Guess What?!!??!

I weighed myself today, not expecting to see any movement because I just finished my period (TMI, sorry) and I never lose right after my period, usually just before... Anyway, the scale moved. And I'm at my surgeon's goal! When I went in for my 3 month checkup, we had talked about what "goal" was going to be. I told her I was thinking something like 145 or so (what the BMI calculator said was "normal" for me). She said that was way too low - to aim for 170. Absolutely no lower than 150... She said that at 170, with skin removal, I should be just about right. Now, I know she wants to set an "achievable goal" that works for her success rate, but I'm there! 170! I would still like to lose a little more, maybe another 15 pounds, I have no idea. It seemed like it was so far away, I never really thought about it much... I don't recall in my entire life saying "I want to lost about 15 pounds." I'm so excited! When I go in for my 9mth checkup, I'll be at goal! Woohooo!

Becky Sue, WOW, what a wonderful discovery to step on the scale and find you are at your surgeons goal !!! Congratulations. Looks like you are being blessed real good. Maybe you really needed this moment to help get you thru this week and it's special challenges Mary

Good for you Becky! Congrats!!

Way to go!

Go Becky!!! Go Becky!!! I am sooo proud of you and I hope you are proud of yourself as well. I wish you much more success! Hugs, Tracy

Becky, I'm right there with ya, hon! Congratulations! I think it is really hard to accept a number of the scale that wasn't what you had in mind. I think it is hard to acknowledge the extra skin thing and also acknowledge that years of obesity have added weight to the bone structure since it has to support more and we just aren't made up the same as we used to be. Also, age adds weight to the frame too. Doh! For me, I weight less than I did in the early 1980s but I cannot fit in the same clothing. My waist is about 4 inches bigger. I suspect that short of surgery - the clothing won't ever fit no matter how much I would be able to lose - given I don't think I have that much left to lose. Talked to my surgeon on Monday about "goal". I told him that I think I'm already there. I figure the rest is really just skin and no matter how hard I try - the skin weight isn't going to come off without being surgically removed. And goodness knows, I don't want to get too scrawny looking, emaciated looking, gaunt, drawn, quartered (LOL!), etc. So, I consider myself at goal at 170 as well. (Though I'm 173.5 on the scale today which is better than the 175 yesterday and the 177 the day before - sometimes I just hate my body's reaction to foods!) I initially set a goal of 160 just to pick a number. If the skin was gone, I'm sure I'd be there easily. With the scale being unkind to me...I brought out the tape measure and I believe I am seeing the benefits of a couple of weeks at the gym without seeing lower numbers on the scale. I was quite pleased to see that my measurements were going down. So, I think I'm going to try to back off the scale a bit and let the tape measure be my guide from this point on. Easier said than done, I suspect. Sounds good anyway. LOL! My next goal...is to not have any measurements in the 40s. I'm hovering on the edge of that between bust and butt. Just .5 inch will get me there for each I think. My other goal...to have thighs that aren't in the 20s! Doh! But I think that will take a while. And I should say that since I've hit the gym (a mere couple of weeks) my body fat percentage has gone from 30 to 28.5! So I am losing some fat. I hope to get that into a "fitness" range. Yet another future goal. Kathy (measurement queen!)

Becky!!!! I am so proud of you, and you do look so great! I am still 11 pounds from my surgeons goal but have to say that I am very satisfied with the way I look right now (well, like the rest of you feel, minus the hanging skin)...but hey! Thats what clothes are for!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats Becky! I too am at my surgeon's goal of 170 (weighed 169 this morning). I'm with you on wanting to lose another 15-20 lbs even though I think I'm going to have to have plastics to accomplish this. I never dreamed that I would ever be saying "I need to lose another 15 lbs or so"! Isn't it a wonderful feeling! Heather 267/169/155