“Besides the obvious benefits of being able to play with my grandson and walk without pain and do Disney and all the rights and privileges thereunto appertaining, the principal way my life has changed is that very small amounts of food go a really long way with me,” Don Aliffi said. Since his bariatric surgery at Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah in December 2013, Aliffi has lost 19 inches from his waistline. But his gift for pithy, summative sentences remains plus-sized.