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18 Month Follow Up

Butterthebean

By Butterthebean, in WLS Veteran's Forum

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buplee    556

buplee
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I think it's agreed then.., we all feel better, enjoy better health now and look better than before? I declare us all at GOAL!!!! I'll bring the sleevers rendition of the "juice boxes"

I drink those shakes whenever I am on the go. I really like the vanilla shake a lot.

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CowgirlJane    14,259

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Don't know how I missed this - congrats butter you look great!

My sugeon said that once you are under about 28 BMI, you have gained pretty much the health benefits associated with losing weight. Again, everybody is different, he is just saying that from a health perspective, no need to fixate on moving to the normal catagory.

I would also be careful about bodyfat percentage. For our age range, I believe 25-30% is considered normal. Well, I think I am pretty muscular, I have visible muscles on back, shoulders and legs - but the home bathroom scale says my body fat is 28-29%. I would like to improve from where I am but i can't see that this info is accurate.

I think that the right goal weight is some balancing act between health/looks/maintainability. That combo is different for each of us. Not everybody looks better just because they are thinner thats for sure. .

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sleeveconvert    55

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GREAT JOB Butter ! You look amazing! ! I'm sure you feel great. Cheers... Here's to the next 18 mos+++++ !!!

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danaevett    179

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Amazing!

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Chelenka    827

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Butter-man! Looking awesome! Would you like a new Flyers jersey? I bet the one your wearing in your before pic is a tad too large now.

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Butterthebean    8,146

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Butter-man! Looking awesome! Would you like a new Flyers jersey? I bet the one your wearing in your before pic is a tad too large now.

LOL....yeah that thing is a car cover now. XL will fit me just fine thanks. :)

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abetterme4.2    268

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Butter, you look absolutely amazing. Very happy for you and all of your hard work. Thanks for always being encouraging.

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