got better to continue to do my part as a husband and father I love you and thank you.  Love you Brittany, Brandon, and Adriana you guys are the reason I count my blessings and thank God every morning for allowing me another day on earth.

Thank you to those that continue to check up on me through my blog.  Maybe my experience’s inspire you to dig deep within and weight the options of life.

Take care and Happy Labor Day hope you have a safe three day weekend.

JB

Hi, I’m Brittany!

       OK, so I just started high school at Central Valley High. No I’m not a freshman, I’m a Junior. At first I thought it was a horrible thing and that I would completely and utterly hate it. But funny enough, it’s not like that at all. I am actually enjoying myself. I started myself in the school’s Yearbook class; It is so much fun!  I get to do so many things in that class. For instance, I helped out with picture day giving the kids their little slips for their pictures, It was a lot of fun, not to mention I got out of all my classes all day. Then I get to carry around a camera and just take picture, which is what I love doing anyways so it’s not really a big deal. Today I found out that I get to video tape Friday’s Rally!!! I was so excited!! I instantly called my dad and then my mom to tell them about the great news! Yearbook is such a good thing for me. I am meeting a lot of new people….different? Yes, but nice.

          Another thing that has happened to me is that I joined the CV Varsity swim team! I missed swimming so much because I used to do it when I was younger on a team. My coach is a really nice lady and all the kids seem to be pretty motivated and fun to be around. I got all my things that I needed for it; suit, goggles, bag, towel the works. Not to mention swimming is great exercise and it’s good for my knee that I hurt not to long ago. My first meet is on Wednesday September 5 against West Valley High our rivals. I am super excited to go and WIN!

            I truly thought that I would hate everything about this school, and I didn’t much care for my parents making me switch schools and leaving my music and friends at Enterprise, But I learned something. CV is a good thing for me. It’s a chance for me to start from scratch and not have to be someone I’m not to impress people which was all I was doing at Enterprise. Everyone is different and they aren’t afraid to be who they are. Now if you ask me, That’s the best way to be!

                                     BNB

I am postponing my weight update until Thursday this week since that is my 2 year offical anniversary date.  Please continue to check back.

Thanks

JB

Hi my name is Brandon I am 9 years old.  This is my first post on Fam5 Blog.  I got a new game it is called Destroy all humans for Playstation 2 game consoles.  The package describes the game as Use destructive weapons and innate mental powers to take on the most feared enemy in the galaxy…Mankind! Play as Crypto, an alien warrior sent to Earth to clear the way for the Furon invasion force. Your mission is to infiltrate humanity, control them, harvest their brain stems and ultimately destroy them. You choose the method infiltration or disintegration. 

To me I am Cryto the alien and go around and do the missions when I am done with the missions I go back to my saucer and destroy the whole entire place.  I have my game saved and it tells me I am 34% done with the entire game.  Then also I put in these game cheats to help me win the game.  Here are some of my favorite cheats for Destroy all humans for Playstation 2 game consoles.

Ammo/A/Plenty – It is for ever lasting Ammo – Pause the game hold the L2 button ->O R2 <- R1 then square button

Bullet Proof – This is for ever lasting life – Pause the game hold the L2 button then square button O -> ->O then square button

Pox’s Lab- Go to the mothership – Hold L2then square O -> -> O L1

MMMM Brain- Go to mothership – Hold L2 R1 R1 R2 R2 -> <- -> <- R2 R1

Remember these cheats are only good for each mission and need to be reentered for every new mission. 

Have fun destroying all humans…haha

BW