So I'm considered a lightweight....yea....thats me LOL! At 32 BMI I'm technically lightweight. I have been at 35 BMI for the last several years or so and have actually managed to lose a bit on a low carb/high protein/mod fat/low cal/sugar free (paleo/primal) lifestyle, but am as usual having a very hard time keeping it off consistantly. It keeps creeping up.

Was just wondering if there were anymore people on here with about 100lbs or less to lose, or otherwise considered lightweight comparatively. Any who've had the procedure? If you've had the procedure, how much have you been losing? What's your progress, and how're you feeling about the procedure so far?

Thought I'd make a thread for us that have less to lose than the SMB or even the MB people on here. So we can share our experiences and just chill.

BTW, thought I'd add. Everyone is welcome! All sizes! All opinions are valued here!

Just saw this thread and wanted to chime in. I'm a low bmi of 30. It's been as high as 38. Lost and Gained so many times. Daily life has been such a struggle with eating and working out for so many years and I'm sick of it. Now that I'm diabetic and pre hypertensive, I'm over it. Diabetes is draining me. 5'3" and 180, I'd like to be at 120.

While I suffer from physical problems related to my weight, I still feel like higher bmi people want to be mean and bully me. This has never happened, just a weird fixation in my mind.

It's late. I'm going to shut up.

Just saw this thread and wanted to chime in. I'm a low bmi of 30. It's been as high as 38. Lost and Gained so many times. Daily life has been such a struggle with eating and working out for so many years and I'm sick of it. Now that I'm diabetic and pre hypertensive, I'm over it. Diabetes is draining me. 5'3" and 180, I'd like to be at 120.

While I suffer from physical problems related to my weight, I still feel like higher bmi people want to be mean and bully me. This has never happened, just a weird fixation in my mind.

It's late. I'm going to shut up.

I can totally relate to this. Not only am I afraid of what the higher bmi folks are thinking....I'm reeeealy worried about what my normal bmi friends/family may think. I've pretty much decided to only tell three people. I don't want to deal with the judgment and behind-the-back talk about how I could have just dieted and exercised more, how I'm not THAT fat, or how they would never be making this drastic of a choice if it were them.

I'm a low BMI'er as well. I haven't had the surgery yet.

Currently I am a 31 BMI' date=' 5'8" and 205 lbs. Over the past 12 years I have been as high as 260 and 40 BMI and as low as 160 and 24 BMI. The older I get the harder it is to loose. I feel like I've been living my life constantly fixating and obsessed with food and weight. Always paying attention to the scale, feeling embarrassed by my tummy fat, dreading summer time when I have to ditch my sweaters, loosing weight Yay!, gaining it back Sob!, buying new pants, pulling out my fat jeans again.....

I am so ready to just jump off of this crazy cycle. I am scared about the lifestyle changes that will happen, but I know that those changes are necessary and am looking forward to making them. Over the past couple of months I have really been coming to grips with my internal fears and as of today I can not wait for surgery to happen.

Right now my last fear to overcome/deal with is HOW to tell my very close family members. Really, I will just be telling my sister and best friend. I know they are going to go through the whole "But your not THAT fat...Why don't you just try and exercise more....Are you suuuure you're doing this for the right reasons??"[/quote']

This is/ was my EXACT story. And yes, you probably COULD lose the weight. But the reality is, there is a 3% chance you will keep it off for good. This is permanent portion control, if you respect the changes after surgery. For me, I did it because I want to lose the weight and keep it off. Forever. I want to wear my awesome clothes for more than a few weeks each year when I'm killing myself with a diet! I didn't tell very many people because they would all say 'but you're not that fat'. a BMI of 30 is obese. my doc told me to add up weight I'd ever lost, and add it to my highest weight. Then (when I realized the total was

Over 500lbs) she told me that my body was learning to coping with morbid obesity, even at my 30 BMI. The fat still goes through your system which leads to health probs in the long run. If you think this is the right decision, do it. It's a challenge, but you can do it. I'm down 24lbs since May 1st, so something is working....

I'm 5 months post op. I started at 206 (37.7 BMI) and am now 152.6 (27.9 BMI). It's coming off extremely slow now!

Hello!

