39.9 BMI!

I broke 40! I am no longer MORBIDLY obese. Now I'm just OBESE!

It took me a month, but I lost 2 more pounds more than my previous minimum from January 27 and broke the 40 BMI barrier.

I do this yo-yo thing -- down, then up and down, up and down... So, I weighed on 260 on Wednesday morning. I had climbed back up to 267 during this yo-yo event over the past month. But 255 today!!

I really didn't do anything special: I just got all my supplements in and tried to drink water like a fish the past few days. I am sooooo salt sensitive. Disneyland didn't help with that in the least.

Naturally, the weigh in that counted, at the doc's office, was Thursday. I weighed 260 at home that morning and 258 at the doc's office.

Have a great weekend!

Great news! I am also salt sensitive so I know what a pain that can be.  I am sure you know when retaining fluid the best thing to do is drink as much as you can to let your body know there is more where that came from so it's okay to let it go! 

Let's all celebrate where we are at, no matter what we weigh right now and take a good look back where we came from.  I think we are all doing an amazing job.  There are so many people just like us still sitting on the cough and we all deserve major kudos for having the strength and courage to keep on keeping on! 

I am salt sensitive too and have had my diuretic cut in half.  But you are absolutely right--look at the big picture.  I know I have to do that too but sometimes we all get caught up in the here and now.

Way to go Patti!!!

I know I felt great after breaking that barrier.  Now I'm at 33 BMI and want to break the 30.  This stall is really the first one I have been in through this whole process.  I don't know if I can really call it that (I think of this stuff later) because I have lost inches because I am in some 16s, XLs and 18s which fit better than they used to so it is redistributing.  But I still want ONEDERLAND!!!
You are doing totally awesome!!

 

 

 

Way to go! Keep up the great job!

Congrats Patti...    I know what a struggle you have been having with the ups and downs.. I am so happy for you that you lost a word... especially a Morbid word... it seems funny to be happy for someone that they are obese.. only us BMI over 50 gals would understand how that can be a good thing.. no a great thing...

258 at the doctor was not bad either considering that you were at 267 and weighed 260 that morning.. they should have been happy for you... I know I am..

I too have salt problem.. I ate little or no salt before the surgery.. no after the surgery I find it so hard to not have sodium in the diet.. so I am retaining water like crazy.. I go for my official weigh in on Monday and wouldn't you know it.. I have put on a lb in the last couple of days.. made me want to pull out what hair I have ...  the 1lb wouldn't bother me so much if it wasn't right before the weigh in.. I hope that it stops there and I don't gain any more.. I have not changed anything so I guess it has to be water retention.. my depo shot is due so it might have something to do with that.. HORMONES.....aaaarrrrgggg...

Well you keep up the good work girl.. I give you so much credit for your determination.. you never give up and even on vacation tried to follow the program... Kudos to you..

huggs.....

 Congratulations!!!

Yeah Patti! I knew you could do it! Keep drinking tha****er and workin' it out

Way to go, Patti!!!!!!!!!!  That's a huge milestone! 

Add me to the salt sensitive club.  I don't remember swelling this bad pre-op!!!  I'm feeling all plump right now b/c I had some beef jerky yesterday

WTG!  It's a long tough road to travel, but keep on trekking!  I'm sitting at a BMI of 31 and so close to just overweight.  I don't focus on weight anymore, and after the plastic surgery and the swelling that is continuing to go on, I just focus on how I feel, which is really great.

Since plastic surgery, I've struggled to get my water in and know that it's contributing to the swelling.

My advice to you is to continue on the path that you've been and don't get discouraged.  I can remember my doc telling me I had an 18 month window and at last year's support group fashion show, I proved him wrong and am still proving him wrong with continued weight loss.  It's slow, slow, slow, but I'm pretty patient.  I can still hear my mom saying " you didn't put it on overnight... and you're not going to take it off over night either."  Moms are always right though.