Personal Weight Loss Goal Achieved!
I set my original weight loss goal at 135 lbs. and today I weighed in at 134.8! Made it! I revised my goal to 130 after my 6 month visit with my surgeon who would like to see me at 128-130 lbs. - he wants to me have a buffer for the inevitable re-gain that most have.
Funny thing is....I think I am skinnier then I have ever been even though the weight on the scale doesn't reflect that. My lowest adult weight was 123 lbs. but I feel my shoulders, arms and legs are smaller then they have ever been. Some could be muscle wasting, some could be the weight of the extra skin. I wonder just how much that extra skin weighs? Just bought some size 2 skinny jeans the other day - boy did that feel good! I don't think I ever wore a size 2. Of course today's size 2 is probably what a 5 or 7 was when I was in High School (early 80's).
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
Happy Dance Time!!!!! 
Congratulations!!!!! You must be on cloud 9 (especially sweet in size 2 skinny jeans!)
HW:361 SW:304 (VSG 12/04/2014)Mo 1:-32 Mo 2:-13.5 Mo 3: -13.5 Mo 4 -9.5 Mo 5: -15 Mo 6: -15 Mo 7: -13.5 Mo 8: -17 Mo 9: -13 Mo 10: -12.5 11/3/2015 Healthy BMI Reached! Mo 11: -9 Mo 12: -8 12/27/2015 Goal Weight Reached!
Your excess skin probably weighs 2-5 pounds tops. Do you remember your measurements from your lowest weight? I remember mine vividly. I weigh the same as I did when I was in my 20's yet my measurements are each 1-2 inches bigger now. I FEEL thinner, but I know my stats and I am not. And vanity sizing is definitely crazy. I wear a 4 in dresses now and my favorite dress from the 80's does not fit (it's a size 9)
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
Yeah, I tried on my wedding dress (a size 10) and while I could get it zipped, it was pretty darn tight. My husband remembers me weighing 138 when we got married - 4 lbs. more then I am at now!
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
Congrats !
Very well done !
It's great that you are working with your surgeon on your goal weight.
I'm a big fan of going for a lower weight, you never know what it feels like unless you go there.
frisco
SW 338lbs. GW 175lbs. Goal in 11 months. CW 148lbs. WL 190lbs.
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