To catch up, post #2

 September 2021 May 2025

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Weight: 328 lbs. Weight: 228 lbs.

BMI: 57.6 kg/m2 BMI: 40.1 kg/m2

Size: 4x - 30/32 Size: 2x - 18/20

I've been given the go-ahead to have my knee replacement surgery this summer, contingent on my HbA1c, which a home-test says is 7.3, but yesterday I had an official lab draw and it was 6.4!!!!!!!!

I have dental work scheduled for June 24th. I have to wait 3-4 weeks after that to do the first surgery, so sometime in late July or August. But I should be able to call Monday and, barring any trouble with my bloodwork, etc., go ahead and at least schedule. I'm nervous yet excited. This is all getting quite real.

I feel much better physically than I did back then. I'm not so winded when I bend over. I do have more pain in my knees in some ways because my cartilage is completely gone, but still...it has to be helping. And it's nice to be in sizes I haven't been in since at least 15 or 20 years ago. I do have a little impostor syndrome going on. The medication has been a big part of it. I still eat badly at times. I'm hungry in the morning but not at night as a rule, and that helps. I'm not very active because of my knees. I'm trying to do chair yoga, though. My insurance has a benefit where you can get into a lot of fitness online for $10 a month (or in-person and online for more in tiers).

It's now officially 100 lbs. That last pound has been elusive, and I've been retaining some water of late, so I've been fluctuating up to 232 or so. But I got a little dehydrated from a cold and went down to 225, and today I'm exactly at 228, so I'm right at the 'hey-I-lost-exactly-a-hundred-pounds-mark-and-I'm-happy!

I feel pretty good. I've lost almost a whole person. I'd like to get down to 200. I think that I'd feel best there. The 'normal' weight for my height is insanely 145, which I think would be too thin for me. Even in high school, I was 180. The last time I was 145, I was in 6th or 7th grade and four inches shorter!

But 200 would be nice, a BMI of 30.5 (right on the edge of class 1 and class 2 obesity, but well under severe obesity). It's ridiculous how low you have to go to get to overweight. I know BMI is not the best measure, anyway. But I know I felt well at 200 lbs, and I hope with the knee replacements I can finally be more active and achieve that by being able to walk.

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