May 10: 490 lbs. May 31 (surgery): 460 lbs. Dec. 27: 393 lbs. Total lost: 97 lbs. - This is what holiday eating feels like seven months after bariatric surgery. I’m in a movie, a fighter pilot struggling to regain control of my aircraft as it spins, lifeless, plummeting toward the ...

May 10: 490 lbs. May 31 (surgery): 460 lbs. Nov. 22: 389 lbs. Total lost: 101 lbs. - I don’t know if you’ve ever had a colonoscopy, but the day-before prep involves a hefty dose of stimulant laxatives around 1 p.m., more than three hours of slowly drinking 64 ounces of laxative-laced ...

May 10: 490 lbs. May 31 (surgery): 460 lbs. Oct. 25: 390 lbs. Total lost: 100 lbs. - I hate food. Hate it, hate it, hate it. What began as a love affair with food has morphed into a bitter separation. I used to spend my best and worst moments in life with food. It was a constant ...

May 10: 490 lbs. May 31 (surgery): 460 lbs. Sept. 20: 396 lbs. Total lost: 94 lbs. - I’ve had problems with mobility for so long, just the mention of the word “stairs” sent chills up my spine. “No! I can’t do stairs!” I’d say. But things are changing now that ...

May 10: 490 lbs. May 31 (surgery): 460 lbs. Aug. 16: 412 lbs. Total lost: 78 lbs. - Last year, I made plans to visit Buffalo for a couple of nights so I could show my wife Niagara Falls; she’d never been there before, and I thought it would be a great trip to make some memories. But I ...

Highest weight: 499 lbs. May 10: 490 lbs. May 31 (surgery): 460 lbs. July 19: 424 lbs. Total lost: 66 lbs. - It was a picture-perfect Sunday morning, July 10, with a bluebird sky. I was excited for this moment, and dreading it at the same time. This was going to be my first ...