My next scale goal has been my weight dropping to where I'm not in the highest obesity category on the BMI scale. And this morning, I made it!
I'm down 57 pounds since my highest, 41 since surgery. My BMI is down from 48.8 at my highest — class 3 obesity, sometimes called high-risk, morbid or super — to 39.3, or class 2/moderate risk.
Before my surgery, the bariatric team at Beth Israel told me I might always be considered "overweight" according to the BMI scales, and I'm okay with that. I'm even more okay with it after a friend shared with me her doctor said she's considered obese on the BMI scale. This friend is fit and I'd guess a size 10 or 12 — and if that's considered obese, I'm 100% fine with it.
Congratulations. That's got to feel gooooooood.
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