Scale and non scale victories!

Today I am official my lowest adult weight 144.4! Next goal here I come: to have a BMI under 25. I'm hoping to make that goal before I head on my big trip to Australia on May 3. Not sure if I can make it, 10lbs in a month but why not reach?

NSV is that now even my smallest sizes are getting to big and actually clothes that I was hoping to get into for my trip I won't be able to wear because they are already to big. The less clothes that fit, the less I'll pack. More room to shop while I'm traveling!

Cathy it looks like your message has been deleted but I lost a LOT of weight before my surgery. I was preop for almost 9 months. My initial BMI was 40 at my consult but going into surgery I was 32(?) I think. Thus my weight loss journey didn't start with my surgery.

Losing a lot before surgery gives us a good running start, and makes reaching goal a lot easier. Good for you.

Thanks. It was a long wait for surgery and a long process for me. I had to move across country. But the day I decided on surgery I also decided I wasn't going to wait to get healthy. I was in so much pain from the excess weight and couldn't spend those 9 months in pain. I'm really glad I lost so much going into surgery even though I was scared right till the week before surgery that they might cancel if I got too small (the nutritionist had told me this) but the dr said this was not true and he turned out to be right. I really do feel like I got a head start and I can really maximize my loss during this "honeymoon" period right after surgery. I just feel blessed now.

Heck yeah! Go girl!