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03-14-2008, 09:24 AM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Texas
Posts: 3,133
Blog Entries: 1 Weight Statistics I've lost/gained my whole life!!! Start Date:
Aug 1, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 8" Height: 280 lb Start Weight:
148 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
132 lb Weight Loss:
-2 lb Lb Left to Lose:
47.1428571429 % % Lost:
Summer 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 42.5692041522 BMI Start:
22.5008650519 BMI Current:
22.8049307958 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass   |  Re-adjusted goals? so...in the last 2 weeks, I've had COUNTLESS people tell me..."DON'T LOSE ANYMORE...YOU LOOK GREAT NOW, and if you lose anymore, you will start to look bad." At first, it was one or 2 people....NOW, it's everyone?!?!?! It's not like I'm emaciated...LORD knows I could never be anorexic...I LOVE FOOD TOO MUCH!!!  I am planning on having some plastics done....I can't stand my upper thighs, stomach, arms or pancake boobs....I know I can expect slight loss, due to removed skin....but I also know a lot of WLS patients "BOUNCE" back up, once they reach goal. Let's say I lose 10 pounds of skin....that would put me 13 pounds from goal (as originally slated at 150)...but if I bounce back up...that's 160-170...(I'm 173 now)....I've looked at charts/stats on what I "SHOULD" weigh. I'm just not sure if I need to re-adjust my goal or not....according to everything I researched, it would put me at optimal weight between 145-150.... How do we know or when should we adjust our goals? |
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03-14-2008, 09:34 AM
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| WLS Mentor  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: North West, NJ
Posts: 1,058
Weight Statistics 1/14/2008 Surgery Date:
5' 10" Height: 330 lb Start Weight:
258 lb Current Weight:
180 lb Goal Weight:
72 lb Weight Loss:
78 lb Lb Left to Lose:
21.8181818182 % % Lost:
Summer 09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 47.3448979592 BMI Start:
37.0151020408 BMI Current:
25.8244897959 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | My personal opinion, you can't go by charts, maybe in the range, but not specific. I know for me, any time I've gotten under 190 (you would think that was too heavy for me, even being 5'10) but I get bruises on my hip and pelvic bones - hence the goal of 200 (for now..). You said everyone is saying not to loose more, I wouldn't necessarily go by that... You have to go by how you feel, are you happy where you are at, clothes size, health, BMI range...then minus the skin when you have plastics...if you had plastics right now (imagine the skin gone..) would you be happy?
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03-14-2008, 09:42 AM
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| Seasoned Veteran Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Texas
Posts: 3,133
Blog Entries: 1 Weight Statistics I've lost/gained my whole life!!! Start Date:
Aug 1, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 8" Height: 280 lb Start Weight:
148 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
132 lb Weight Loss:
-2 lb Lb Left to Lose:
47.1428571429 % % Lost:
Summer 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 42.5692041522 BMI Start:
22.5008650519 BMI Current:
22.8049307958 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | See..that's the thing...I tell people how much I weigh...and they can't believe I weigh that much....I'm wearing 4's adn 6's and while I like the sizes...I feel like I've fallen short of goal.... I weighed 151 after my daughter was born....but I was wearing size 8's back then (WOW, have sizes changed or what?!??!) Being in the gym is trimming away at the inches (I didn't work out much when I was taking Phen/Fen)....and I know that's part of the reason I'm wearing the sizes I do...plus the fact that I'm taller than a lot of people, so more of the weight is distrubuted differently... I had a lady at work tell me we could share clothes now...and I look at her..she's SUPER TINY!!! (she's a gym trainer too)...I don't "SEE" me as being in her league...if that makes sense.... Part of me feels like if I had the skin removed today...I could be happy staying where I'm at! After all....I'll never look like I did in high school...and for 43 years old....it would be a good look for me...so I dunno?!?!?!?! Last edited by Trulykath : 03-14-2008 at 09:55 AM. |
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03-14-2008, 09:47 AM
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| Super Moderator  | Your body is going to have its own mind, no matter what you try to dictate...so, no need to listen to comments from others, really, after all, 150 is not an unhealthy weight for you--go by what your surgeon tells you. Keep in mind, no one probably has seen you before at the weight you are now, or your goal, so, you are at the smallest most people have known you. That will lead to comments of being too small--it isn't whether you'll look quite fine even at 20lbs less, it's just that they can't imagine what you'll be like at 20lbs less, so they say you don't have to be any smaller. The *have* is for them, not you. Let people say what they will, but DON'T let them mess with your mind. (((((((HUGS))))))
__________________ "In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun."   Just a li'le bit 'bout myself |
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03-14-2008, 09:51 AM
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| WLS Mentor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: North West, NJ
Posts: 1,058
Weight Statistics 1/14/2008 Surgery Date:
5' 10" Height: 330 lb Start Weight:
258 lb Current Weight:
180 lb Goal Weight:
72 lb Weight Loss:
78 lb Lb Left to Lose:
21.8181818182 % % Lost:
Summer 09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 47.3448979592 BMI Start:
37.0151020408 BMI Current:
25.8244897959 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | I've read quite a few times/articles, sizes have changed. And yes, working out makes a huge difference. I read something about Marilyn Monroe, either she was a size 14 or the equivalent of what a 14 is now (maybe she was a 8 or 10?) I think if you get plastics you'll be pretty dang close to looking like you did in high school, cause you are smoken now! And the smile on your face and the love of a good man don't hurt none either....you look really happy!
