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**HammerZ71** · 08-10-2011, 02:49 PM

I know I been pretty absent lately, hell I'm not even on that "other" forum I run near as much as I used to be.

But I've had a LOT going on. Need surgery and my stupid insurance that I pay out the A$$ for every month won't pay a dime for it because my ailment was pre-existing, albeit in a VERY minor form than what it is now. So anywho, the doctor said it would be more complicated (and more expensive) with my weight at 325 lbs. He told me that if I could get my weight at least down into the 240s, it would go easier AND possibly not require more than a day or two stay in the hospital as opposed to the week he said I'd need to be in at over 300 lbs. Out of pocket cost for the surgery would be reduced from about $25,000 to maybe as low as $8000-10,000.
So starting March 25, I set out to lose 80 lbs. As of last Friday I have lost 70 lbs., and still, at 255 lbs. I have a gut, so I've amended my goal to be 100 lbs. lighter, so I have 30 lbs. to go.

Been trying to stay active along with eating right, as much as my ailment will allow and have been playing golf a lot and fishing more.

Matter of fact, I've discovered I like surf fishing and bought a cheap little chinese made "Hitch-Haul" clone and did a little welding and fab'ing of it to make a nice deal for surf fishing:

Basically welded a couple of cut pieces of 1" sqaure uprights to support rod holders, installed a set of 55w lights (since my light bar comes off when this goes on), and installed a marine grade 12v power outlet for aerators or anything else needs power. A manual cut-off switch allows me to turn off the lights and still have power to the outlet.

Obviously this will work on the back and the back of the truck as well. Nice thing about this deal is it's rated for 500 lbs. so it will go on the back of the truck for deer season up in Georgia. It'll be nice not to have to try to get a deer all the way up into the bed of the truck...

**AWE Daniel** · 08-10-2011, 02:53 PM

Sucks that you have to have surgery but that's awesome you lost all that weight, I need to whip my but into shape as well, just don't have the motivation for it.

**HammerZ71** · 08-10-2011, 03:56 PM

Yeah, I snapped this pic a little over a month ago when I hit the 50 lb. mark, that shirt was a tad tight when I started getting back in shape...

**SmokedRam** · 08-10-2011, 04:01 PM

Welcome back Hammer!!!

**Ms.MagnumSLT** · 08-10-2011, 04:01 PM

Sorry to hear you need surgery but keep up the Awesome work!

**johnnysart** · 08-10-2011, 05:05 PM

Congrats on loosing all the weight and the Hitch-Haul, looks great- and good luck with the surgery.

**HammerZ71** · 08-10-2011, 05:34 PM

I ain't done squat to the truck in a while, with the price of gas and me just working part time at the local golf course, it's been sittin' a good bit. I'm going to take the Jeep up to the farm in Georgia for dove season. Truck probably won't do much till deer season hits.

I think the only mod I've done on the truck in the past year was I installed a set of back up lights, I made into a receiver mount. I did install a switch for them though, with the switch "off" they are standard back-up lights. With the switch "on" they stay on so I can see if I'm behind the truck doing anything at night.

**Storm Rider** · 08-10-2011, 06:37 PM

Welcome back Hammer. Great job on the weight loss. That is awesome. Keep up the great work. Sorry about needing surgery, but your risk is dropping. Stay focused. Good Luck.

**ramthis9501** · 08-10-2011, 07:12 PM

Welcome back man, sorry to hear you got to have surgery, hope everything goes good.

**ramn it** · 08-10-2011, 08:20 PM

welcome back hammer sorry to hear you have to have surgery definitely in our prayers, good job losing all that weight I know it cant be easy.