I'm 5ft. 7 &1/2, had surgery Jan.14, 2013, weighed 200, 33 BMI. (A "light weight" to some)...

However, started a pre-op diet last May 2012, weighing in at 255 with a BMI of 40.

Currently, I'm at 161, 24 BMI (Super YAY!! In the "NORMAL" range)!!! And, I am only 6 lbs. away from my surgeon's suggested weight for me, (16 away from my personal goal of 145).

That means I have lost 41lbs. since surgery. Does that make me sad or feel like a failure to be what others might term as a "slow loser," .... Heck no! I'm off my BP meds, able to jog & cardio hip-hop w/out feeling like I'm about to die, get back into old shoes that were too small for my expansive feet.... Just so many things. Mostly, the knowledge that if I continue making healthy choices I will be able to keep the weight off. That one thing is sincerely a major blessing and relief for me.

I just finished my consults and have bmi 39.9 , 100lbs to lose. I have no co morbidity issues. I hope I am approved. Anyone have same situation with Anthem Blue Cross and have been approved?

Hello!

I'm 5ft. 7 &1/2' date=' had surgery Jan.14, 2013, weighed 200, 33 BMI. (A "light weight" to some)...

However, started a pre-op diet last May 2012, weighing in at 255 with a BMI of 40.

Currently, I'm at 161, 24 BMI (Super YAY!! In the "NORMAL" range)!!! And, I am only 6 lbs. away from my surgeon's suggested weight for me, (16 away from my personal goal of 145).

That means I have lost 41lbs. since surgery. Does that make me sad or feel like a failure to be what others might term as a "slow loser," .... Heck no! I'm off my BP meds, able to jog & cardio hip-hop w/out feeling like I'm about to die, get back into old shoes that were too small for my expansive feet.... Just so many things. Mostly, the knowledge that if I continue making healthy choices I will be able to keep the weight off. That one thing is sincerely a major blessing and relief for me.[/quote']

We have close to the same stats...you are doing great! This last 14 pds is tough, it seems that I am staying the same but I'm working out more so maybe it's balancing out lol... How are you doing?

okay, so I just saw the new pinned topic for mysurgeryoptions.com and was interested and asked for a quote. So, I'm awaiting a reply to compare and see who I want to go with (Dr. Israel Cabrera or one of theirs). mysurgeryoptions.com seems to have a few added benefits going through them. Like the coordinator (Susan Lackey) who is on VST available to chat anytime before, during and after your procedure, the Personal Trainer and Nutrition Expert William Cotter who is there to help people post-op with their exercise routines and eating habits etc. Sounds cool.

However, this post is about something I just read on the site under the Gastric Sleeve procedure advantages/disadvantages page. It lists that one of the disadvantages of the VSG is the fact that people w/ lower BMI's may not effectively lose weight from it? Huh? That's news to me. I mean, I know that the VSG is in no way a fix it all solution or some sort of magic bullet thing, but I've never seen it in writing till today that the procedure is less likely to result in effectiveness and/or successful weight loss and maintenance for people with lower BMI's. So it is a bit of a shock for me, reading it. I mean, I know maybe since we have less to lose we may lose a llb or two less a week or the weight loss may slow down a bit sooner.....but the way they've got it in writing on the site scares me. Here's what it says:

Current data indicates it may not provide effective weight loss in low BMI patients.

Ugh...that word! "effective"! *shivers*

So I get that it says "low" rather than "lower", which would indicate they mean proper low bmi people, maybe in the late 20's like 25-29 or something. But it does say "patients", and we all know that the lowest bmi even considered for this procedure is 30 right. So isn't it safe to assume they basically mean the lower bmi's near that number, as opposed to the bmi's more near, say 40-50 or so? Because usually, 25-29 isn't (often) even considered.

What do you guys think about that? Did some of you guys "know" that this may be the case with the VSG? I mean, not just a feeling you got from reading on here or there. I mean had you ever read it in writing like that, as an official disadvantage of the procedure? I hate to say it, but I feel like a seed of discouragement has been planted within me having read that on that page. I really don't want to get the procedure, work hard at the diet change and still end up where I am today, short $5800-$5900!!! That is terrifying!

