How honest are you really?
I used to fib but not by much. Maybe 20-30 lbs the most.
I was renuwing a special, other id, and apparently what I put down did not look good for the guy. Or he was trying to flirt with me. He acused me of putting more than my real weight. He actually made me stand on a scale they had. That was at my one year out that I looked skinnier (on my face) than I really was. For me - I look sickly, and I still had my extra skin on me. It was kind of funny.
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
It was actually funny. He was awaiting for the proper forms and we were just yapping. He was trying to entertain me since it was taken a long time. Plus - as I lost weight - my fingertips were soft and he could not get a clear image for fingerprinting. He was joking and ask me if I removed them on purpose...
And I was the one who actually commented about the scale. Asking why they had it there... And of course he told me that some people really fib on the numbers. My weight at that time was around 150, but I looked much thinner. You know the look- sunken face, bony arms...
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
funny,
My weight on my DL has never changed- they never ask me about it when I renew, but the next time I go, I will make them LOL...
The weight on there is still the original one I told them when I got my very first license at age 16 and it was a lie then! haha...it says 235, which I know I lied by at least 20-30lbs at the time...it was obviously higher for a long time, but also lower at one point in my late 20's. I never updated it then either though.
I am kind of excited to renew it, but I haven't gotten a chance to get to the DMV...I keep telling myself I will do it when I get to goal.
my license actually still has my old address on it still and I moved over 2 years ago! LOL
Amber
RNY 2/12/18
5'4 1/2" tall, HW : 315 lbs, Surgery Wt: 297lbs.
M1: -17.5lbs M2: -11.5lbs M3: -12lbs M4: -13lbs M5: -13lbs M6: -13.5lbs M7: -12lbs M8: -14lbs M9: -10.5lbs M10: -7.75lbs M11: -5.25lbs M12: -4lbs M13: -3lbs M14: -7lbs M15: -2lbs M16: -1lb **made it to goal!**
CW 148
The weight on my driver's license was something like 220, much lower than my HW. When I had my DL renewed after surgery, the guy at the DMV looked at me, looked at the picture on my old license and said Wow! When he tried to change my weight for the new license, he had to get a supervisor override because the weight was so much lower. He said they never have to lower weights on DLs, only raise them. It was a pretty funny experience.
Height: 5'7". HW: 299, Program starting weight: 290, SW: 238, CW 138 - 12 pounds under goal!
mine said 250 for *years*, which was probably accurate at one point, but my weight was 100+ more than that for several years. I never bothered to update it. When I got my license renewed a couple of years ago, though, I was at my lowest weight (138) but I told them 145 because I figured I'd have the typical 10-20 lb bounce back. First time I've ever lied in the opposite direction!! I now hover around 150 and have for quite awhile, so it's pretty close to actual...
I had to dig out my license because I couldn't remember and then when I saw it I remembered then what a struggle it was to put the right weight on it because I weighed 110 lbs but I wanted to get to 115 and I wanted it to be accurate at that time but I finally decided to put the correct weight and here it is 3 years later and I still weigh 110.
I have 115 in my signature here, too, because that is where I figured I would wind up eventually and I am still a bit lower but I guess I figure if I do gain some weight I am set.
Don't know why it was such a big deal to me but I didn't want to put the wrong weight down for some reason but I didn't want to commit myself to a weight that I didn't know if I could sustain.
WLS 10/28/2002 Revision 7/23/2010
High Weight (2002) 240 Revision Weight (2010) 220 Current Weight 115.