AL ROKER FINALLY CONFESSES...

[Guest guest]

Good Morning, everyone... it has been discussed here many times the

tremendous weight loss of Today Show weatherman, Al Roker. We all

speculated about it, discussed it, questioned it, etc. I heard that

yesterday he went public, so I went searching... Here's what he

posted on his website November 4th. It also states that Jane ey

will be doing an hour-long Dateline special on weight-loss surgery on

Tuesday, November 12th. Happy reading... Deb

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Here's The Story! November 4, 2002

Well, friends, here's the story.

Last March I had a gastric bypass operation. You may know it

as " stomach stapling " , although it's much more than that.

This is something that I had been contemplating for a long, long

time. After my Dad died, I decided it was right for me to do.

I had ballooned up to 320lbs. I was unhappy about the way I looked

and felt. I knew that I was a heart attack or a stroke waiting to

happen. It wasn't " if " , it was " when " . So after doing much research,

I chose Dr. Marina Kurian of Lenox Hill Hospital to perform the

surgery.

It was done laproscopically and it went off without a hitch. In the

last nine months, many people have speculated and guessed at what I

had done to lose the weight.

The National Enquirer had a hospital employee violate my privacy and

break several laws in providing them with my surgical and hospital

information. Good for them. I'm sure they're proud.

US Weekly magazine stated I had a " Lap-Band " procedure performed.

Ebony magazine (Equal Opportunity Sleaze) stated I had the operation

and quoted the price. Many radio talk show hosts speculated about it

as well. And some of you e-mailed me as well. Some were really upset

that I wasn't talking about how I was losing the weight.

What I was telling people, " In the end, it comes down to working out

more and eating way less. " Which was true. Of course, the eating less

came courtesy of the surgery.

There's an article in USA Today about it, as well as a People

Magazine cover story this Friday. And for those of you who are really

interested in this, Jane ey hosts an hour long Dateline on NBC on

Tuesday, November 12th at 10pm.

I appreciate the interest people have in an overweight weatherman. I

really thought nobody would care and I would lose the weight and call

it a day. I was wrong. I hope by going public, it helps people. This

is not for everyone. You need to be at least 100lbs. overweight, the

more the better candidate you are.

I was 320lbs. I've lost almost 100lbs. with another 20 to go, which

would put me at 200lbs. Actually, I'd like to lose another 21 lbs..

That would put me at 199, so I could say I'm under 200. Wow!

Until next time,

Al