I recently did a body analysis and found out that I am 242 lbs (I'm 5'5) and I have 142.5 lbs of lean muscle!! I am in shock! I knew I was muscular but I had no idea it was THAT much. I have always been told I should weigh somewhere in the 140-150 range and I now know that's not possible. According to the printout I received, my goal weight is 187 and I "only" need to lose 55 lbs. I am wondering if I will still even qualify for the surgery. I am scheduled to go to Richmond next week for the orientation and don't know if I should go or not. If you go just by BMI, I more than qualify but I don't know if they take your muscle mass into consideration. Does anyone know? Is it worthwhile to get the lap if you only need to lose 55 lbs??? (It's actually more like 48 now since I am in the process of trying to lose my 10% for Kaiser and I am almost there). It's just all really confusing for me. I do have diabetes and polycystic ovarian syndrome, etc so I have lots of co-morbidities.

Does anyone have any thoughts???

I went through Richmond Kaiser too. They go by BMI period.

My BMI was 40.96 going in. I weighed 254 and am 5'5. I always thought I was 5'6 but they told me different.

I was told NOT to lose weight before orientation and in the weight I did lose before orientation (about 6 pounds) I put back on in the three weeks I had to weight for orientation. At my BMI I couldn't take chances of being below 40 BMI. I had a couple of co mobidities but my doctor said they were minor, not a big deal.

DON'T LOSE WEIGHT BEFORE ORIENTATION!!! It won't count. You can try to give them the pre op weight lose and bring in your paperwork but I don't think it will fly.

The appointment are:

Orientation

Psych Evaluation

Surgeon appointment

Case manager appointment

Pre op classes/Nutrition class

Surgery

than montly follow up for most of us.....for six months and than I think every other month for the last six months.

Ok I see on my ticker that at 5'5" and 254 my BMI was actually 42 hight than I thought. Height makes a huge difference.