Overweight

Alecto
on 3/2/06 2:47 am - Burbank, CA

I just had to share... As of this morning's weighing, I am now officially overweight! Not morbidly obese. Not even obese. Just plain old overweight. I don't think I've been just overweight since my teens. I think only other WLSers can understand what this means. When I grin and say that I'm happy to be overweight to other people, they think I'm nuts. I can't believe how good I feel. It is exactly 16 weeks since my surgery. I've lost 83 pounds, 12.2 BMI points, many inches. I am managing to get in 80-90 g of protein a day, walk 3 miles daily and play sports again for the first time in 7 years. I'm not hungry. I am now shopping in regular stores, not Lane Giant. I'm wearing a size 12 skirt today! I still have a long way to go but from I know that with the wonderful support I've found on this site and from my friends and husband it is possible. So for all the other Novemberers, keep it up. You're all losers (in the best sense) and you're all wonderful! Helen Surgery date: 11/10/05, Height 5'9" 285/202/150