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02-24-2010, 10:51 PM
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| | Newbie
Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Suburban, IL
Posts: 8
Weight Statistics Forever Start Date:
Hopeful for 2010 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
Height:
220 lb Start Weight:
220 lb Current Weight:
120 lb Goal Weight:
100 lb Lb Left to Lose:
2011 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index38.9669942051 BMI Start:
38.9669942051 BMI Current:
21.2547241119 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Just wonderinng...does anyone know how close the surgeon is as far as measuring your height? My reason for asking is all my life nurses measure me at 5'3 or 5'4. I know it seems minor but my BMI is so close and that's all I have to bank on.
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02-24-2010, 11:02 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Idaho
Posts: 3,952
Weight Statistics Jan 2009 Start Date:
Dec. 22, 2009 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
317 lb Start Weight:
194 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
123 lb Weight Loss:
29 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.8012618297 % % Lost:
May 2011 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index51.1595500459 BMI Start:
31.3089990817 BMI Current:
26.6287878788 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I swear mine put me an inch shorter , I am 5'6 , he is only one who has ever put me at 5'5 , so i dunno if measuring scales can be wrong also lol...maybe say as u walk up to get measured what your height is and then wink and say right ? lol..good luck
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02-24-2010, 11:39 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan
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You measure tallest the first thing in the morning, and measure shortest late at night.
The difference will be about half an inch to an inch.
This is because the space between the bones in the joints spread while you lay at rest, and then gravity takes over during the day, making the space in the joints smaller.
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01-12-2011, 06:47 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Minnesota
Posts: 852
Weight Statistics 5-1-2010 Start Date:
9-24-10 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
258 lb Start Weight:
118 lb Current Weight:
130 lb Goal Weight:
140 lb Weight Loss:
-12 lb Lb Left to Lose:
54.2635658915 % % Lost:
9/24/11 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index38.0957781979 BMI Start:
17.4236504936 BMI Current:
19.195547154 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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The advice given to me was to bend your knees a little! I didnt have to do this because I had enough comorbidities but I have a friend who did it!
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01-12-2011, 07:14 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Central Virginia
Posts: 2,936
Weight Statistics 4/30/2007 Start Date:
9/5/07 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
233 lb Start Weight:
127 lb Current Weight:
125 lb Goal Weight:
106 lb Weight Loss:
2 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45.4935622318 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index39.9899902344 BMI Start:
21.7971191406 BMI Current:
21.4538574219 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Here's the dilema: you need to take off your shoes so you don't measure as tall, but you need to leave your shoes on to add that extra pound or two to make the weight requirement. What to do? What to do?
Been there, done that. I was refused at first because I wasn't a BMI of 40. After months of trying to find out if I had any illnesses that counted as co-morbidities I just said "Screw this, if there's one thing I can do well, it's gain weight". I gained 8 pounds to get my BMI up to 40 by eating an ice-cream cone every day for a couple of weeks.
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01-12-2011, 07:21 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: ohio
Posts: 773
Weight Statistics which time Start Date:
3-14-11 Surgery Date:
5' 1"
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249 lb Start Weight:
181 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
68 lb Weight Loss:
41 lb Lb Left to Lose:
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Body Mass Index47.0429991938 BMI Start:
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What an interestig delima!! One I have not had!!
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06-22-2011, 10:38 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina
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Weight Statistics 22 August 06 Start Date:
5' 4"
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158 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
104 lb Weight Loss:
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Body Mass Index44.9672851562 BMI Start:
27.1176757812 BMI Current:
27.4609375 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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okay so when I went to the dr the other afternoon they measured me at 5'5. whats up with that? I have always been 5'4"
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06-22-2011, 03:43 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: S. Jersey
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Weight Statistics ?? Most recently Oct. 2010 Start Date:
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5' 9"
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342 lb Start Weight:
194 lb Current Weight:
189 lb Goal Weight:
148 lb Weight Loss:
5 lb Lb Left to Lose:
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Body Mass Index50.4990548204 BMI Start:
28.6456626759 BMI Current:
27.9073724008 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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The height.. I have always been 5 10 1/2... seems I am coming in at 5 9.. no issues with bone degeneration/ osteo issues etc... I am scanned every year or so.
I knew my shoes would fall off my feet as I lost weight, but didn't expect to shrink down an inch or so. hmmm. (Was it a short person measuring me?)
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06-22-2011, 04:38 PM
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Join Date: May 2008 Location: Just north of Iowa, not far from I-35. 2nd star on the right and straight on 'til morning!
Posts: 8,615
Weight Statistics December 13, 2007 (pre-op liquid diet started) Start Date:
December 27, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
280 lb Start Weight:
172 lb Current Weight:
184 lb Goal Weight:
108 lb Weight Loss:
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Body Mass Index41.3442554085 BMI Start:
25.3971854652 BMI Current:
27.1690821256 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I was always 5'10", now I'm 5'9". What happened to that inch? Dunno. Don't care. I feel great the way I am, so wherever I went, I don't miss it.
Peanut, on the other hand, absolutely insists on that 1/2" (5' 2-1/2")!! I figure I may shrink, but as long as both feet still reach the ground, I'm okay! 
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06-22-2011, 08:02 PM
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| | Big Loser
Join Date: May 2011 Location: Northern Wisconsin
Posts: 195
Weight Statistics May 2, 2011 Surgery Date:
5' 2"
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Body Mass Index49.0124869927 BMI Start:
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Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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It all depends upon shoes (if you are wearing any), who is measuring you, and how you are standing. A 1/2 inch difference isn't out of the ordinary.
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