If this is true....than what IS best for us lower bmi patients? Is there any procedure out there that actually works better for us? Or are we stuck w/ the short end of the stick either way we look? Is it seriously the luck of the draw for us lightweights. I refuse to believe that personally! I'm sure there is a WLS out there that is better suited in it's effectiveness for us! And if not, I'm more than willing to amp it up when it comes to the lifestyle/diet/exercise routines and changes with the VSG. I just wonder though...would the regular bypass suit us better (I'm terrified of the crazy side effects and the gain back rate w/ that though).

OMG... that is exactly what I'm worried about! I wondered if it didn't work as well for lower BMI people. Oh well....I can only pray for my surgeon to have skilled hands and know that she better take as much off my tummy as she does the larger patients!

agreed! I plan on making it EXTREMELY clear that I want to be left with EXACTLY 15% OR LESS of my stomach period! More on the less side, if at all possible. If he's ever taken more stomach out for larger patients, than he can just add me on to that list. I'm not paying to lose money here, I'm paying to lose the weight!

I know what you mean! By the time I'm done even with insurance I'm going to owe plenty of money in co-pays. It better work- I feel like this is my last hope.

Same here! But more than anything, We've got to MAKE IT WORK! We owe it to ourselves! (....and our wallets LOL)

I've never read that VSG is not effective for low bmi patients. To the contrary, every study I've found indicates low bmi patients loose a higher percentage of their excess weight than those with bmi over 35.

http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jobes/2012/813650/

Here is just one study. This particular one only followed a little over 100 subjects, but there are many other studies with a higher number of participants. I'm on my phone and have a toddler crawling on me demanding Breakfast, otherwise I would find the other studies.

There are study after study that shows that WLS is more beneficial if done earlier...meaning at a lower BMI. I don't agree with gastric banding due to the foreign body, constant follow up, and the growing number of complications, but some surgeons are doing it even in the US at a BMI of 30 due to the studies. In other countries they are already doing VSG at BMI of 30. Hopefully the US will follow soon with insurance covering it. We all should be very aware of all possible complications. Then make the best decision for ourselves and our families or loved ones. VSG will help you to lose your weight. But it won't do all the work for you. It's just the tool to help us. We will still have to do some hard work, following the diet and progressing under DR's orders. The dreaded exercise is still necessary. It's a lifestyle change we all have to be willing to make to get the FULL benefit. You can do as much or as little with it as you see fit. Even low BMIers can lose all their wgt if you do the work.

So I'm considered a lightweight....yea....thats me LOL! At 32 BMI I'm technically lightweight. I have been at 35 BMI for the last several years or so and have actually managed to lose a bit on a low carb/high protein/mod fat/low cal/sugar free (paleo/primal) lifestyle' date=' but am as usual having a very hard time keeping it off consistantly. It keeps creeping up.

Was just wondering if there were anymore people on here with about 100lbs or less to lose, or otherwise considered lightweight comparatively. Any who've had the procedure? If you've had the procedure, how much have you been losing? What's your progress, and how're you feeling about the procedure so far?

Thought I'd make a thread for us that have less to lose than the SMB or even the MB people on here. So we can share our experiences and just chill.

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My doc told me I was considered one if the lowest weights they do the surgery for. In fact he made me weigh several times cause I did no look 230lbs. But like the other gal said, fat is fat. My BMI was just under 40. I have pcos, type 2 diabetes, hbp, clb pain, ibs, etc. but aside from that my weight literally prevents me from doing important things that I use to do or I want to do. I made a weight loss list.

Go back to yoga, spinning, swimming, rafting, hiking, dressing in nice clothes, going out with my sexy handsome husband,sky diving, ware shorts and tanks again, fly in an airplane again as not drive everywhere, run and jump into my husbands arms, enjoy clothes shopping without crying cause I don't fit, be a better role model to my kids, walk my dog without getting winded, fit in the dang desks/chairs at school,

I want to ware a dress and go dancing with my babe, go rock climbing with my kids, go on a zip line, enter a tattoo contest (pin up style), join Zumba, go on the romantic tropical getaway to a beach in a real bathing suit with my babe (give him a reason to carry a 45),

And most importantly get rid of all these messed up weigh related health problems!