Check those BMI's

Hi Iris,

You are so right that there a number of ways to measure our journey. I've used the tape measure, scale and BMI calculation. You'll notice that I post my BMI on my signature line. At my highest weight, my BMI was 42.6, but when I orginally met with Duke to look into this journey, I was down to 40.2 and during my six month documented diet attempt, I took it down to 37.6 by the time I went in for surgery. Today I'm sitting at 143 lbs with a BMI of 23.1, so I'm right in the middle of what is considered a 'normal' BMI for a woman of my hieght (5'6").

Congratulations on the significant successes you have achieved.

I was looking at my BMI the other day.  I was 50.7 when I started out a 5'7" and 324 pounds.  Now I am at a BMI of 23.  It is amazing to see that change.  I LOVED it when I was just plain ole overweight and wanted to should when I got to normal! 

keep it up girl!

My starting BMI was 58.1. I was 429 @ 6'. My bmi now is 28.4 at 210 lbs.I am happy!

Hey Iris....

Finally catching up with everything and wanted to chime in...  The day I started my journey my BMI was 61 @ 425 lbs, the day of WLS it was 56.7 @ 395 lbs.   Now, 6 1/2 years later... my BMI is 27.5 and I still want to loose the 25lbs I put on this past couple years.  I'm happy as a lark!

Have a great weekend!!


Sheryl