The goal weight number

[clk 3,519]

Oh, I agree that the BMI chart is hugely flawed. That said, every single ailment I had prior to weight loss was dismissed by doctors as being caused by obesity. Everything - from infertility to insomnia to pain in my ankle - was shrugged off with a "if you lose 50 pounds you'll feel better" and "here's another referral to the nutritionist."

So for me, the issue isn't that I feel a magical shift from unhealthy to healthy when I go from 140 to 135 pounds.

It's that my doctors aren't able to dismiss me as easily.

~Cheri

[Lighter&Faster 1]

You need someone who really knows body composition for Bariatric surgery patients. If you live in Colorado, try Dr. Wolkodoff, www.cochss.com. He was at Rose Hospital, and left to go back to private practice. He is the best expert on this and how you use this information to set goal weight. It's not about BMI, it's about how much muscle you have and that should determine your workout plan, and more importantly where that muscle is comparing the arms, trunk and legs. He told me about the research that just showed how flawed BMI was at predicting your ending weight.

[SuzyB 182]

You need someone who really knows body composition for Bariatric surgery patients. If you live in Colorado' date=' try Dr. Wolkodoff, www.cochss.com. He was at Rose Hospital, and left to go back to private practice. He is the best expert on this and how you use this information to set goal weight. It's not about BMI, it's about how much muscle you have and that should determine your workout plan, and more importantly where that muscle is comparing the arms, trunk and legs. He told me about the research that just showed how flawed BMI was at predicting your ending weight.

Thanks for this resource. I am North of Denver and I do much in FTC but I am interested in a more accurate assessment of weight vs bmi.

[Macy6 356]

I have a "goal" number but I have never fully been set on it. My surgeon set two goals for me. The top of my BMI and their expected goal, which is 70% of my excess weight, however going into this I have always said if I hit 170 and I am healthy and active and feeling good I am not going to beat myself up. However I am not going to be ok hitting 170 if I'm sitting on the couch at home not even trying. I want to be comfortable in my own skin, where that lands on the scale is to be seen. My surgeons goal is high enough that I am not worried about making their goal.