Weight Loss Epiphany!

I was sitting here feeling a little sorry for myself!  I can admit it......I was down in the dumps about how overweight I had allowed myself to get and how I was still needing to lose more weight even after losing all of the weight that I did lose.

I started to fiddle around with some of the numbers...you know where I started, where I am now, where I have to go...and suddenly it came to me.

I am only 28.4 pounds overweight according to the whole BMI thing (and we all know that whole thing is kind of wishy washy)....28.4 pounds....that's it.  I am 28.4 pounds overweight.

When I put that into perspective from a much broader look....I use to be 226 pounds overweight.

What has happened to my body is remarkable.  I deserve to sit back and enjoy this new body and celebrate the work I've done to get here. 

28.4 pounds may be how overweight I technically am....

But this new found epiphany has me feeling light as a feather!

Good for you! It can definitely be hard to keep a sense of perspective sometimes on this journey. This is a great post!

Good on you!  It is amazing how our thought processes change once we change perspective.   When I was at my thinnest I was still considered "overweight".  My NUT told me those charts are based on super fit military types that have zero body fat.  If you look good and feel good and are healthier than you were before you have won!

I think you should call that an NSV! Getting our heads right is half the battle. I think you just became a glass half full kinda girl. That is a great achievement. How you could be depressed about how "fat" you are compared to where you came from is a bit of a mystery but glad you came around.

Hi,

I think you should be doing cartwheels about your weight loss success!!!!  Give yourself a HUGE pat on the back from me.

I'm new here (pre-op) and my question weaves in nicely with this topic.  Is it wrong not to have a goal weight in mind?  I do think I'd be satisfied to reduce into the simply overweight category (BMI in the upper 20's).  I just want to feel healthy and active again.  Is that a bad attitude to have? 

I'm in my 50's and finally feel inspired to do something drastic to solve my obesity.  I haven't dieted at all in the last 15 years because I was disgusted with the futility of it all.  I have been living with the philosophy that some folks are just meant to be fat and I suppose that through that process I have forgiven myself for being fat.  However, the reality that I can't ignore is that I have a lot to live for and if I don't act now I likely would eventually suffer serious co-morbidities or early death. 

I have been to a seminar and have my first surgeon consult coming up this week. 

All the best,

Carol in Arizona

I'd be doing cartwheels too (if I could actually get my feet up over my ample assets)!  Plus, 10 minutes of cartwheels burns 69 calories I'm told.  

Getting your head to think healthier thoughts is HUGE.  Good on you and congrats on your loss!!

Thanks everyone!!  The support here is awesome!