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In March of 2008 I had herniated another disc in my back and my doctor said that since I was over 300 pounds and since I had already had a couple of disc surgeries he didn't think that I would find a surgeon willing to take the risk of operating on me. My doctor told me that I would have to take care of this with dieting, exercise and physical therapy. I wanted to skip all that and go straight

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In March of 2008 I had herniated another disc in my back and my doctor said that since I was over 300 pounds and since I had already had a couple of disc surgeries he didn't think that I would find a surgeon willing to take the risk of operating on me. My doctor told me that I would have to take care of this with dieting, exercise and physical therapy. I wanted to skip all that and go straight to the surgery because I found that surgery had helped me in the past, but my doctor wanted to take a more conservative route first.

I started to lose weight and work very hard in physical therapy and I began to feel better about myself. I actually started to think that this disc might be beat without surgery! I was out on disability from work - but my company terminated me while I was on disability. Suddenly I had no insurance and no disability benefits! At that point I had lost about 60 pounds and I couldn't go to physical therapy anymore since I didn't have any insurance. I found a job that I could do sitting down.

Even though I had worked my way up physically (by losing weight and in PT) to be able to handle the walk to and from my home and the train, and the walk to and from the train and work - something happened in my back so that suddenly I was unable to walk and I had to quit my new job. I saw a surgeon and he told me that I had to have surgery immediately because the disc was causing severe nerve damage.

In March of 2009 I had two back surgeries to correct the situation, but the nerve damage was so extensive that I still can't walk well and I can't drive.

As of April of 2009 I had lost 100 pounds, which is very good. But, in the roller coaster weight loss/gain cycle of my life, I've lost 100 pounds at least 5 times, I'm sad to say because it shows that I can't keep it off!

I'm also sad to say that the weight is creeping back on again! As of October 2009 I've put back on about 25 pounds of that 100 pounds that I took off!

So, that's why I'm here.

I'd like to be the weight that I should be at and stay there and never have to lose another 100 pounds again!

I quit smoking 27 years ago and never went back. I'd like to quit compulsively overeating and never go back to that again, too!

Back in April of 2009 when people were complimenting me on having lost 100 pounds - I couldn't see it when I looked in the mirror. I told people that even though the scale told me that I had lost 100 pounds - that 100 pounds still existed between my ears (meaning - in my brain!)

I'm still in physical therapy and exercising is really a challenge because I can't move my leg naturally because of the nerve damage. I don't know how I can do a program like this here on Team Beachbody.

All I know is that I need support in order not to put the weight back on and to pursue some type of exercise goal as best as I physically can in my condition, to keep the weight off and lose the weight "between my ears"!

Thanks, David

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