Clueless_girl

Well, there is actually a formula for "Ideal Body Weight" and you can use a calculator to figure it out for you. This one also does an adjusted weight for a person who starts out overweight or obese. https://www.mdcalc.com/calc/68/ideal-body-weight-adjusted-body-weight

I would use that as a starting point, and then just see how you feel as you lose. How you look and feel is more important than a number.

I did find different calculators but I couldn't find any that accounted for body frame. But you're right, it is just a number. It was just disheartening to see that although I lost 60% of my excess weight, it's still not in the "normal/healthy" range..

I think it's important to remember that the weight charts and BMI ranges were developed a very long time ago and only intended to be applied to people who have never been overweight or obese. Those numbers aren't for us. When you are larger, especially for a long time, your body develops extra bone to support the weight. Your organs get a little bigger to handle the extra mass. Your entire infrastructure increases so you can support and function with the extra weight. That doesn't all go away just because you burn off the excess fat. If you still had a pair of jeans from your skinniest point in life and then lost weight to get to the exact number on the scale you were when those jeans fit you, chances are they would be a little baggy now because you would actually be thinner than you were, even though the scale and the BMI chart disagree. When in doubt, listen to the jeans, not the scale!

A heating pad can help, if you have trouble digesting Papaya Enzyme really helps!

Papaya enzyme? I've never heard of that, where did you buy it? I guess it's like a vitamin?

Yes got mine on Amazon, it is a supplement that helps with digestion.

It could be a lot of things, but there's a slight chance it could be a benign skin condition called granuloma annulare, which can look like bug bites. It's something I've had for about 20 years, and I've heard surgery can sometimes bring it on, and oddly can also resolve it. It's kind of a mystery. And it definitely might be something else, but I thought I'd throw that out there for you to look into because it's kind of obscure.

Thank you! I've been putting off going to see a dermatologist but it seems unavoidable now. I definitely didn't expect that my skin would be one of the first and noticeable things to change after surgery.