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"Cat" wrote in message
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Just broke through the 150 barrier and now I'm at 148.

Cat

220/148/120

"Chris Braun" wrote in message
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On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 01:58:43 GMT, "Cat" wrote:

I picked my weight goal as the weight I used to be before I gained 100
lbs.
I weighed 120 lbs. nearly my entire adult life, only being heavy the last
couple of years. I'm 5'5", so this is a pretty good weight for me. I
would
say my bone structure is average, neither large nor small.

I may not reach my goal, but I think I can get close to it. Anyway, it is
worth a try.

Cat

Thanks! I'm just a tad taller than you -- about 5'6" -- but have a
larger bone structure and a lot of muscle. I weighed around 140-145
for a long time before I put on weight. I'm not sure I want to get
quite that low now, though. I was much less muscular then, and I
don't want to lose it.

Chris

My initial goal weight of 150 was chosen by me and my doctor - initially he
said 160 until my actual frame size became apparent. I wanted to go to 150
and he thought that it would be a good upper limit weight for my height (5'4
3/4" but I used to be 5'5"). I told him I wanted to eventually work my way
down to 135-140 and he told me that I might be uncomfortable, but I wouldn't
be underweight and there was no reason why I couldn't shoot for that over
time - just not on the fasting part of the HMR program. We're going to play
it by ear from here since I'm officially in transition from very low
calories to a more normal level as of yesterday. My BMI is now 25 which is
borderline overweight and there is no way that I am overweight right now.
Even the doctor said that BMI is a guideline, not a strict standard.

Now I'm more concerned now with losing more of the fat deposits in my
abdomen, legs, and upper arms and work my way down from a size 10 to a size
8. I figure I'll end up weighing somewhere in the 140's until I have my
tummy tuck and any other excess skin (summer '05). I think I have quite a
few pounds of skin hanging around so I'm not going to get too hung up on the
scale as long as it stays below 150 and I can fit into my jeans comfortably.

Jenn

On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 09:19:34 -0500, "Jennifer Austin"
wrote:

Now I'm more concerned now with losing more of the fat deposits in my
abdomen, legs, and upper arms and work my way down from a size 10 to a size
8. I figure I'll end up weighing somewhere in the 140's until I have my
tummy tuck and any other excess skin (summer '05). I think I have quite a
few pounds of skin hanging around so I'm not going to get too hung up on the
scale as long as it stays below 150 and I can fit into my jeans comfortably.

I'm thinking that I'll decide on a good weight based more on clothing
size than on the scale. I'm not sure what that size will be, though.
Now I generally wear size 14. I think 12 might be a reasonable goal.
I'm not sure I can go lower than that overall given my bone structure
-- width of hip bones and shoulders; It might be that if I lost more
weight than that I'd just end up a sort of scrawny 12. But we shall
see :-).

I don't now have enough excess skin to warrant surgery. I have some
sort of wrinkly areas but no real folds or anything like that. (I
always carried weight pretty evenly and didn't have a really huge
belly, so no folds there.) If I felt that the last 10 pounds I might
want to lose made the difference between major skin folds and not, I
might just decide to stay where I am. Again, we shall see. I'm not
keen on the idea of having surgery for this. I might if it became a
significant comfort or health issue, but it's certainly not now.

Chris

"Chris Braun" wrote in message
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I don't now have enough excess skin to warrant surgery. I have some
sort of wrinkly areas but no real folds or anything like that. (I
always carried weight pretty evenly and didn't have a really huge
belly, so no folds there.) If I felt that the last 10 pounds I might
want to lose made the difference between major skin folds and not, I
might just decide to stay where I am. Again, we shall see. I'm not
keen on the idea of having surgery for this. I might if it became a
significant comfort or health issue, but it's certainly not now.

Chris

My belly is really bad right now and I'm starting to have skin problems.
It's a serious comfort issue when my entire torso doesn't just jiggle, but
bounces when I do anything high impact. I have to wear spandex to keep it
all still. I hope this improves over time as my arms have, but if the
infections and pain continue I'll have no choice there. If the arms are
still hanging and the thighs, I'm going to just have them done at the same
time to get it over with. It really is a comfort issue for me more than
looks - I never intended to wear belly exposing clothing due to too many
stretch marks and my gall bladder surgery scar

Jenn

WTG Cat

Susan
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"Cat" wrote in message
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Just broke through the 150 barrier and now I'm at 148.

Cat

220/148/120

The infections? Weight loss related infections?

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"Jennifer Austin" wrote in message
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"Chris Braun" wrote in message
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I don't now have enough excess skin to warrant surgery. I have some
sort of wrinkly areas but no real folds or anything like that. (I
always carried weight pretty evenly and didn't have a really huge
belly, so no folds there.) If I felt that the last 10 pounds I might
want to lose made the difference between major skin folds and not, I
might just decide to stay where I am. Again, we shall see. I'm not
keen on the idea of having surgery for this. I might if it became a
significant comfort or health issue, but it's certainly not now.

