Normal: It's possible. Yeah, it is. No, really!
My BMI is now 24.69. A BMI under 25 is normal.
So there it is. It's totally possible. Now work yo' asses off! ;)
"Oh sweet and sour Jesus, that is GOOD!" - Stephen Colbert Lap RNY 7/07-- Lap Gallbladder 5/08--
Emergency Bowel Repair 6/08 -Dr. Meilahn, Temple U. Upper and Lower Bleph/Lower Face Lift 12/08
Fraxel Repair 2/09-- Lower Bleph Re-Do 5/09 -Dr. Pontell, Media PA Mastopexy/Massive
Brachioplasty/ Extended Abdominoplasty (plus Mons Lift and Upper Leg lift) / Hernia Repair
6/24/09 ---Butt Lift and Lateral Thighplasty Scheduled 7/6/10 - Dr. Ivor Kaplan VA Beach
Total Cost: $33,500 Start wt: 368 RNY wt: 300 Goal wt: 150 Current wt: 148.2 BMI: 24.7
Wow, you are a NEW person. Congratulations on your success and thanks for the encouragement. My starting weight is near yours. I'm just aiming for 200 now. Even that seems impossible, but I AM willing to work my butt off.
I am an RN and I thought I knew medical terminology but I don't know what a fraxel is.
You continue to inspire and guide us all. If not enough people say so, you are very much appreciated and we all are learning from you.
I am 5'5.5" and started out at 407 at my heaviest with a BMI of 67 and at surgery was 386 with a BMI of 64. I am down to 222 with a BMI of about 36 (when I calculate I average 5'5 and 5'6). Setting a goal weight would have been equivalent of asking me to walk to the moon. I figured if I got to 250 as well, I'd be good and would be fat free gravy or sugar free icing on the cake. I'm working on the rest and know it won't come off as fast as this initial weight did but I never thought I would lose as much as I did in this last little over a year. My surgeon never set a goal weight for me either and we discussed it at my one year followup. He said he would consider me healthy with another 30-35 pounds but I'd want to lose more.
I'm going to be working my ass off (not totally--it is flat and I don't want it to totally disappear) to get this weight off and hit that normal BMI. It will happen--it is like that little engine that could and, like you said before--YOU CAN DO HARD THINGS.
RNY Surgery Date: 7-9-08
Dr. Manfred Chaing, Bariatric Institute of WI
