Cruising the WLS Grad board on Obesity Helpthis morning, I found a link to figure out how much I should weigh.
I am a 39-year-old woman who is 5'6" tall. The calculator tells me that most women my age and height who classify themselves as leading a sedentary lifestyl weigh 162 pounds. The medical ideal for my body is 131. A realistic goal weight for me could be 144.
I'm only 14 pounds over a normal weight. FOURTEEN POUNDS. I can't imagine getting down to 144 or ever 131. I don't think I want to because I think I'd like gaunt.
I've had 158.5 in the back of my head because I would have lost half of my weight at the time of surgery. And when pressed for a goal, I give people 147 because I always do mini goals in 10-pound increments and that would make a loss of 170 pounds.
But dang, 162 sounds good to me. I could live with myself at that weight. I'm already at a weight that I have absolutely no recollection of ever seeing before. (After my 185 weight in 8th grade, the next lowest weight milestone I can recall is 125 pounds in 2nd grade--as a SEVEN YEAR OLD!)
hey jen!
ReplyDeletewhat's so funny is that i'm almost to my 1-year and my goal is 177 for that - why? because i remember weighing 135 in 5th grade, and then 180ish as a senior in high school. Twice I've managed to get to 178 (both times)- once at 19 and once at 27. So, 177 is the number I've not ever seen, as far as I remember. So that's my goal. One month to go to 1-year, which would put me at an 85 pound loss (good work for a lapbander :)
You are doing so awesome! It's fun to watch you shrink :)
~Jenn
Thanks for that link.. it was really helpful. It's hard now to envision myself under 200. The last weight that I remember was 202 when I was a junior in high school.
ReplyDeleteWhat I find interesting is that we all know what we weighed at different ages. Is it only us or do others do the same thing. I know how much I weighed at 10 years old.
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