What
Larra said, about MsVee losing 200 pounds and being a success! (And feeling like a failure!). Yup.
I think we all hope to get to our IDEAL or PERFECT weight. But bariatric surgery doesn’t guarantee that result, nor does it…IMHO…even give us consistent goals.
For one thing, Bariatric Surgery is considered a failure if we don’t lose, and maintain the loss of, 50% of our excess weight. I’ve done that. You’ve done that. We are successes. (Of course, calculating excess weight requires subtracting your healthy weight from your current weight and the “healthy“ weight on charts is nuts!)
Those charts and calculators will make us crazy. According to those things, reaching my healthy weight goal would have placed me at about 25-30# LESS than I weighed at the end of Basic Training. And to me, I don’t think I was 25-30# overweight in this photo.
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And here I am, two years later, even heavier because my baby was only three months old and I had massive nursing ****s. But the charts say I was obese. I can live with this level of obesity.
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Anyway, you fit EVERY criteria for SUCCESSFUL bariatric surgery. If you have some secret desire to be a failure in life, choose a different area. Like maybe you are a failure as a concert harp player? Or Norwegian Literature professor!? Until you do, you’ll have to settle for being a success! Sorry.