I'm NORMAL... It snuck up on me...
I was talking with a WLS friend this morning on the phone, and of course we were comparing notes like we always do. I was asking her what was normal weight for her height, and what her BMI was now. Well, to make a long story short, I ended up calculating both of our BMI's. I was thinking that I had to lose one more lb to get to normal... when I calculated it on the BMI calculator, it said that my BMI was 24.9!!!!! That makes me normal... As Tami would would say... WOO FREAKIN' HOO!!!!! I can't even remember the last time I was normal...
To say the least, I am very proud of myself. Still not to my ultimatew goal, but heck, normal is pretty darn good!!!
Susan
LAp RNY 12-1-04
285-179-155 (-106)
OMGosh Rachel.... you don't even know how many times I have felt like you do. I never stalled out for 2-3 weeks... my plateaus were a minimum of 7 weeks. And I have probably had either 4 or 5 of them. But I told myself long before I ever had this surgery that I should expect that... and I mean REALLY told myself. So while I would be aggravated that I was in a plateau, I knew it wouldn't last for ever. Now I am trying to tell myself that it is ok that I am only losing 1-3 lbs per month... But I'm not accepting it very well.... Oh the things I have to convince myself of....
Susan
Rachel,
I will also be four months out on October 17. I have lost 54 pounds and am on my second plateau. It happens. My first one was about seven weeks out and lasted almost four weeks. The second one just started and has been going for about a week and a half so far.
Don't get depressed. My dear angel, Hazel, told me that it's your body's way of catching up and adjusting to what it is going through. It will start again, even though it feels like it NEVER would.
Keep you head up and know that you have started this wonderful journey. It is going to keep moving, it just takes time.
Take care and if you need to chat, feel free to drop me aline.
Valarie
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