VSG Maintenance Group
Is it all about some arbitrary number on the scale??
My goal is ever evolving.
I do not have a memory of a healthy adult weight for me, so toss that. I do not even have a weight memory of how much I weighed in high school. I know I wore 13 britches in 6th grade.
Surgery goal - initially picked 133 because that was right in the middle of normal BMI for my height. 4 months into my weight loss and cardio queening, at 167 I decided it was time to switch to body composition and build muscle to drape my lovely skin, that was just getting hangier, over. I had to stop lifting for a time because I lost my good non transcription job, and found a picture yesterday when I was 141.5 pounds. I can see my arm skin hanging and my thigh skin looked crepey. Do not like. But that was also in my not lifting period of time too. Right before I started lifting again.
I settled between 145 and 150, was at 18% body fat with 122 of lean on me, then 6 months later 16% body fat with 130 of lean. On my scale that day I was 157, but that was after spring fling and eating serious carbs and sodium that weekend and before spring fling had been 150. But on their scale I weighed the same that day that I had the 6 months before, so *shrug*
I decided to do my experiment of one and this year put on some weight slowly so I could see if I could get some breast back. I was 157 Saturday and have been between 155 and 157 for a few months, but was digging through old nakie photos and decided, 150 and 157 do not look that much different, my stomach skin changes how it looks, some days smoother, some days not both at 150 and 157, the bit of fuller breast is nice, but not the little jelly roll that accompanies it over my britches, so yesterday I cranked down my calories again (because I refuse to over exercise to justify eating, or to go back to liquids unless I need to for medical reasons) and today am back down to 154.
So - I do not want to buy new britches for a jelly roll, and I am not crazy fond of feeling squishier in the middle, so I will just lean out again. I would not mind to buy new britches if I built up enough booty and hams to fill up more of my skin britches! But not to accomdate a jelly roll.
So that's it. First picked a normal BMI, then just went for whatever happened when I worked out. I am not crazy uptight about a number, I do want to look healthy and feel good in my skin and until I build up more booty and thigh, I would enjoy not having a little jelly roll to be my companion. :}
I do not have a memory of a healthy adult weight for me, so toss that. I do not even have a weight memory of how much I weighed in high school. I know I wore 13 britches in 6th grade.
Surgery goal - initially picked 133 because that was right in the middle of normal BMI for my height. 4 months into my weight loss and cardio queening, at 167 I decided it was time to switch to body composition and build muscle to drape my lovely skin, that was just getting hangier, over. I had to stop lifting for a time because I lost my good non transcription job, and found a picture yesterday when I was 141.5 pounds. I can see my arm skin hanging and my thigh skin looked crepey. Do not like. But that was also in my not lifting period of time too. Right before I started lifting again.
I settled between 145 and 150, was at 18% body fat with 122 of lean on me, then 6 months later 16% body fat with 130 of lean. On my scale that day I was 157, but that was after spring fling and eating serious carbs and sodium that weekend and before spring fling had been 150. But on their scale I weighed the same that day that I had the 6 months before, so *shrug*
I decided to do my experiment of one and this year put on some weight slowly so I could see if I could get some breast back. I was 157 Saturday and have been between 155 and 157 for a few months, but was digging through old nakie photos and decided, 150 and 157 do not look that much different, my stomach skin changes how it looks, some days smoother, some days not both at 150 and 157, the bit of fuller breast is nice, but not the little jelly roll that accompanies it over my britches, so yesterday I cranked down my calories again (because I refuse to over exercise to justify eating, or to go back to liquids unless I need to for medical reasons) and today am back down to 154.
So - I do not want to buy new britches for a jelly roll, and I am not crazy fond of feeling squishier in the middle, so I will just lean out again. I would not mind to buy new britches if I built up enough booty and hams to fill up more of my skin britches! But not to accomdate a jelly roll.
So that's it. First picked a normal BMI, then just went for whatever happened when I worked out. I am not crazy uptight about a number, I do want to look healthy and feel good in my skin and until I build up more booty and thigh, I would enjoy not having a little jelly roll to be my companion. :}
