Good morning. In your best Jeff Foxworthy twang...

MajorMom
on 9/9/11 8:36 pm - VA

...you might be a lightweight.

If you've ever been to a funeral and people look at you like you're next...you might be a lightweight.

You go to your monthly WLS support group and folks ask you how you did it...you might be a lightweight.

If the first words out of a medical professional's mouth is, "you don't look big enough to have WLS"--you might be a LW.

Next!

5'1" -- HW 195/SW 187/GW 115 July 08/CW 121 Dec 2012
******GOAL*******
Starting BMI between 35 and 40ish?
Join us on the Lightweights Board!
DS on Aug 9, 2007 with Dr. Hazem Elariny

kimberly_gr
on 9/9/11 9:51 pm

VSG on 12/01/10

You might be a lightweight if someone looks at you in amazement and says "you're really little." No sh** Sherlock! I was little before too, but people only saw the fat.

Kim
5'0"
"In two decades I've lost a total of 789 pounds. I should be hanging from a charm bracelet." Erma Bombeck

MajorMom
on 9/9/11 9:55 pm - VA

DS on 08/09/07

lol Yep. We shorties gotta stick together.

5'1" -- HW 195/SW 187/GW 115 July 08/CW 121 Dec 2012
******GOAL*******
Starting BMI between 35 and 40ish?
Join us on the Lightweights Board!
DS on Aug 9, 2007 with Dr. Hazem Elariny

Stacey N.
on 9/9/11 10:35 pm - Chesapeake, VA

RNY on 08/31/10

You might be a light weight if, you tell someone you had WLS and they look you over and say, NO YOU DIDNT!!! Wheres all your skin!

UGH!

HW-220 SW 205 4'11"

MajorMom
on 9/9/11 10:37 pm - VA

DS on 08/09/07

LOL I can see that happening.

5'1" -- HW 195/SW 187/GW 115 July 08/CW 121 Dec 2012
******GOAL*******
Starting BMI between 35 and 40ish?
Join us on the Lightweights Board!
DS on Aug 9, 2007 with Dr. Hazem Elariny

paranoidmother21
on 9/10/11 6:52 am - Lake Zurich, IL

RNY on 12/16/09

You might be a lightweight if...

A crazy driver leans out their window and calls you a "skinny *****" for crossing the street at the appropriate place.

Or if the physical therapist says that typically only serious athletets come in with the musculature you have - and built on the way to reaching an appropriate body fat content!

Or finally, when someone heavy says to you "but someone your size wouldn't understand." Oh yes I do!!

Rebecca
Circumferential LBL, anchor TT, BL/BR, brachioplasty 12-16-10 Drs. Howard and Gutowski
Thigh lift 3-24-11, Drs. Howard and Gutowski again!

Height 5' 5". Start point 254. DH's goal: 154. My guess: 144. Insurance goal: 134. Currently bouncing around 130-135.

Eliza55
on 9/10/11 8:21 am - PA

RNY on 08/11/11

You're a LW if you're attending the support group PRE-OP, and someone asks how long it's been since your surgery.

Eliza

Consult:239 SW:217 1mo:195 2mo:182 3mo:169 6mo:139 9mo GOAL CW: +2 from underweight

Lucycat
on 9/10/11 9:21 am - Lewiston, ID

RNY on 11/09/10

Thank you!
Sue

Ruthie D.
on 9/10/11 1:14 pm - Mayer, AZ

RNY on 02/09/11

You might be a lightweight if:

Pre-op, your sister says incredulously, "Nuh-uh! You've ALWAYS been the skinny one!"

and 6 months post-op, the same sister says, "She's b-a-a-a-a-ck!"

or

You hug a Facebook buddy when you run into her at Costco and she doesn't know who you are...

or

If you go to a family reunion and they don't notice the difference because you never let them see you during your 25 fat years

Next?

LIFE'S a REACH...