First Goal Reached!
At 135lb, I am now the weight that I was when I met my husband 11 years ago! At the time, I thought of myself as overweight and was constantly juice fasting and "cleansing" with clay, herbs, and laxatives. I thought that I ate really healthily - my diet consisted of lentils, black beans, whole grains, juice, fruit, veggies, chocolate and soy ice cream. I wish I could give my early 20s self a hug and a talk about self love and food choices!
Next goal is 130lbs, my lowest adult weight (I weighed 130 only for 1 day after a fast) and the weight I hope to maintain life long. After that I'm going to lose 10-15 more to give myself a regain cushion. It's hard to imagine what I'll look like with 20 more lbs lost but I think that regain cushion is important.
Did you give yourself a regain cushion?
Congratulations! Isn't it fabulous?
I'm only 2.5 years into maintenance. I didn't give myself a regain cushion. However, my thought was that it would be easier to gain a few than lose a few later on. I went lower into BMI than I ever thought possible (low 20's) but left the door open for a higher weight later, if I wanted.
I think it takes a while for things (physically and mentally) to settle. I do have a rather broad range (8 lbs or so) of acceptable weight fluctuation and I have been all over it. I had a couple of body compositions done that told me that I didn't need to go any lower. If anything, they confirmed that if I wanted to gain strength (and I do) that I would have to gain some weight because there was no more safe fat to lose.
You will figure out your path. Enjoy!
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!
Woop! Awesome job!
My lowest 'adult' weight was around 170-175lbs (5'7") in high school/college. So, I set my first goal at 160lbs because I couldn't imagine wanting to go lower. Then I hit that easily and figured I'd give myself a cushion and reset my goal to 145lbs. Now I am about 10lbs give/take below that and really would like to stop losing soon. BUT, I love how I feel and look at 135lbs so I don't really want to regain my cushion, lol.
VSG: 1/17/17
5'7" HW: 283 SW: 229 CW: 135-140 GW: 145
Pre-op: 53 M1: 22 M2: 12 M3: 12 M4: 8 M5: 10 M6: 11 M7: 5 M8: 6 M9-M13: 15-ish
LBL/BL w/ Fat Transfer 1/29/18
yay congrats. My doctor says to allow for 5 pounds either way. I have regained about 10 and need to get on it. But after 7 years I just don't get too excited. Just keep on doing what your are doing. I inadvertently got below goal so I had a regain cushion but blew past it. I need to get busy on it but at age 66 I just don't get too wigged out about it any more. GL Diane S
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