How do you define success?

ChaChaCha
on 8/5/13 8:58 pm - Cleveland, OH

How do you define success with weight loss surgery? I am finding that people define success very differently with WLS. How do you feel about it and how did you set your goals and pursue them? For example...

Some people start off weighing 400 lbs and lose 200 lbs. They are happy having lost 200 lbs. relative to where they started. They are okay with not reaching a goal weight and may still be at a high BMI but to them, they have come a long way. They do not have a consistent nutrition and exercise program.

Some people start off weighing 400 lbs, lose their weight, hit a goal weight, and work very hard to maintain their goal weight through nutrition and exercise. They maintain their goal weight and are at a healthy BMI and have been that way for many years.

How do you define success for yourself? Have a great day!

"We live in a society where it's more socially acceptable to be a junkie than it is to be overweight." --CC Deville, guitarist for Poison

(deactivated member)
on 8/5/13 9:09 pm

Health , energy , good labs years post op , and looking hot lol .

Watson
on 8/5/13 9:59 pm

VSG on 06/08/10 with

I agree with meeow2. I know I am a BIG success wih weight loss surgery> I have posted two posts on this Forum, one of them I hhave posted my "before & after" and one other picture in the post, the other post it is with my weight (highest, pre-op, lowest, current). I am one of many success with weight loss surgery. I am still on my journey to a new and better me.

Highest Weight: 565 pounds (around 1999), Highest BMI: 94

Pre-op Weight: 476.40 pounds (2 weeks before {05/25/2010} VSG surgery), Pre-op BMI: 79.3

Lowest Weight: 153.5 pounds (as of 07/10/2013), Lowest BMI: 25.5

Current Weight: 350.75546 pounds (351 lb 0 oz./159.1 kilograms (as of 04/22/2019), Current BMI: 58.3

Nikke2003
on 8/6/13 1:09 am - PA

VSG on 05/13/13

While I do have a very long way to go, I feel successful in a way that I've lost 164 lbs, with about 108 of that coming before surgery. However, I'm the kind of person that would not be satisfied 100% if I weighed 200 lbs. Would I be happy? Yes! Will I feel successful, sure! BUT, I want a goal of a "normal" weight and BMI so badly that I can taste it and even if I have to keep trying until I'm 100 years old... that will still be my goal!!

For more info on my journey & goals, visit my blog at http://flirtybythirty.wordpress.com

Member Services
on 8/6/13 1:26 am - Irvine, CA

Great thread ChaChaCha

Success is replacing the heart ache we all go through as overweight people with feeing good about our selves

Regards,

Member Services Team

gayle-n-reno
on 8/6/13 4:54 am - NV

I define success as: doing what it takes to be healthy and happy everyday! Some days are better than others...but knowing I am doing it...that is success!

Gayle

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