Goal weight

I've noticed that a lot of you have what your weight was, your surgical weight, current weight and goal weight.

How did you decide what your goal weight would be? Is is something that you just said "gee, I'd like to be this weight" or did your doctor tell you that your goal weight would be some particular number?

Personally for me I have several goal weights. I have a dream goal weight of 125, but I truly think I would look rather guant and unhealthy at that weight. Then I have a desired goal weight of anything between 140 - 160. Lastly, I have what I would call a reasonable goal weight of 170, though I would really like it to be MUCH less than that.

So, how did you pick your magic number?

Dr. G hasn't given me a goal weight and I haven't set one for myself yet.  I gave it some thought and my magic number would be around 140 because it would put me at a BMI of 24.  I think I would look best at 150 or 160 though.  Right now I just want to get to onderland, LOL!

OMG! You've lost almost 60lbs? FAN FREAKING TASTIC GIRL!!! Keep that up and you'll be in Onederland sometime next week! 

LOL that would be nice but I'm sure I'm going to hit a stall sometime soon!  I need to exercise more often, haven't been getting in enough...and we even have a dreadmill here!  When do you see Dr. G next?

I suppose that the next time I see Dr. G is after all my stuff gets approved. Your guess is as good as mine on that one. I'm having issues with getting / finding a shrink to write a letter that doesn't want to charge me hundreds of dollars for it. Tomorrow morning I'm calling every MD, social worker, and Ph.D. psychologist/psychiatrist in the Aetna book and I'm not stopping until I have an appt to meet with someone to get this damn letter.

Holy cow, greedy SOBs!!!  I guess it helped me that I already had a therapist who was happy to write the letter for nothing.  Best wishes to you, don't give up the search!!!!

Some people's surgeons told them what their goal weight should be, but a lot of them also have a personal number they would like to get to. The numbers are usually based on what a normal BMI would be at their height. Sometimes the number gets changed as you slide down the scale because what looked good at 20 on your frame, may not look as good at 40, especially after being MO.

My goal is 147 because that puts me at a normal BMI, but I would be happy in the 160s I think.

I added about 30lbs to the "ideal weight for my height (5' 4"). Not because I don't think 135 is doable but that I think it feels really tiny to me and for me. I realize that psychologically this probably has something to do with having been super morbidly obese. When you push 500lbs 135 looks like whooooo small. 160 is not a "normal" BMI but I'm not trying to be I'm just trying to be healthier.

To be perfectly honest, having BEEN super morbidly obese, I would consider my surgery a success and be absolutely pleased with my decision if I got down and stayed down at 199/200 for the rest of my life. At 453lbs at my highest weighing less than half of that would be freaking fab.

I hear you there hon. I started at 420-430ish when I had my RNY. I got to a low of 200 for about 10 minutes and thought I looked pretty damned sweet.
Here is one pic of me at my lowest weight. I was 40 in this picture!

I tried to pin my surgeon down to a number or range, but the best I could get out of him was that I should lose about 200 pounds....  (I was 430), so for my goal, I decided I would try to lose 230 pounds, just to beat his stats!  Well, when I hit that, I was still 200 pounds, and that was a big difference, but I knew I could do more....  so now I am striving for a 'normal' BMI of 146.  That might never happen, or it may look too bony  (can ya imagine,  a former SMO with bones protruding????)  LOL....   I never changed my goal ticker, but my head knows!    Goals change, and especially with the DS,  I've learned to be more flexible  and am trying to learn not to be hung up on numbers!    Good Luck,  Mary