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So I went to my appointment this morning and I am almost 50% fat! My BMI is 46.4! How on EARTH does that happen??? Am I the only one with a BMI that high? I have been on a low carb diet for 3 blasted years! I finally went off the deepend for lunch and ate pizza. (I am paying for it now...tummy ache). I want to cuss and throw things. I went to my PCP this afternoon and told him and he shook his head and told me I should be in the 20's to be "normal range". Then he had the guts to tell me to go on the ADA diet and keep my calories to about 1000, and he noted that in my chart. But he also said he would write a letter to my insurance company recommending the band.

Flibber-de-gibbit I am so disgusted with myself 46.4% my only hope is that it is good news for the approval process.

Please tell me I am a Normal canidate. I just am so sad, mad, digusted, and sick. :P

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Hey Poodles - I'm sorry your consult was upsetting but I hope it went well otherwise and if you get a band you'll get your BMI down to 20! I was upset my 1st meeting too b/c they said I should weigh like 125 based on the "charts" and It made me feel so much fatter than I am,,, but then I realized the "charts" are just standardized but really I do have a big frame and I could pick my own goal of 150! Anyways, that was kindof rambling there - I'm tired! Good luck!

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My BMI was also 46 when I started. I'm now down 40 lbs, and my BMI has dropped to 39.5 at 3 months post op.

It's a rude awakening when you find out what your current BMI is compared to what it should be. Don't be disgusted with yourself - be proud of yourself for having the courage to get the band and do something about it!

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Being disgusted can make you motivated.

I have 100 whoppin pounds to lose and my BMI is 37.1 go figure??

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Mine was about the same, now it is 35 or so, but my body fat % is 55%....ewwwwwww that is terrible...from all the years of starving myself and losing lean muscle tissue. it really disgusts me when I think that 55% of my body is FAT!!

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My BMI was 47 when I started, now it hovers between 30 and 31. Don't let the numbers get you down. :)

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My bmi was 49 when I started looking into being banded. My bmi now is 39 it has droped so much since I've lost weight and so will yours. Your not alone we all pretty much came from the same place that your at and the band has helped us lower our body weight as well as our bmi... not to mention has helped our health/self esteem/confidence and the list goes on wih NSV'S or (Non scale Victories)

Be proud of your self for coming to the point that you have asked for help and want to gain the greatest tool for weight loss ever invented (in my book LOL!!!) and just know that one day you will be telling your self this was the best desicion you could have ever made and say good bye to that high bmi and hello to a new you!!!

Good luck!!!

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First of all, your BMI doesn't really mean squat. It's a tool to get your band, but It doesn't really mean anything else after that.

According the the BMI tables, I should weigh the same exact amount as a woman from SE Asia, with a tiny little skeleton. The only way that could happen is if I had some wasting disease and lost 50 pounds of muscle mass. Not gonna happen.

I will never be able to weigh what the BMI charts want me to weigh, nor should I want that.

According to the BMI charts, all atheletes are considered overweight or Obese, and in some cases, they care considered MO.

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Yep, muscle and bone weighs a lot more than fat, so if you've got 50 pounds of lean muscle on you, the BMI calc will count you as obese! That's insane! I work physically every day becayse I own a small cleaning company and I do the cleaning myself. When I tell people what I weigh, they always say 'wow you carry it so well'... not really, I just got muscle hidden underneith my fat tummy and huge bottom. Yes, I do have fat that I need to lose... but I also have muscle which I will never lose and my BMI will never be at 23... I do still have lots to lose, because as much as I would like to think I have a lot of muscle hidden under the fat, it isn't THAT much. Don't feel bad about how much you have to lose, be proud that now you have a tool to make it happen, and it WILL happen for you.

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Poodles-

My BMI was 46.4 when I started. Now, 6 months post op I am down 66 lbs and have a BMI of 36.

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