Weight Chart

Well here it is. This is a record of my weight loss and BMI since my surgery. I have tried to keep it updated between doctor appointments and support group. As you can see, it all hasn't been easy going. I had a dramatic weight loss the first two months then it started to slow down. The more you have to lose the faster it comes off. As my BMI has come down the weight loss has slowed down. It makes sense, less of me is fat so it's slower coming off. Darn frustrating too!

At one point in Oct 99 I gained 2 pounds and I sure did beat myself up over that. I realize that gaining 2 pounds in a year is not a bad thing, but the point is that I had no reason to gain anything! I was getting lazy and sloppy and got my butt back on track. I suppose it's not a bad thing to do as long as you learn from it. After all, I'm far from perfect and sure don't walk on water! Right now I'm fighting hard for every pound I lose. Exercise has become more important and I'm even counting calories again too. Whatever it takes I'll do. And now I realize with my latest entry, that

Date	Weight	BMI	Loss
10/26/1998	500	86.5
10/31/1998	456	78.9	44
11/13/1998	426	73.7	74
11/22/1998	391	67.6	109
01/04/1999	362	62.6	138
01/10/1999	359	62.1	141
01/20/2000	350	60.5	150
02/17/1999	336	58.1	164
02/22/1999	331	57.2	169
03/04/1999	328	56.7	172
04/19/1999	305	52.7	195
05/19/1999	295	51.0	205
06/04/1999	284	49.1	216
06/17/1999	280	48.4	220
07/01/1999	266	46.0	234
08/22/1999	252	43.6	248
08/23/1999	250	43.2	2250
09/08/1999	248	42.5	252
10/05/1999	241	41.7	259
10/20/1999	243	42.0	257
10/25/1999	236	40.5	264
11/02/1999	233	40.3	267
12/11/1999	220	37.7	280
01/19/2000	209	36.1	291
02/01/2000	209	36.1	291
02/16/2000	207	35.8	293
03/07/2000	198	34.2	302
03/15/2000	197	34.1	303
04/04/2000	197	34.1	303
04/19/2000	193	32.9	307
05/05/2000	189	32.4	311
05/17/2000	188	32.2	312
06/06/2000	186	31.9	314
06/21/2000	185	31.7	315
08/16/2000	181	31.0	319
11/12/2000	177	30.0	323
05/16/2001	175	30.0	325
06/10/2001	173	29.7	327
08/17/2001	163	28.0	337
04/12/2002	164	28.2	336
04/23/2002	163	28.0	337
05/07/2002	161	27.6	339
10/22/2002	170	29.8	330
02/20/2003	184	31.6	316
04/28/2003	164	28.2	336
05/19/2003	160	27.5	340
06/08/2003	158	27.1	342
09/25/2003	155	26.6	345
11/14/2003	153	26.3	347
12/23/2003	149	25.6	351

I'm human like anyone else. Weight gain happens to the best of us. The one early on was completely my fault. I got complacent. But I took control of that. No reason to gain, at least at that early out.

Recently I've been on depression medication and it seems a side effect of the meds is weight gain. I got out of control with carbohydrates and rapidly packed on 20 pounds. With a change of meds and some therapy I'm back in control. Now that the scale is moving again I'm thinking about pushing to the 150's.

And as of today...9/25/2003...I'm happy to say that I've made it to 155! Just for a minute, I want to get to 149. Why? Well ok I'll tell ya. Remember those scales with the weights? You know, the ones that couldn't weigh us in the doctor's office. Well I want to move the scale a big notch. I want....just for minute....to weigh 100....plus something. So for a day, I want to weigh 149.

12/28/2003 I am happy to tell you that I am finally below 150! Yup, I had my moment with an old fashioned doctors scale. You know the type, the one with the sliding weights? The nurse had me weigh in, I wasn't paying any attention then I saw it...I was 100 plus 49. I stood and stared, my jaw dropped. She said I could get off the scale. I smiled and told her, "you have no idea just how big this moment is!" 100 + 49 OMG!

I've gone back in my records and pulled together my measurements.
This is preop WLS, preop reconstructive surgery then updated 5/25/03