Poll for those who started with a BMI >50 and are done losing

MoLawEd
on 3/22/11 10:29 pm - Cambridge, MA

::sigh:: this is one of those posts that make me feel like a loser and not in a good way. I'm the same weight I was at about 1 year out and the weight loss basically stopped at about 10 months out. I'll be 2 years out on April 13.

Starting BMI was 53.7.
Current BMI, which is where my weight appears to have stabilized, is 28.6.
Lowest BMI - for literally 1 day - was 27.0.

I never made it to 25.0. :-( So yeah, it's possible, but it may not happen even if you do everything in your power short of cutting off a limb to make it happen.

Having RNY was probably the best thing I've ever done for myself.

Approx highest weight: ~350. Highest measured weight: 338. Surgery weight: 297. Lowest weight (for 5 minutes): 169. Current weight: 209. Goal weight: ??? - maybe 180-185, which was my maintenance weight before the regain.

Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 3/22/11 11:02 pm - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

I'm so sorry this made you feel sad. That was certainly not my intent (just as it is never the intent of the size 0 and size 2 folks to make ME feel sad about my size).

I told her that she might not ever get to "normal", but "overweight" (which is the side of the line between the two that I end up on most days) is still a hell of a lot better in terms of health, energy, and appearance than "super morbidly obese". Right...?!? Right.

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

MoLawEd
on 3/23/11 1:02 am - Cambridge, MA

RNY on 04/13/09

Oh, I know you didn't intend to! It's only my own issues of course. And yeah, part of the reason I need distance from OH from time to time is because I can't stop comparing myself to others and wishing I'd gotten "skinny" and wishing I could wear single-digit sizes on the bottom and just otherwise feeling like I don't measure up as a post-op. But yes, "overweight" is SO much better than "SMO" in like a million different ways. I wouldn't trade my RNY for ANYTHING.

Having RNY was probably the best thing I've ever done for myself.

Approx highest weight: ~350. Highest measured weight: 338. Surgery weight: 297. Lowest weight (for 5 minutes): 169. Current weight: 209. Goal weight: ??? - maybe 180-185, which was my maintenance weight before the regain.

Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 3/23/11 1:17 am - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

I am right there with you.

Sometimes I get in a funk and need to get away from here for a while. I still only rarely read ANY posts that appear to be about how small someone has gotten. It's not that I don't want to help them celebrate or be supportive... it's just that it tweaks the "I'm never going to be a single-digit size" pain/disappointment inside me. It's completely MY issue and I'm trying to work on it, but it is a slow process.

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

LoveLikeWinter
on 3/22/11 11:19 pm

RNY on 06/08/09

I went from a BMI of 51.3 to a BMI of 20.8. I was 5'3.5 though and "grew" 1.5 inches post-RNY to 5'5 bc of spine decompression, so that skews the BMI a bit. Using 5'5 as a constant height, it's a BMI of 48.9 to 20.8.

_Heather_
Il faut souffrir pour être belle

"When I get sad, I stop being sad, and be AWESOME instead. True story." -Barney Stinson/Neil Patrick Harris

Lost 169 lb before getting pregnant!
Mama to Aleksandar J.B., 11.26.11 <3 Now I know what true love REALLY is! <3

Down200Pounds
on 3/23/11 1:35 am - MA

BMI PRE-OP: 50.1
CURRENT BMI: 22

Ginny, Orange, MA
RNY with Silastic Ring: 7/3/03~Dr. Alan Newhoff, Phoenix, AZ
Total Weight Loss: #200
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