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Did you meet your wl goals



Have you met your WL Goals?  

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  1. 1. Have you met your WL Goals?

    • I have met recommended weight range, have a healthy BMI.
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    • I have met my personal WL goal for me.
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    • I have not me my own or my surgeons goals for me.
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    • I am still in progress but can see total success.
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    • I have not had any success with the band.
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Am I at my goal weight? No. I am about 30 lbs from it. I lost 100lbs in my first year and have lost only about ten lbs in the past five months. These last five months are my own fault. I have been eating way too many things that aren't good for me. It's tricky to be a year and a half out on the band. You get sneaky, even when you don't mean to, about eating around the band.

However....if I never lose another pound, I'm still happy weighing 191 vs 298. I'm still considered overweight but I wear a size 14 and that's pretty damn good.

I lost weight and gained myself. I found a wonderful man a year ago, when I still weighed 240, and it was my own confidence that allowed me to open up to meet him. I have a more active life. I can walk up stairs when I couldn't before. I can walk, peroid, without my back hurting. My outlook is so much better.

And so it is important for me to remember that it is not all about the BMI or the scale. It is about feeling good and holding my head up high. The band gave me that. Well, I gave me that, the band was a really, really great helper.

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...But we don't always post about being at/near goal.

It's easy to see how PreOps & Newbies get focused on the "Does anyone meet goal?" question, but a lot of times veteran Bandsters are sort of past that mindset so we don't really chime in on those threads...

But, I'll jump in:

I met my doctor's goal sometime in the last 2 months, it seems.

In fact last month'*, the doctor calculated that I achieved about 90% of my Excess Weight Lost with the LapBand, so I'm officially a "band success" in his eyes. :clap2:

That's funny as I proclaim myself "The World Most's Remedial Bandster" for sure. ;)

I think scale weight is just one measure of success - I care about clothes sizes and how I look! :Banane17:

So I'm happy that I'm at my doctors goal but I am hoping to maybe peel off another 10# or so of "vanity pounds." before it's all said and done There is no rush on that, of course, and at goal the pounds tend to come off much slower. That's fine, meanwhile I'll be shopping and enjoying life!

** Yes, I try to go no more than 2 months MAX without a 'fill' or 'follow up' appt. I used to go every 4-6 wks or so. Now that I'm at/near goal, I can probably stretch that out a bit - but I am a believer in regular visits with the surgeon or fill doctor. Why?

It keeps me focused, I weigh regularly at his official scale (I don't weigh at home), the doc can monitor my progress, and we decide on a fill or not. I didn't get one last time, but still had a great visit. It really helps me!

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16 months post op. and at goal. I have not felt this good, or felt this good about myself in years. My goal changed three times along the way, but am completely happy now.

6ft3in. 430 starting weight, 54 BMI

205 pounds lost now, and a 24 BMI.

It can be done!

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