Originally published November 22, 2008
Had my meeting with the WLS (weight loss surgery for those jumping in to the middle of this conversation) nurse last Tuesday. They took my official starting weight, measurements, etc and a picture. 369.5#, 5′11″ tall, 18″ around mid arm, 59″ wait, 56″ hips.
wow.
So here’s the pic they took of me. Shoulda done a profile too. Maybe I’ll do one of those on my own. My insurance requires six months of medically supervised weight loss. Been working with my doctor, but I was only going in about every three months when I needed blood pressure checks for my meds. The nurse doesn’t think the insurance company will take what’s there right now, thinks I should give it about three more months. With the various stuff I have going on now, by end of January or start February I should hit that six months, so I guess I won’t be scheduled for surgery for about 4 months.
21. That’s what they want me to lose before I can have the surgery. 10% of the “excess” body weight… in case you can’t do the math, going by your basic statistics, I’m 210# over weight. So that’s saying my “ideal” weight is 160#. I couldn’t tell you the last time I was at that weight. High School? Middle School? Does that matter? Nah, not really. I don’t think I’ll get down to there… not even close. Average loss from WLS is about 2/3 that excess, which would put me in the 240 range. Honestly, right now, I can’t even imagine 300, let alone 250 or less. Besides, right now, the focus isn’t 250, it’s 350. I have three months to break that barrier, right smack in the middle of the Holiday feasting season. But hey… 16 weeks give or take, that’s just 1.31 pounds per week.
Yee ha.
