Week 28: Update

Had a fantastic weight loss week.  Seems my new pattern is stay the same most of the month or so and then have one really good week.  I guess it's kind of like mini-plateaus.  Whatever, as long as it's staying the same or going down (overall) I'll take it.

I've been good about exercising too.  This week I had a hard time schedule-wise as I had some post-op Doc appts and stuff during when I'd normally work out, but I managed to squeeze some in (walked 3+ miles Friday and went to a dance class yesterday).

So, yea, saw the surgeon, I don't even know why I go.  I mean he doesn't examine me at all, only asked if there was any pain.  He doesn't even seem concerned with how much I've lost (or not) and basically told me I'm doing "fine" and that it'll be slowing way down soon so be prepared (yet I lost 5 lbs this week, suck it) and that I should set realistic expectations.  The last part sucks, but I know it's true.  Given where I came from, I've already won - and I really feel like I have. But, I'd be lying to say that I'm not dying to get below 200 lbs.  I really want to net out around 175-180 or so.  I still feel like it's attainable, and I think he meant don't aim for 150 and then be disappointed.  However, when I pressed him for what a good 'goal' is he started talking about BMI and about how many people aim for a sub 35 BMI meaning they'd no longer qualify for this surgery.  Others look for sub 30 which puts them simply in the "Overweight" category but no longer "Obese".  As of today my BMI is 35.2, to be below a BMI of 30 would mean me weighing 190.   How crazy is it that at my current weight I could still qualify for and have the surgery that I had all those many pounds ago?  My starting BMI was 52.2 - so I've made huge strides there.  Also, my BP used to hover in the 140s/90s ish.  It's routinely now like 110s over 70s.  YESSSSSSSSSS!  It's not just about how I look, or how I even feel.  It's about all those things on the inside that never really made me feel badly, but I knew were slowly killing me.

With that, the numbers:

HW: 335
SW: 327
CW: 225
Loss this week: 5.2 (!) for a total loss of...110 lbs!!!!