Soldier's Wife Loses Nearly 150 Pounds While He Serves in Iraq

When Sgt. 1st Class Bob Engstrom came back from Iraq on Jan. 3, he returned to half of the woman he left 15 months ago.

His wife, Stacy, lost 147 pounds in the last year, going from a high of 307 to 160. She went from squeezing into a pair of size-28 jeans and XXXXL T-shirt to a comfortable size-8 pair and medium T-shirt.

Stacy underwent gastric bypass surgery last Jan. 15. When Bob came home from Iraq for his rest and recuperation leave in June, she had already lost 100 pounds. Stacy, who is 5 feet, 7 inches tall, has gone on to lose 47 more pounds since he left.

Her goal is 150, but she isn't stressing about that last 10.

"What's a couple pounds when you've lost that much?" she joked.

Bob has seen photos of his wife after the additional 47-pound loss, but Stacy thinks they don't do her justice.

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