Re: How did you chose your goal weight?

April 4, 2003

Being 60 years old, my goal numbers were not in weight, but in blood pressure

and sugar readings. I am now at goal.

Fay Bayuk

**300/170

10/23/01

Dr.

Open RNY 150 cm

April 4, 2003

Being 60 years old, my goal numbers were not in weight, but in blood pressure

and sugar readings. I am now at goal.

Fay Bayuk

**300/170

10/23/01

Dr.

Open RNY 150 cm

April 10, 2003

hiya! i chose my goal weight of 135lbs because i had been that

weight before and hadn't had to KILL myself to stay there but when i

got pregnant with my last daughter, i gained up to 175 and never

looked back (lol)...i was 268lbs when i had my rny in june 2001. my

surgeon told me to be happy if i got down to 170, i told her that i

didn't have my guts rearranged to " just get to 170 lbs " (mind you,

i'm only 5' 1/4 " ) now i do have a large bone structure tho the

surgeon general says i should weigh aroun 105 or some crap like

that. i weigh betwen 120-125lbs right now with a body fat of about

25% (that i would like to lower), my blood pressure is normal, i

don't take any meds anymore except hrt (hysterectomy years ago)...

i wear size sm-med; pants are 4-9 depending on cut; boobs went from

44DD to 32B-Looooooong lol....

i facilitate a wls support group and i try to not focus so much on

numbers but on our overall health...

{{hugs}} kate

-- In Graduate-OSSG , NewBodyNewMe@a... wrote:

> Hi family, In choosing my goal weight I had to look at several

issues. I

> started at 274 lbs. and I am a female 5 feet 2 1/2 inches tall.

The insurance

> chart says I should weigh between 125/128 lbs...yea...right....

> Then there is my age...I will be 62 in May...and probably the

most deciding

> factor for me to consider....I am pear shaped. I carry most of my

weight in

> my hips and thighs....My middle name should be Bartlett !!

> At first I thought I would be happy if I ever got below 200 lbs.

It had

> been over 20 years since that happened...Once below the 200 mark I

started to

> think maybe I could get to 170...and then maybe 160....talk about

a dream.

> Today I weighed 171...a total loss of 103 lbs .. I lose a pound

or two more

> and gain it back...over and over again. I haven't lost anymore

significant

> weight for 5 months.

> For me it isn't a magic number on the scale but more of a store

size. I

> thought all my problems would be solved when I could finally shop

> " downstairs " but now I have a new set of problems. Carrying most

of my weight

> in my hips and thighs I am between sizes.

> I am a 16/18 on the bottom. I can wear some 16's but that

depends on the

> brand. I wish they made a size 17. Often pants will come 14/16 and

18/20 and

> I am right smack dab in the middle. If a fairy godmother could

wave her magic

> wand I would like to be a comfortable 14....dare I dream? It is

said that

> Marilyn Monore was a 14 and Mae West was a 16!!

> I am doing water aerobics and have a trainer at the gym and am

working on

> the strength machines and have started the Plastic Surgery process

of having

> a body lift. These things might help me...besides I am trying to

watch the

> Carb monster.

> I am off birdwatching today....Spring migration is here.

in Houston

>

April 10, 2003