Setting a goal weight....before pic

Natscat
on 8/27/10 12:06 pm, edited 8/27/10 12:33 pm

Okay so it's a "before I gained 50 pounds back" pic........LOL I was looking through pics on my iphone today trying to find an avatar and I came across this one that got me thinking. I have set my goal weight for 140 pounds (I am 5'5") I have no clue what a good weight would be for me b/c I've never been at a healthy, normal weight. So my question is this....do you think I would be healthy 50 pounds lighter than this pic? I was 191.5 here. I definately needed to lose a lot more, I just want to be realistic and that is hard when I've never weighed in the normal range. I guess it doesn't even matter, but it does if I try to figure out my excess weight loss percentage! And also, it's gonna bug me if I'm still considered overweight, which I will be, even at 151!

Edited: Cannot get it to copy here :( I added it to my "photos" and titled it "Setting a GOAL".

Lapband 4/08 removed 3/10.....Sleeve scheduled for 12/28/2010!!!!!!

ChristyTal
on 8/27/10 12:09 pm

I don't see the pic (

Natscat
on 8/27/10 12:18 pm, edited 8/30/10 3:22 am

VSG on 12/29/10

I resized it, maybe it was too big? I'm not the picture lady today......

Lapband 4/08 removed 3/10.....Sleeve scheduled for 12/28/2010!!!!!!

Lisey
on 8/27/10 12:39 pm - Milwaukee suburb, WI

DS on 03/24/09

You were able to post your pic when I was putting mine up for reference. If you're saying that this is you at about 190 & want to lose another 50 pounds & are asking if you think that's too much . .. I would say (IMO) absolutely YES! You look quite thin in this picture & I would NEVER have guessed that you were 190. Woman, you look dayum good!!!!

HW / SW / CW / GW 299 / 287 / 160 / 140 Feb '09 / Mar '09 / Dec '13 /Aug '10

Appendicitis/Bowel Obstruction Surgery 8/21/10
Beat Hodgkin's Lymphoma! 7/15/2011 - 1/26/2012

Ran Half-Marathon 10/14/2012

First Pregnancy, Due 8/12/14 I LOVE MY DS!!!

Natscat
on 8/27/10 12:47 pm

VSG on 12/29/10

LOL! Thanks, but remember I said this was BEFORE I gained 50 back so I'm not lookin that good right now! I think when I was that weight I was seeing a lot of weight still to lose, but looking at it now....I'm thinking I might look sickly at 140! Maybe I'll set my goad at 155.....thanks for answering! (and making me feel good....about the way I don't look anymore!

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Lapband 4/08 removed 3/10.....Sleeve scheduled for 12/28/2010!!!!!!

Lisey
on 8/27/10 12:36 pm - Milwaukee suburb, WI

DS on 03/24/09

I'm 5'4.5" (to be exact!) In this picture, I am 154, technically in the overweight range by BMI standards (26). Keep in mind, though, that I exercise A LOT. At this point, I was averaging about 6 hours/week of a cardio/strength mix; therefore; I have more muscle & less fat than someone who doesn't exercise. If I wasn't much of an exerciser, at 154 pounds, I would look heavier & I would be physically larger.

HW / SW / CW / GW 299 / 287 / 160 / 140 Feb '09 / Mar '09 / Dec '13 /Aug '10

Appendicitis/Bowel Obstruction Surgery 8/21/10
Beat Hodgkin's Lymphoma! 7/15/2011 - 1/26/2012

Ran Half-Marathon 10/14/2012

First Pregnancy, Due 8/12/14 I LOVE MY DS!!!

Natscat
on 8/27/10 12:50 pm

VSG on 12/29/10

awhhh you are so CUTE and dainty!!! Well, that answers some of it, b/c I was definately doing about 6-8 hours of BodyPump/Cardio in this pic so I'm sure I was muscle under the fat.

So maybe 160 of hardcore muscle with a little flabby skin stuck in there for good measure! HA! Thanks again!

Lapband 4/08 removed 3/10.....Sleeve scheduled for 12/28/2010!!!!!!

Lisey
on 8/27/10 12:54 pm - Milwaukee suburb, WI

DS on 03/24/09

No prob & I feel like a big ole heel now - didn't mean to make you feel bad!!!

In all honesty, I'm 9 pounds lighter now & am thinking of losing more for those "problem" areas, despite everyone telling me that I look thin & I would probably look sickly if I lost more. Maybe they & you are right - maybe 140 would be too thin. Maybe we are just used to focusing on our problem areas b/c we're used to wanting to lose weight. *SIGH*

Bottom line is just to be happy & healthy for us both, right? :)

HW / SW / CW / GW 299 / 287 / 160 / 140 Feb '09 / Mar '09 / Dec '13 /Aug '10

Appendicitis/Bowel Obstruction Surgery 8/21/10
Beat Hodgkin's Lymphoma! 7/15/2011 - 1/26/2012

Ran Half-Marathon 10/14/2012

First Pregnancy, Due 8/12/14 I LOVE MY DS!!!

Natscat
on 8/27/10 12:59 pm

VSG on 12/29/10

I was totally kidding about making me feel bad!!! Looking at this pic reminds me that I will feel so much better about myself within a few months after surgery. Especially if I can lose 20 beforehand.

Sometimes I think people are so used to seeing us fat, that even when we get down to a normal "skinny person" weight, they view us as overly thin. I'm just afraid that my face and neck are going to look gaunt before my butt hits a size 12 (I was a comfortable/loose 16 in that pic)

Maybe when someone says we are too thin we could just moon them and show them our problem areas up close and personal!

Lapband 4/08 removed 3/10.....Sleeve scheduled for 12/28/2010!!!!!!

Sarah B.
on 8/27/10 2:51 pm - Plymouth Meeting, PA

DS on 11/04/09

Hijack -- Lisa, I've been thinking for weeks that you look like someone famous and I couldn't put my finger on it. But this photo helped me realize who it is. You look a lot like Alyssa Milano! Absolutely beautiful!

To the OP--I agree with everyone else that another 50lbs below your weight in that photo would be waaaay to small on you. You look awesome in that pic and I also would not have guessed you're 190 there. You carry your weight well. With the DS I believe you will easily drop below that 190 mark, but I think you'd look anorexic at 140. I can't imagine how gaunt you'd look at anything more than 15-20lbs below 190.

Century Club: 3.14.10 ~ ONEderland 4.28.10 ~ Normal BMI & 150 Pounds Lost: 7.25.10

(HW 317 / SW 301 / GW 169 / CW 144 & LOVING my DS! / 5' 9")

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