No that was weird. After I sent the first one it got lost in cyper space and then it appears after I redo another post trying to remember what I wrote before. oh well double wishes to you! 

Robin

HI Kimberly,

Please let me know how it goes with your surgery. Are you having the RNY? What I hear about the lap bands and how some people have them reverse. I want something that will help me lose weight more rapidly so I can hopefully end the pain in my knees, feet and all the medical problems I have. I went to pt and because of my knee surgery they want to strengthen it right now and takes things a little slow. It is still swollen. She said I have lost alot muscle mass with my hips, quads, knees. So she show me the exercises to do at home. Then she put me on the recumbent exercise bike. I could never do the exercise bike but this one was different and was putting less stress on my knees. So she had me do 2 minutes on it while she print up the exercises and she return I was at 3. We continue talking and she saw that I was at 4 minutes and told me to stop. She don't want my knee to swell up more then it is today. I did feel it tonight.

So how long did it take you get to this point of the program? I started on Jan 7 and gone from there and still working my way up the program ladder. I hope there isn't much pain after wards. I just want to be healthy again and able to get around without so much pain. I want to do things with my kids as well. They are 11 and 14. Would be great to play basketball with my son in the backyard. Or go for a long walk with them both at the zoo. Last year I went on free day and omg I couldn't walk for a week. I hurt so bad. And there is free day at the zoo on April 4th. I am having friends take my kids there as it is too much for me right now.

Well anyways good luck with your surgery please keep us updated. Please feel free to add me as a friend. Keep in touch. Robin

dr chua is doing my surgery on april 8th and from the little bit of time i've met with him he was seriously funny and extreamly smart.  i feel like i will in good hands while i'm knocked out. 

A BMI is only the relationship between how much you weigh and how tall you are.  A very muscled body builder and a fat person can have the same BMI.  the body fat ratio measures athe amount of body fat.  So the muscle builder could have a lower body fat ratio than the fat person and still have the same BMI.  Daisy

Well today I weigh in at 285.7. When I went to the seminar I was 317.5. Jan and Feb I lost 13 lbs each and March only 5.8 lbs. My bmi went down to 46 something and I think my body fat ratio was 49.9 percent. She said the body fat ratio should be less then the bmi and mine is very high. So what is the difference between them and why am I not losing any body fat ratio but losing weight (pounds) and bmi. This makes no sense to me. I see the pscyhologist today she has 2 things that she is worried about for me one is support and the other is exerise. She said that I don't need to go back to her unless I start stress eating again. So tomorrow I go see the phsyical therapist and on April 13 the dietician again.