Guest guest Posted October 30, 2002 Report Share Posted October 30, 2002 I am 158 and wear mostly 10's. I have a few 8's and wear a medium top. I am 5'9 " and wore one size larger before my tummy tuck and breast lift. It just depends on your height and amount of muscle which weighs a lot more than fat. Ironically my WLS doc set my goal at 142 which I never reached. The closest I got was 147 and even with only that 10 pound difference my face look gaunt. I have been at this weight for 2 years and my surgeon says he would rather I NOT lose any more weight. Go figure............. when I tell people I weigh 158 they think I am kidding. Guess I am what our grandmothers used to call... SOLID..........LOL Cissy in NC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2002 Report Share Posted October 30, 2002 You know, it is funny, you talk about what the surgeons tell you. My surgeon estimated that I would lose 104 lbs (65% of my excess weight). He also made sure that I knew that regain was possible. Now - when I look back, I guess I should be greatful. I initially lost 155 lbs. That was post tummy tuck. I continue to hold off 140 - 145 lbs (I do fluctuate 5 lbs). Based on these calculation I continue to hold off 85% of my excess weight (140 lbs). It is all relative. Am I up 15 lbs? Yes...however I feel great, look pretty good (12/14 on bottom - s or m on top), exercise regularly and have excellent blood levels. I still consider myself part of this bounce back group - because I fear that the bounce will not stop...so I just keep doing what I am doing and PRAY! Marjie 12/9/99 -140 - 145lbs " Cissy " hawgtied@...> wrote: >I am 158 and wear mostly 10's. I have a few 8's and wear a medium top. I am >5'9 " and wore one size larger before my tummy tuck and breast lift. It just >depends on your height and amount of muscle which weighs a lot more than >fat. Ironically my WLS doc set my goal at 142 which I never reached. The >closest I got was 147 and even with only that 10 pound difference my face >look gaunt. I have been at this weight for 2 years and my surgeon says he >would rather I NOT lose any more weight. Go figure............. when I tell >people I weigh 158 they think I am kidding. Guess I am what our grandmothers >used to call... SOLID..........LOL > >Cissy in NC > > >Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG > >Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2002 Report Share Posted October 30, 2002 You know, it is funny, you talk about what the surgeons tell you. My surgeon estimated that I would lose 104 lbs (65% of my excess weight). He also made sure that I knew that regain was possible. Now - when I look back, I guess I should be greatful. I initially lost 155 lbs. That was post tummy tuck. I continue to hold off 140 - 145 lbs (I do fluctuate 5 lbs). Based on these calculation I continue to hold off 85% of my excess weight (140 lbs). It is all relative. Am I up 15 lbs? Yes...however I feel great, look pretty good (12/14 on bottom - s or m on top), exercise regularly and have excellent blood levels. I still consider myself part of this bounce back group - because I fear that the bounce will not stop...so I just keep doing what I am doing and PRAY! Marjie 12/9/99 -140 - 145lbs " Cissy " hawgtied@...> wrote: >I am 158 and wear mostly 10's. I have a few 8's and wear a medium top. I am >5'9 " and wore one size larger before my tummy tuck and breast lift. It just >depends on your height and amount of muscle which weighs a lot more than >fat. Ironically my WLS doc set my goal at 142 which I never reached. The >closest I got was 147 and even with only that 10 pound difference my face >look gaunt. I have been at this weight for 2 years and my surgeon says he >would rather I NOT lose any more weight. Go figure............. when I tell >people I weigh 158 they think I am kidding. Guess I am what our grandmothers >used to call... SOLID..........LOL > >Cissy in NC > > >Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG > >Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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