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[tcrehm 101]

@@Desmond Longbottom only 2 more pounds for me not to be obese anymore! Welcoming that new milestone!

[Desmond Longbottom 147]

Hey hey family.

I had a really good day today. My 3 month check up with my surgeon and nutritionist was today. Eavann my nut asked me do i remember what i said during my first consultation on what weight I'd like to achieve with my surgery. At the time I was 156kg 345lb (ish) and said 100kg or about 220lbs. I then proceeded to completely and utterly forget about this. Fast forward to today and i had my weigh in and I was 101kg. She said that congrats were in order as i had essentially achieved my target weight.

I was floored.... For two reasons. Firstly the obvious one. I had attained a target! like whoah! Then I had a rush of sympathy for the old me. At one point I genuinely felt that getting to this weight was a stratospheric target.... high high in the sky and possibly unattainable. I thought that 220lb was a realistic expectation for me. Even when asked a lofty pie in the sky question I was unable to even imagine that I plus surgery could achieve normal healthy BMI.

My response was a genuine and true..... "but, but, I feel like I've only just started??"

She then said that they get that a lot. My revised (official) target is now 76kg or 167lbs and in line with what I've had here on bariatric pal since September/October. She said that I'm 2/3 of the way now, so still a little bit to go.

My response to that was a jovial yet deadly serious "Sure, no bother to me".

On a more serious note I am so delighted with the changes in my head. Much more so than the body changes. The body is great don't get me wrong, but it's upstairs where the real change lives. My identity crisis is throwing up the most lovely of artefacts. The old me would not in a month of sundays let alone in an instant like that be so sure of himself and while I had genuine sympathy for the Des who sat in that far off consultant's office and murmured that he wanted to be 100kg, I couldn't help but smile at how distant I felt from him than at that point. It was literally like Eavann was describing the actions of another person.

In other news Oliver my surgeon is delighted with my every progress. He's asked me to get a Vitamin B12 test done but the rest of my blood panel has caused him to wax lyrical about me! Bad cholesterol down, good cholesterol up etc. etc. the list goes on.... Blood pressure is good and still very much in control. All told things are pretty much in fine working order under my proverbial bonnet.

So that was my day. Walking on sunshine right now to be honest.

Chat to ye again soon.

Des x

Man on the veritable cusp of non obeseness.

Edited February 3, 2016 by Desmond Longbottom

[SassyNanny 311]

Always a pleasure to hear from you Des. I go in the 17th for my 3 month check up. Got my blood drawn yesterday. Fingers crossed.

[Smytty 93]

Great news Des! I do understand what you mean by the "head" changes. Its quite the journey we are on to say the least! Keep up the good work and thanks for update.

[Desmond Longbottom 147]

BMI <30

This is all

[Smytty 93]

Great news Des! Me too!

[Desmond Longbottom 147]

so folks? any news?

[Smytty 93]

Not too much new to report here Des. I have started running again, and signed up for my first 10k "on the other side" lol. So I'm looking forward to that!

[Desmond Longbottom 147]

well hullo everybody.

i've had a bit of an interesting few weeks. Highlights included a new job and low points included contracting h1n1 flu..... or as the media calls it "swine flu" which caused me to develop pneumonia. I'm out of hospital and i'm getting better now but i won't be running anything more strenuous than a hot Water faucet for a few weeks.

Weight wise things are slowing down but still pushing along in the correct direction. I'm now at my lightest weight since I was about 13 years old and soon will be lighter than I was at the end of primary school. Looking forward to getting below 200lbs not that it's of any particular metric to me as i work in stones or kilograms mostly, but it's a nice number to finally sneak under. My final goal which; i feel i can at last actually think and talk about now as it is starting to appear on the horizon, is about 160 lbs/11 st/70kg. Just a mere 45 lbs to go and i've already lost three times that. Sure it will be no bother to me.

hope everyone else is doing well.

Des x

Actual honest to goodness non obese person..... sitting right here typing a message to lovely folk!

[Smytty 93]

Hi Des! I'm sorry you have had that terrible flu! Wishing you a speedy recovery.

My weight loss has definately slowed down too. I can eat more now so I do have to be careful what I put in my mouth now.

I am not yet under 200 pounds but only a few pounds away now.

Take good care of yourself Des. Nice to hear from you!????

[sineadorebellion 19]

Wow I haven't been on here since the surgery. It's so great to see all the progress everyone is making!! I'm very happy with my progress so far. My hw in January 2015 was around 285. My surgery weight was 234 and my cw is 165. Still have a little more I want to lose but it'll happen.

[Desmond Longbottom 147]

So I've done it, I'm below 90kg. Incidentally in lb terms I'm also in the so called "onederland" I've lost almost 67kg or 150lbs. Only 13-16 more kilograms (30-36 more lbs) to go depending on where i draw my final target line. Final Target seemed so amorphous and distant and changeable. It feels so bloody close and real and solid now. I honestly don't know what to think about it. I do know that when i step on that scales, and it says what i finally decide i want it to say, then i'm gonna be one very emotional (yet manly) guy!

My BMI is down to 27 today. 16lbs left to get that below 25. That's right I am only 16lbs over normal healthy weight now. i used to be literally 10 times that much over weight.

Anyways. Lovely as always speaking to you folk.

Des

[SassyNanny 311]

Amazing! Kudos to you Des.

[tcrehm 101]

Well my hair has stopped falling out at such a high rate (started a little over 3 1/2 months and stopped at about 6 months) but now my hair has a straw-like consistency. Any ideas on how best to get my hair not feel like straw?

[BCs 1000 364]

Lol, mine has also stopped falling out but it looks like straw too. I might just keep it short until something nice grows through.