Back in February, NJ governor Chris Christie underwent lap-band surgery.
Christie gave the New York Post the exclusive on his surgery, telling the paper that he “agreed to the operation at the urging of family and friends after turning 50 last September . . . [and] was thinking of his four kids and how it was time to start improving his health when he decided to have the procedure.”
He’s since lost about 40 pounds. Major!
Christie checked in to a surgery center on Feb. 16. A source said he registered under a false name.
The operation included placing a silicone tube around the top of his stomach, where it restricts the amount of food he can eat at one time and makes him feel fuller, faster.
“A week or two ago, I went to a steakhouse and ordered a steak and ate about a third of it and I was full,” he said of his newly tamed appetite. He declined to say how much he lost, but sources said he has already shed nearly 40 pounds.
Christie has struggled with his weight for decades and has joked about it in the past.
Insiders said it was the only thing keeping the straight-talking executive from higher office, so despite Christie’s denials, political fund-raisers say that the surgery is a clear sign that he’s going to join the 2016 race, and will do whatever it takes to win.
SOURCE: New York Post