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03-14-2008, 12:33 PM
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| Big Loser Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Michigan
Posts: 180
Weight Statistics January 8, 2008 Start Date:
February 21, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 6" Height: 253 lb Start Weight:
170 lb Current Weight:
145 lb Goal Weight:
83 lb Weight Loss:
25 lb Lb Left to Lose:
32.8063241107 % % Lost:
April, 2009 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 40.8308080808 BMI Start:
27.4357208448 BMI Current:
23.4010560147 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | go with how you feel. I already know that "when" I reach my goal weight of 145-150 there will be a few people who say I look to thin.... but I do believe what Doc said. So many people have seem me at 255lbs for 16 yrs they forget what I SHOULD look like... I know what I should look like and when I feel that enough is enough, then I'll stop. I am going to do plastics as well when the time comes. I would like to make sure I can maintain my weight before I get them, but I am def. getting a tummy tuck and lipo on my hips/thighs and knees. decide based on how you feel...if you feel thin enough, then maintiain that weight! you look awesom.
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03-14-2008, 12:35 PM
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| WLS Master Guru  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Cottondale Alabama
Posts: 567
Weight Statistics 12-19-07 Surgery Date:
5' 3" Height: 228 lb Start Weight:
148 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
80 lb Weight Loss:
8 lb Lb Left to Lose:
35.0877192982 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 40.3839758125 BMI Start:
26.214159738 BMI Current:
24.7971781305 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | I am with Denise. You have to do what makes you happy. You know where you want to be and you have worked hard to get there. You have to decide when you have hit the look that you want for yourself. As long as you are happy and healthy it does not matter what others think....unless, like some, you go too far, but then that is a "head" issue just like over eating. You look marvelous! Your working out!!! You feel great!!! Everyone is jealous including me!! |
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03-14-2008, 12:47 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Floyd County Virginia
Posts: 3,500
Blog Entries: 1 Weight Statistics September 19th 2007 Start Date:
September 19th 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 10" Height: 363 lb Start Weight:
221 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
142 lb Weight Loss:
56 lb Lb Left to Lose:
39.1184573003 % % Lost:
12/31/09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 52.0793877551 BMI Start:
31.7067346939 BMI Current:
23.6724489796 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | Im gonna agree with the rest. What you feel right with is what you should be at. I wont ever be a thin woman not to the size of a model. Im not bulit like that and know in my mind im not like that. |
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03-14-2008, 02:35 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: May 2007 Location: minnesota
Posts: 3,382
Weight Statistics july 21, 2007 Start Date:
august 17, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 6" Height: 339 lb Start Weight:
185 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
154 lb Weight Loss:
25 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45.4277286136 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 54.7100550964 BMI Start:
29.8565197429 BMI Current:
25.8218549128 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | i agree with ever1 els, go with what u feel, where u feel good at, like doc said ur body will pretty much dictate that anyways
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03-15-2008, 04:17 AM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hawaii
Posts: 3,437
Blog Entries: 8 Weight Statistics 07/23/2007 Start Date:
July 23, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 2" Height: 230 lb Start Weight:
123 lb Current Weight:
125 lb Goal Weight:
107 lb Weight Loss:
-2 lb Lb Left to Lose:
46.5217391304 % % Lost:
June 23 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 42.0629552549 BMI Start:
22.4945369407 BMI Current:
22.860301769 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass  | I think you should go wth your gut feeling. Originally I wanted to be on the LOWER end of my BMI but then I decided that in the middle wouldnt be bad. I think if I went for a BMI of say 19 I'd look sick so I chose the middle of the healthy range. I am 5 lbs away and think I made a good choice especially when I have my tt and my BL. I just typed in my lowest weight for the lowest healthy BMI and it would be 101 pounds, I can not imagine me at 101 pounds, but right now at 135 I am at the highest HEALTHY BMI for my height. I still want to lose a little more just in case. KWIM? Last edited by beckamarie : 03-15-2008 at 04:25 AM. |
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