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06-20-2008, 01:27 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: AZ
Posts: 2,178
Weight Statistics January 1, 2008 Start Date:
January 11, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 7"
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339 lb Start Weight:
145 lb Current Weight:
149 lb Goal Weight:
194 lb Weight Loss:
-4 lb Lb Left to Lose:
57.2271386431 % % Lost:
July 4, 2009 FIREWORKS, BABY! Goal Date:
Body Mass Index53.0891067053 BMI Start:
22.7077300067 BMI Current:
23.3341501448 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Maybe it's just me....but tell me if anyone else experienced this. I am finding that I of course feel better every pound I drop- and I was thinking about how at my current weight, I feel so great! However, at this weight 10 years ago I remember how miserable I was with my body! I know it's all relative- some of you STARTED your journey at the weight I am now, and probably weren't at all happy with it. But, I am thrilled to be where I am at. (and also thrilled to know I will keep getting smaller!)
Isn't that OFF? How can I be happy to weigh 245 pounds? How can I feel so much better about how I look, yet when I weighed this before I didn't feel as confident? Don't get me wrong- I don't think I look great at all- but I feel like I am so much better than before. I thought I always had a pretty healthy image of myself- I have been confident in who I am, even if I don't like my weight. Is that even possible to dislike your size and still be happy with who you are?
A guy was staring at me the other day and I didn't know whether to think he was looking at me in digust at my size, or if he was checking me out. I feel like I am sort of in that limbo land! Again- all RELATIVE since before at this weight I would have never even considered he was checking me out.
Did any of that make sense? Sorry to RAMBLE- but needed a place to work it out! This whole journey really does mess with your mind! I want to feel better, but not get overly confident, but not beat myself up, and not be too hard on myself all at the same time! 
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06-20-2008, 02:06 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Alabama
Posts: 4,019
Weight Statistics 9/28/07 Start Date:
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279 lb Start Weight:
186 lb Current Weight:
175 lb Goal Weight:
93 lb Weight Loss:
11 lb Lb Left to Lose:
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Body Mass Index45.0268595041 BMI Start:
30.0179063361 BMI Current:
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kbf, that makes perfect sense. I was just thinking the same thing the other day. I am actually almost to my weight of when I graduated from high school, just a few more pounds. I was absolutely miserable then, but now I feel so much better. No, I'm not down to the weight I want to be, but I feel so good. Do I think I'm all that? Definitely NOT! But when a guy is flirtatious, I always think "he is actually flirting with me". Then sometimes I think, he may not have been flirting, he may have just been being nice and I took it the wrong way since I feel so good about myself.
Maybe it's that we feel so thankful not to be as big as we were. I mean, when I was in high school, I had never seen 279 pounds (my starting weight), so now that I am down to that weight again, although I was miserable when I weighed it in high
school, I am just so thankful that I'm not at 279.
Does all this make sense?
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06-20-2008, 02:09 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: PA (Near Philly)
Posts: 1,123
Weight Statistics March 12, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
340 lb Start Weight:
239 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
101 lb Weight Loss:
89 lb Lb Left to Lose:
29.7058823529 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index54.8714416896 BMI Start:
38.5713957759 BMI Current:
24.2079889807 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Oh today at my radiation treatment which I am just getting the hang of and you have to be the exact same way every day on the little table. And even being 260 right now still gives me a feeling of pride because if I would be my original weight I would have such a hard time fitting on that table and every day for six weeks to boot. So I can relate with you yes I know I need to lose more but I am glad I am this far it is making my radiation treatments so much easier then they could be..And you know I think part of it is that you know in your subconscious that these pounds wont be back again so go on feel good at your weight and look forward to the lower ones its all part of the journey right..
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06-20-2008, 02:20 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Alabama
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Weight Statistics 9/28/07 Start Date:
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186 lb Current Weight:
175 lb Goal Weight:
93 lb Weight Loss:
11 lb Lb Left to Lose:
33.3333333333 % % Lost:
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Body Mass Index45.0268595041 BMI Start:
30.0179063361 BMI Current:
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Lady Lisa, makes perfect sense.
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06-20-2008, 02:30 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Jacksonville, Florida
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Weight Statistics July 21, 2007 Start Date:
August 6, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
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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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Oh I def feel where you are coming from with this post. I remember saying the same thing when I lost 70 lbs...I was so happy with where I was at that point. You need to take the compliments of the "guys looking at you", because that is exactly what they are! You are beautiful...enjoy it!
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06-20-2008, 03:41 PM
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Join Date: May 2007 Location: minnesota
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177 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
162 lb Weight Loss:
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28.5654269972 BMI Current:
25.8218549128 BMI Goal:
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makes sense to me!! i am happy right where i am too but am getting greedy to lose mre and more lol...im sure that guy was checkin u out cuz u are lookin hot girl!!
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06-20-2008, 03:44 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Alabama
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175 lb Goal Weight:
93 lb Weight Loss:
11 lb Lb Left to Lose:
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Dawn, you know what's funny. I think you look so tiny, and I look at myself and say there's no way that I am almost her same size. (We are the same height and only 9 pounds apart).
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06-20-2008, 03:45 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Maryland
Posts: 516
Weight Statistics 01/03/2007 Start Date:
12/04/2007 Surgery Date:
4' 10"
Height:
246 lb Start Weight:
135 lb Current Weight:
130 lb Goal Weight:
111 lb Weight Loss:
5 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45.1219512195 % % Lost:
08/2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index51.4084423306 BMI Start:
28.2119500595 BMI Current:
27.1670630202 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I totally understand where you are coming from. I am happy at the weight I am at but I have been here before at this weight and I was not too happy about it then...lol Today I told my husband as we rode together to work, I said look hunny I can fit on one seat now and give you room too sit down. Well of course he laughed at me but I was thrilled to know that I don't take up two seats anymore. I use to feel bad when someone would come sit beside me on the bus and it looks like they were about to fall off the seat because they didn't have to much seat to work with. So I said all that to say I know the feeling and we should feel happy and proud of the work we put in to get us to this size. Keep it up and be happy.
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06-20-2008, 03:47 PM
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93 lb Weight Loss:
11 lb Lb Left to Lose:
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Tyraine, you're doing great!
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06-20-2008, 04:11 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Near St. Louis, MO.
Posts: 961
Weight Statistics 04/17/2007 Start Date:
April 30, 2007 Surgery Date:
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296 lb Start Weight:
160 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
136 lb Weight Loss:
10 lb Lb Left to Lose:
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Body Mass Index49.2515976331 BMI Start:
26.6224852071 BMI Current:
24.9585798817 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I'm sure we all can say we understand and feel the same. The scary part about it is....with me anyway, is that I'm only 18 pounds from goal. April 30th was a year out for me. I feel SOOOOOOO good about "me". I feel so alive, I feel I look soooo much better, and I just feel soo good (health wise). And the past couple of months I've lost my "motivation" to strive to lose this last little bit. And I think it's because I feel so good about myself. I haven't lost anything in the past couple of months. I'm doing GREAT at "maintaining" though. But every day I say to myself, I need to get serious and lose this last bit. And do great all day, until the evening time. That's where it falls apart. I'm happy that I'm maintaining....but I'm so p*ssed at myself because I've lost my motivation.
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