Chris

My belly is really bad right now and I'm starting to have skin problems.
It's a serious comfort issue when my entire torso doesn't just jiggle, but
bounces when I do anything high impact. I have to wear spandex to keep it
all still. I hope this improves over time as my arms have, but if the
infections and pain continue I'll have no choice there. If the arms are
still hanging and the thighs, I'm going to just have them done at the same
time to get it over with. It really is a comfort issue for me more than
looks - I never intended to wear belly exposing clothing due to too many
stretch marks and my gall bladder surgery scar

Jenn

Congrats! I am working on the 250 barrier now!!!

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"Cat" wrote in message
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Just broke through the 150 barrier and now I'm at 148.

Cat

220/148/120

"Chris Braun" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 09:19:34 -0500, "Jennifer Austin"
wrote:

Now I'm more concerned now with losing more of the fat deposits in my
abdomen, legs, and upper arms and work my way down from a size 10 to a
size
8. I figure I'll end up weighing somewhere in the 140's until I have my
tummy tuck and any other excess skin (summer '05). I think I have quite
a
few pounds of skin hanging around so I'm not going to get too hung up on
the
scale as long as it stays below 150 and I can fit into my jeans
comfortably.

I'm thinking that I'll decide on a good weight based more on clothing
size than on the scale. I'm not sure what that size will be, though.
Now I generally wear size 14. I think 12 might be a reasonable goal.
I'm not sure I can go lower than that overall given my bone structure
-- width of hip bones and shoulders; It might be that if I lost more
weight than that I'd just end up a sort of scrawny 12. But we shall
see :-).

Clothing size will probably be my measurement, too. I have some size 10
winter slacks that I wore a couple of years ago and I felt and looked good
in them. I think I was around 140 at that time. I'm only 5'3" but I'm far
from having a petite build. I measure 36" around the rib cage right below
the bust. I currently have a 41" bust but had a 38" the last time I wore
the size 10 slacks. I have very little fat in this area and don't think
the bones are going to get any smaller g Anything below a 10 on the
bottom and the top starts looking out of proportion. I'm pretty broad
through the shoulders. I'm like many here - I'll just have to see what I
look like I as lose the pounds. I would like to see a little more
definition in the shoulder and arm area.

Beverly


Beverly

I don't now have enough excess skin to warrant surgery. I have some
sort of wrinkly areas but no real folds or anything like that. (I
always carried weight pretty evenly and didn't have a really huge
belly, so no folds there.) If I felt that the last 10 pounds I might
want to lose made the difference between major skin folds and not, I
might just decide to stay where I am. Again, we shall see. I'm not
keen on the idea of having surgery for this. I might if it became a
significant comfort or health issue, but it's certainly not now.

Chris

On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 11:44:58 -0500, "Jennifer Austin"
wrote:

I never intended to wear belly exposing clothing due to too many
stretch marks and my gall bladder surgery scar


I'm with you on that :-). Anyway, at my age it seems kind of
inappropriate. I already am feeling like I'm probably pushing the
boundaries of what's age-appropriate by wearing slightly low-cut
jeans, denim jackets, cargo pants, and stuff like that. In my head I
think of all this as teenager clothing. I'm having fun clothes
shopping, though :-).

Chris

On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 18:17:06 GMT, "Beverly"
wrote:

Clothing size will probably be my measurement, too. I have some size 10
winter slacks that I wore a couple of years ago and I felt and looked good
in them. I think I was around 140 at that time. I'm only 5'3" but I'm far
from having a petite build. I measure 36" around the rib cage right below
the bust. I currently have a 41" bust but had a 38" the last time I wore
the size 10 slacks. I have very little fat in this area and don't think
the bones are going to get any smaller g Anything below a 10 on the
bottom and the top starts looking out of proportion. I'm pretty broad
through the shoulders. I'm like many here - I'll just have to see what I
look like I as lose the pounds. I would like to see a little more
definition in the shoulder and arm area.

I'm about 37.5" under the bust, with almost no fat in that area --
ribs are easily visible. My bust measurement is currently 43.5". It
will probably go down some, but I don't think it has been under 40"
anytime in my adult life. In any case, I'm sufficiently
broad-shouldered that having a smaller bust measurement wouldn't
necessarily mean I could wear smaller shirts. My hips are currently
42"; I don't think they've ever been much under 40". My waist is
around 31.5" and will get smaller, but I think not tons -- maybe 29"
or so? Measurements of 40-29-40 would make me -- according to the
size chart I'm looking at at the moment -- a 16 on the top and a 12 in
the waist and hips. I mostly wear knit tops so that isn't as bad a
discrepancy as it might seem.

I have lots of shoulder definition -- could use a little more in the
upper arms. It's coming as I lose fat.

It's interesting to watch :-).

Chris