eljayem
Goals
Jul 27, 2009
This is a post I wrote in a journal on another site (www.diettalk.com). I originally wrote it in March of 2008, and updated it last week. My WLS notes are written in red.Current weight - 226
225 - At this weight, I will be the lowest I have been in 2008. Actually, I'm already at my lowest weight for 2009! Also, this is a set point for me - a weight my body likes to get to, but is reluctant to leave, either up or down.
219 - Every "9" is milestone - you get to be in the teens
215.4 - below my lowest in 2008
214 - below my lowest in 2007
209 - the "9" thing again
204.4 - halfway point
202 - I have a set point at 203-205 and have trouble getting past it. Of course I have a MAJOR deal about 200, but if I get to 202, I usually make it by.
199 - for obvious reasons
189 - interestingly, I have no shorter term numbers in the 190s. My body hasn't really liked that weight in the past, so I usually don't get stuck there, and I either progress up through it rapidly or down through it steadily, so I have no real emotional hang ups in the 190s.
183 - a very strong set point for me. My body likes being this weight, even though I'm still fat (obviously not AS fat). This is my "practical" permanent goal. I have held this weight before, for long periods of time, without killer calorie counts or the need for hours of exercise, so I figure I should be able to do it again. If I can maintain this weight, I suppose I would consider WLS a "success", although I certainly don't want to stop here.
179 - oooooh, numbers I haven't seen in 10 years.
175 - my weight when I met my husband, in 1997, and my first secret goal. At that time, I had held that weight for about three years, from very limited fat (less than 20% of calories daily), virtually no alcohol, and MASSIVE amounts of walking (5-6 miles a day, 7 days a week) I always walked, and never missed a day, although when I was sick or it was pouring I would only walk 3.5 miles. Blizzards, ice storms, whatever. Of course, I had no kids, no spouse, no school, a small house I took care of myself, and the only responsibility was a full time job with reasonably flexible hours so I could spend 2 hours walking every day.
168 3/4 - the lowest my weight has been since I started gaining after college, achieved in 1996 for a period of about one week. I had started not only limiting fat, but limiting quantity of the foods I ate. I couldn't sustain it, thus the 175 in 1997.
165 - my second secret goal. This is the weight I was shooting for when I made it to 168 3/4. At the time, I was in the Army Reserves, and if I made this weight, I was sure to pass "taping", where they measured you and calculated your body fat.
159 - I can only imagine the 150's
154 - I really wanted to be this weight because if I weighed this, I didn't have to be taped for the army, they knew I would pass the body fat test.
150 - The lowest weight I have ever been as an adult, and my third secret goal. in 1980, at the age of 20, living on campus at Michigan State, I walked 2-3 miles a day to class and swam 2 nights a week. My diet consisted of eating less than my roommate, who was my height and weighed about 120. Effective, but since she lives in New Hampshire not very practical. Oh, and she tells me she's gained 30 pounds. This is actually my WLS permanent goal. I'd like to weigh this for the rest of my life.
145 - My main secret goal. I always thought this would be a weight you wouldn't have to be ashamed of announcing to the world. Also, as big as I got, it would be 100 (Now 114!) pounds less than where I started at DT - or at my highest weight.
135 - my deep, dark, keep hidden in a closet fantasy goal. I would actually be on the actuarial tables with a "healthy" BMI. Nobody could call me fat, chunky, overweight, or even fluffy. Of course, after weighing as much as I have, my breasts would hang past my bellybutton, but it would be a sacrifice I would be willing to make. A sacrifice I am not willing to make is eating the 800 calories a day that my BMR apparently needs to live. This is what I hope to make it to so I have the wiggle room for the 10% regain.
