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Weight Loss/Maintenance

rox63

(9,464 posts) Mon Sep 24, 2012, 02:51 PM Sep 2012

Half-way to goal weight [View all]

Today I hit the half-way mark to my eventual weight goal. (Goal may be subject to change) I started my weight-loss journey 7 months ago, and have lost 60 lbs since then, half before my surgery in June, and half since. I know that this is going to take a long time, and that the life changes need to be permanent. My starting BMI was a tad above 46, and it is now a tad below 36. My goal is at the high end of the normal range for my height. I know I'll never be a skinny minnie - I just don't have that sort of body shape. And since I am nearly 50, I have no plans to try on any bikinis even when I get to goal.