Your starting weight...

My highest weight is 325i****hink I got up to 335, but I can't remember any more. I chose 325 for my ticker because that was the highest weight my doctor recorded for me. I lost and gained on the pre-op program. It was the beginning of my third time to lose 80+# and I knew it would be for life, so I was a little eating machine for the last couple of months pre-op. (I'm not recommending this, just telling you my experience.)

When I got to 225#, I told lots of people I'd lost 100#, but told almost no one where I'd started or was then. I figured everyone could add or subtract 100, and I didn't want them getting to the 325 number. It is just too big a number for most people to comprehend. People that have never been big have a sort of abhorrence to a weight that high.

Anyway, so, I have sorta forgotten that I was ever at 335. Is this a good thing to have forgotten? Probably not. I am a recovering alcoholic with 22 years sobriety and in AA they said you should always remember your last drunk, because you never want to go back there. Well, I remember 325, and I never want to go back there, too. I also remember 300, 275, 250, and even 230. I hope to never see them again.

My point is that this is a very personal journey. By that I mean, it is designed by you (and your doctor, family, etc.) and tailored to fit you. What you put out there for the public to see is a decision you can make. It's what works for you.

I have two tickers because I wanted to show folks here where I'd come from and also wanted to tell myself how much more I have left. I didn't begin my second ticker at my highest weight, because by the time I started it, I was far from there and never going back. I am convincing myself of this. That's what I think we have to do. Convince ourselves to think the way we want to. It is not natural for me to think I'll never be 300#+ again; I've been there several time in my adult life. I never want to go back. I'm searching my mind for the things I need to do and think to convince myself to never go back there. Good luck to you, Rosanette

In my signature I have the highest weight and the start weight, however I was not weighed for some odd reason on the morning of my surgery, so I use my start weight (which is on the ticker) as the initial weight of the day I started my preop surgery. I'm one of those who had lapband, lost, then gained more, so I just really count from the day of my preop diet.

Iuse the weight I was when I started my 2 week pre op diet , I wore 13 pounds less the first time I started seeing the surgeon, so my pre op diet weight which was 325 is my starting point.

I use my weight from date of surgery. I weighed in at 327lbs right before they wheeled me into surgery.

I would say since the day of surgery.

I WASN'T NOT WEIGHED ON THE DAY OF SURGERY.BUT WAS WEIGHED ON MY LAST PEROP VIST WHICH WAS FOOUR DAYS BEFORE SURGERY. I WAS TOLD THEY WOULD USE THAT WEIGHT AS MY OFFICAL STARTING WEIGHT. ON FEB.7th I WEIGHED 260.3#. ON FEB.11th I WEIGHED 252.2#. SO I USE THAT AMOUNT AS POST OP WEIGHT LOSS. I SPEAK FREELY ABOUT MY WEIGHT SO WHEN SOME ASK I TELL THEM I HAVE LOST  XAMOUNT SINCE SURGERY BUT I HAD LOST MORE BEFORE SURGERY. I LIST BELOW MY TICKER ALL THE OTHER INFO.  JOY









































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I use my highest weight, which was 316. This was my weight the day I asked for the referral to the bariatric surgeon. It is listed in my chart at her office as my highest weight. So, yes, I lost 50 pounds before surgery, but I had plenty to go and I still count those pounds because I worked pretty hard to get them off and keep them off for the time I had to wait for my surgery while it was postponed and so on!

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~Sarah~

When my GP told me at 252 that I was suffering with a fatty liver, it scared me into a consultation with my surgeon. By the time I saw him I had taken off a few lbs, and by surgery was 239. I use the 252 because that was the push I needed, and also because it was my weight at age 14 when my lifetime of dieting/losing/gaining began. Now if I can stop being 252 in my head I will have the battle in hand!  Jenny T