Updated My Tickers! & GOAL WEIGHT!

Sep 23, 2009

So yeah I know they are only numbers but that's what I see ALL the time!  I decided to update my tickers to what I really know!

First off it's been difficult for me because I never weighed in before my pre-op liquid diet.  I don't know how much weight I gained in the 6 weeks of last supper syndrome from when I had my first consult but I bet it was at least a handful of pounds if not more!!!  That being said I will never know what my true starting/highest weight was! 

I updated my tickers to reflect my consult weight on 7/3/09 and then I have in my day of surgery weight.  My surgeron's scale in the office is ALWAYS higher than any scale I step on so that's a bit frustating but for the sake of tracking weight loss accurately, I will update per their scale! 

I did get on another scale the other day and was down to 303 on that one, so it will be VERY interesting to see what I am at next week during my check up on the dreaded higher scale.  I so hate that I can get on 5 different scales and even on the same one sometimes and be up and down up and down.  I truly do not trust digital scales.  I'd prefer the old fashion big clunker that you slide back and forth! I'm always higher on digital scales just as well my BP is always normal on an old fashion manual one but through the roof on a digital.  What gives and in this instance for me technology SUCKS! 

So as far as my goal weight.  I want to be realistic with myself.  185 is always in my head and has been for years.  Yes it is still obese at 32.8 BMI but to me a 140lb loss it's fantastic - almost half my weight.  If I could go lower great but right now that number is what suits me so I'm sticking with it.  I envision myself a healthy size 10-12 on the regular side of target around 185.  Heck right now I  can get into 22 pants which is clearly a miracle for my weight.  For the moment I'm hoping to get under 300lbs and long term it's under 200lbs. 

Now the Dr. is a different story.  He himself has NEVER told me how much weight he wants me to lose or even talked numbers. The psych in his office well she sets the rules for you.  So of course they say we want you at a "normal BMI"  I laugh at that because I think that damn BMI calculator is LONG LONG overdo to be revised.  If it was only more about the % of muscle to fat as that seems realistic. 

So my normal BMI weight range is between 104.5 and 140.5 YEAH RIGHT!  But....I had to pick a number to be healthy so I told them 138 was fair enough and laughed like hell.  It would be a miracle and hell would have to freeze over to get me to that and well down to 104.5 - let's just amputate my legs and we might there!  

So ok now that's off my chest and my tickers and goals are in check! Forward we move! 

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