I am so friggen excited! Today I went into my surgeons office for a refill of my acid reducer. I happened to see him in the hall and he was super happy with my progress. So happy in fact, he asked if he could get my weight. I weighed in at 147. I am 4 1/2 months post-op and have lost 85% of my excess body weight. He gave me a high five, took a picture and pretty much skipped away. He told me that his original goal for me was 65% EWL because of my PCOS, HBP and other health issues (all of which are gone)

I am still 12 pounds from my personal goal, which will put me at a BMI of 23, which would be most ideal for my body type. If I lose much more than that, I am afraid my skin will not bounce back as I would like. Maybe 130 so i have a little bounce room. I want to be healthy looking, not too skinny.

Other than probably loosing 2 lbs of my weight in hair, everything else is going great. I have finally got my acid reflux under control with Lansoprazole 30mg twice a day, which is only 5.00 a month for a copayment. This is now the only prescribed medicine I take. Blood pressure, high blood sugar and metformin for PCOS all discontinued. My size 8s are getting roomy (I was a right 16 and a XL or 1x) and honestly I don't look too bad naked, considering 3 kids, c section and surgery scars. Best of all though, truly..I am healthy and feel fanfrickentastic. It's amazing. Lose the weight of a 9 year old boy and everything stops hurting

I see often on the boards people say that they get pissed when they see someone around 'only' 200 LBS have surgery. I was at my highest 218, and at surgery 209. I was slowly but surely KILLING myself. I feel like a new woman, I look like a new woman and am here to tell all of you 'low BMI'rs' that if you have tried, unsuccessfully to lose that extra weight and only see yourself moving up...research, research research and then GET YOUR LIFE BACK! Don't wait till you are 250...300...400 pounds. Seriously! By no means was this easy, but besides having my children and marrying my hubby, it was the best thing I ever did for myself, and for them.

_{Wished I had done it sooner!}

Great job. I hope everyone does as well.

I love being on cloud 9! I would do this again in a heart beat...

Wonderful story so happy for you!! Post some before & after pics

Thanks for posting this. Your beginning stats are almost identical to mine. I started at 221. I have lost 10 lb and I am scheduled to meet with the surgeon on Dec 20th to discuss surgery and possibly a date. I continually ask myself "are you sure you should do this?" But I have become more and more sure of my decision over the last few weeks and you just helped seal the deal for me. I don't want to look back in 10 years and feel regretful that I did not take this opportunity to better my health and my life when I had the chance. Thanks for the words of encouragement!

When youve been on a roller coaster weight loss surgery with a low bmi isnt a bad idea it shows youre taking control of your life. Congrats

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I love to hear this and can almost feel the joy. It takes a lot of difficult days to get to the point that you are now. Enjoy every single second of it and I hope it spills over into the rest of your week and weekend!

Thanks everyone! I appreciate the support of these forums as I have mostly kept my surgery private. I agree with delta that it did indeed take a lot of difficult days to get here. I was miserable for a few weeks after surgery. At that point I really wished that I had not chosen to have this procedure done. I was in pain and missed my food. Let me tell you though, the feeling I have now (and when, not if, I make my personal goal) made it all worth it.