Poll for those who started with a BMI >50 and are done losing

Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 3/22/11 11:03 am, edited 3/22/11 11:03 am - OH
Someone asked about how possible it is to go from a BMI over 50 to a "normal" BMI (under 25) with a RNY.  SO... for those of you who started at a BMI of over 50, and are done losing, what was your starting BMI and where did you end up?

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

Lady Lithia
on 3/22/11 11:05 am
KNOWN starting BMI was 60 but it could have been as high as 68.6
BMI on day of surgery was 50

Current BMI is 25

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Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 3/22/11 11:06 am - OH
I started at a BMI of 57 and my weight bounces around in a 4 pound range that straddles the "normal" and "overweight" line of a BMI of 25.

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

KittenLove
on 3/22/11 11:29 am - Around Knoxville, TN
WTH is wrong with people? How is it possible? oh well.

I was 54.6, now i'm around 22.3

Be happy. 
  

 

Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 3/22/11 11:39 am - OH
She wasn't asking HOW it is possible, but how LIKELY is it to go from SMO to "normal".  (She's close to 400 pounds and her PCP discouraged her from having WLS because he doesn't believe that most people who have been SMO for a long time can get anywhere close to a "normal"  BMI let alone maintain it.  So that got me wondering...

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

KittenLove
on 3/22/11 11:42 am - Around Knoxville, TN
Ah...thanks for the clarification...sorry if it sounded snarky but I was thinking it was a surgery war poke

Be happy. 
  

 

Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 3/22/11 11:47 am - OH
Nah, no poking from  ME... I hate those damn surgery wars!!!!

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

KittenLove
on 3/22/11 11:49 am - Around Knoxville, TN
I hate 'em, too.

I didn't think you were..that the person who asked you was trying to start one I'm glad to hear that she asked an RNY patient instead of just taking her dr's word for it.

Be happy. 
  

 

Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 3/22/11 12:20 pm - OH
Ah... got it... should have realized that earlier.... eh, blame it on the vicodin!

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

acowandabean
on 3/22/11 1:03 pm - Chicago, IL
RNY on 08/02/10 with
Sounds like time to get a new PCP. Even if she "only" ends up in the overweight category, her health and quality of life are likely to improve significantly. I started at a BMI of 50.8. 8 months after surgery my BMI is 30, so I am still technically obese. But my health and life have changed significantly in that time and even if I never even got to overweight, it would be a success. I would encourage her to talk to a PCP who is not predisposed against WLS.
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Starting weight: 354    Surgery weight: 322     Current weight: 183  

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