I have a question for you all

Oct 21, 2009

I went to a WLS support group last night. It was my second time going and it only meets once a month. Well, at my meeting the topic of "goal weight" came up. Some of the members where saying that having a goal weight is not a good thing to do, because everyone's body is different and what's important is getting healthier. Which I agree with, but I do think that goal weight when "realistically" given helps people know what to aim for based on height, weight, bone structure.

I forget how this came up, but I remember several members that were still on the heavy side saying that they are happy just being healthier. I know this may sound awful, but this is how I feel. Well, I'm four months out and have lost 67lbs. Which I am very grateful for and I know I must be a lot healthier, but I did not go through all of this just to get to 220lbs. Maybe, all the illness I went through and then the second surgery is making me feel like this. Honestly, I did not put my life at risk to still be obese.

I just wanted to know other people's thoughts. If you didn't lose anymore weight would you be happy with where you are even if medically you were still labeled overweight, obese, morbidly obese, super obese?

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