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06-12-2008, 04:47 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tampa, FL
Posts: 3,605
Weight Statistics July 10, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
271 lb Start Weight:
175 lb Current Weight:
182 lb Goal Weight:
96 lb Weight Loss:
-7 lb Lb Left to Lose:
35.4243542435 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index43.7357667585 BMI Start:
28.2426538108 BMI Current:
29.3723599633 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Ok, so I'm still working on wrapping my brain around the "new me". I encountered this lady the other day, who, in a very caring manner, told me that I should seek counseling for my body image ~ after talking about WLS and adjustments for only 5 minutes!!!! I figure that you guys know me much better than that so I'll seek your opionion. I know - you want pix and I'll try to do that soon - but she's telling me I'm too thin (huh???) and I need to be careful. People!!! I'm a size 10-12. I'm barely normal on the BMI thingy and that's only since last week! And why is this bothering me so much? If anything, I should be ecstatic someone said anything about being too thin! On a funnier note, for those of you who wear glasses, I found that if you stand in the shower approximately 8 feet away from a full size mirror with your glasses off! I don't notice all the sagging and wrinkles!!! I actually like what I do see ~ LOL! Have a great day 
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06-12-2008, 04:55 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 809
Weight Statistics August 4, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
271 lb Start Weight:
138 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
133 lb Weight Loss:
-12 lb Lb Left to Lose:
49.0774907749 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index46.5119628906 BMI Start:
23.6850585938 BMI Current:
25.7446289062 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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People are use to seeing the old you and it's when they see the new you it's difficult to adjust. They will come around in time.
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06-12-2008, 05:02 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Buffalo, NY
Posts: 2,573
Weight Statistics 12-19-07 Start Date:
1-29-08 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
Height:
286 lb Start Weight:
165 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
121 lb Weight Loss:
15 lb Lb Left to Lose:
42.3076923077 % % Lost:
eventually Goal Date:
Body Mass Index50.6570924666 BMI Start:
29.2252456538 BMI Current:
26.5684051398 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I am even shorter than you and when I was that weight and size at age 18 (for 6 months) people told me to gain weight (which I did, but not for them!). I think people just aren't used to seeing you that small. It's hard for us to say because like you said, we need pictures (wink, wink), but I'm sure you look just fine!
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06-12-2008, 05:06 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Posts: 5,162
Weight Statistics July 21, 2007 Start Date:
August 6, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
Height:
287 lb Start Weight:
151 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
136 lb Weight Loss:
11 lb Lb Left to Lose:
47.3867595819 % % Lost:
January 1, 2009 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index50.8342151675 BMI Start:
26.7455278408 BMI Current:
24.7971781305 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I agree, people get used to seeing us as the way we were and the newer image to them is SMALL, no matter what size we are. My family does not believe me when I tell them that I am 180, they say that I can not weigh that much.
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06-12-2008, 05:09 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tampa, FL
Posts: 3,605
Weight Statistics July 10, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
271 lb Start Weight:
175 lb Current Weight:
182 lb Goal Weight:
96 lb Weight Loss:
-7 lb Lb Left to Lose:
35.4243542435 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index43.7357667585 BMI Start:
28.2426538108 BMI Current:
29.3723599633 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I'd never met this woman before. It started with a conversation about hysterectomies and horrormones  and spanx (those firming undergarments) and then the conv progressed from there and "why do you think you need that?" Hee Hee - she cant see what I do!!!!! LOL
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06-12-2008, 05:17 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Posts: 5,162
Weight Statistics July 21, 2007 Start Date:
August 6, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
Height:
287 lb Start Weight:
151 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
136 lb Weight Loss:
11 lb Lb Left to Lose:
47.3867595819 % % Lost:
January 1, 2009 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index50.8342151675 BMI Start:
26.7455278408 BMI Current:
24.7971781305 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I really need to look into that SPANX thing. I had a HORRIBLE time last night looking for an outfit...seems like everything that I tried on that FIT should my apron and I felt disgusting with it.
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06-12-2008, 05:30 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tampa, FL
Posts: 3,605
Weight Statistics July 10, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
271 lb Start Weight:
175 lb Current Weight:
182 lb Goal Weight:
96 lb Weight Loss:
-7 lb Lb Left to Lose:
35.4243542435 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index43.7357667585 BMI Start:
28.2426538108 BMI Current:
29.3723599633 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Yeah, I find I am still "dressing big" because I think I can disguise my tummy issue. Talk about head in the sand ~ why did I think I could "hide" my size 24 body in black before? Camo might have been more effective ~ LOL. My main thing now is that my lower ab area still has quite the pooch - I remember hating girls who fussed about this when I was larger - but now I know it's really a matter of body image and feeling comfortable in our own skin ~~~ and, let's face it, I still have a significant pooch! At least from my vantage point looking down. I did talk to a sports med nurse last week at work and she told me that it really is just the way the female body is designed, what with carrying babies and all. She suggested PS if I was going for perfection but that really It's about adjusting to being a normal woman and accepting the way my genes are arranged.
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06-12-2008, 06:29 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Central Virginia
Posts: 2,952
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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When I went for my 6 month checkup the surgeon's nurse confessed to me that she really didn't think I needed the surgery, but she had changed her mind now that she saw me afterwards. I was 100 pounds overweight but it was well packed and a lot of people didn't think I needed to do the surgery to lose it. SIGH
Now that I'm down 75 pounds everyone is saying how skinny I'm getting and they are always shocked when I say I would like to lose another 25. They don't see what I get to see when my clothes are off - lots of fat still in the hips and thighs and upper arms. Clothes do hide a lot (BTW I'm in size 12 too). Only we and our DHs know what we are hiding.
And this person sounds like one of those know-it-alls that think they are an expert on everything. At 5'6" your goal of 145 sounds reasonable to me, certainly not anorexic or anything. Ignore this person. What does DH think?
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06-12-2008, 07:20 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: North West, NJ
Posts: 2,707
Weight Statistics 1/14/2008 Surgery Date:
5' 10"
Height:
330 lb Start Weight:
235 lb Current Weight:
200 lb Goal Weight:
95 lb Weight Loss:
35 lb Lb Left to Lose:
28.7878787879 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index47.3448979592 BMI Start:
33.7153061224 BMI Current:
28.693877551 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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06-12-2008, 09:30 AM
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#10 (permalink)
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Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: North Dakota
Posts: 3,521
Weight Statistics June 11,2007, lost 36 Lb. before surgery Start Date:
September 10, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 5"
Height:
373 lb Start Weight:
205 lb Current Weight:
180 lb Goal Weight:
168 lb Weight Loss:
25 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45.0402144772 % % Lost:
2 years Goal Date:
Body Mass Index62.0636686391 BMI Start:
34.1100591716 BMI Current:
29.950295858 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I think everyone here said it perfect. From the last picture I saw of you, you look beautiful and hope someday I can have a wonderful figure like you have. I think you are doing a wonderful job and I am so proud of you, absolutly gorgeous.
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