I am taking the scale to Ben's apartment this morning. I had to do one final weigh in. I dropped a pound, so now I am down to 146 pounds. That puts my BMI at 22.9. Whether I want to admit it or not, the reality is that if I were to have the plastics that I need today, I would be darn close to the bottom of my BMI range (almost close to the underweight category....as I have lost 247 pounds....Many people estimate that for every 100 pounds you lose, you have about 7 pounds of excess skin. That means that I am probably in the range of 17-18 pounds of excess skin.)
This seems so surreal, that I am reaching a point to stop losing weight. I will still probably weigh on the 26th, just to keep things in check. I thought I would be in more of a celebratory mood upon reaching goal, but right now the top things on my mind are the acidosis and getting my bloodwork back in order.
Congratulations on getting to getting to that point in your journey! It is an incredible accomplishment.
ReplyDeleteI'm not too familiar with acidosis - it's not something I've come across in the past couple of years, but it sounds like an after effect of a revving metabolism, I could be wrong though. Well, I hope you get it all squared away.
How much potassium is your PCP prescribing? I am headed for a good bit of testing this Friday, sort of a belated two year surgiversary thing, hopefully all will be well.