Century is for ME!
Today, I made it into the Century Club.
I could have lied and said that I had made it last week -- here's my logic.
When I had my INITIAL CONSULT (this is what I'm basing this on; my sister told me weight lost is weight lost, whether you did it yourself or whether it was postop) the SURGEON'S scale said 399.
When I was running around to all of the preop testing, I weighed in the hospital. It told me I had lost quite a bit in only a few days, I was skeptical. I went back to the surgeon's office and sure enough, his scale was 5 lbs heavier than the hospital one. I was mad, because I did not LOSE 3 pounds, I had gained 2. (because I wasn't drinking enough water -- word to the wise)
So last week I had my 3 month visit. My scale was telling me 301. I wasn't fazed by this, I KNEW for a fact that the surgeon's scale would weigh heavier. Before this point, I was telling people what I had lost based on my initial consult minus what MY scale said, which was inaccurate. So, when I had my appointment, sure enough, the surgeon's scale was reading 306. Really, no surprise there.
This is all setup to explain how I came about my numbers.
Since I had not weighed in literally about 15 years before the consult, I had NO IDEA what I weighed. My first reference was the surgeon's scale, which is what I have to go by. Now, you could subtract 5 from that and get 394 as my initial weight, or you could add 5 to what I am now, and have 299 as my current weight. Either way, I don't care.
399 (surgeon): March 2, 2006
294 (my scale, adding 5 would be 299 on the surgeon's scale): July 29, 2006
And I wore the same clothes that I usually wore to the surgeon's office (though now they're way too big, and the differential is only about a pound) and I made sure it was 294.0. It had been 294 point something (+/-) since Wednesday, but that was not good enough for me.
Yay! Out of the 300s and into the Century Club! 
BMI still hovering in the low 50s, but you guys are such an inspiration that I'm always going to come back and read your posts even when I am no longer SMO.
Julie
399(s)/371(s)/294(mine)/160
BMI still hovering in the low 50s, but you guys are such an inspiration that I'm always going to come back and read your posts even when I am no longer SMO.
Julie
399(s)/371(s)/294(mine)/160 
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