Michelle
The lowest point of my life was when I hit a whopping 260 pounds. I was wearing a size 26/28 and was rapidly headed to size 30. At five feet two inches tall, it was all the weight my body could handle and my health continued to suffer. Read Michelle's story

Pattiann
I went from hopelessness and despair to living life to its fullest. I am ALIVE again and ten sizes smaller than I was SIX months ago, before my open Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. Read Pattiann's story

Jim
The energy I have simply blows me away at times. What I’ve accomplished these past two years has convinced me of one thing. If I hadn’t made that phone call when I did, you probably would have read my obituary in the Times Herald by now.
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Gail
Over the past two years I have really changed to a different person. Before my surgery in May 2004, I weighed 324 pounds.
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