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Introduction Text I try to keep my page updated. If I haven't updated in a while, feel free to Sparkmail me and ask me to update! Most recent update = December 29th, 2020 I had a VSG - vertical sleeve gastrectomy - better known as a gastric sleeve on June 24th 2020. I have struggled with my weight since I was a teenager and I am now 50. I am tired of it. I lost over 100 pounds in 2016, kept 80 of it off but simply had not been able to lose any more. I needed a tool that will help me do this. Please, for those that have not followed me in this, do not think "this was the easy way" it ain't even close to easy. But it is a beautiful tool with which to reach my goals and stay there! Highest Weight (HW) 435 - BMI Feb 1st 2016 = 68.1 super-super-morbidly obese Surgery Weight (SW) 352 lbs - BMI June 24th 2020 = 55.1 super morbidly obese pivotal moment - 314 lbs - BMI August 23rd 2020 = 49 morbidly obese or class 3 obesity pivotal moment - 299lbs - BMI Sept = 46.8 class 3 obesity - finally under 300 CURRENT WEIGHT (CW) 280 lbs - BMI December 29th, 2020 = 43.8 morbidly obese or class 3 obesity pivotal moment goal ...255lbs - BMI DATE ??? = 39.9 = class II obesity (severely obese) pivotal moment goal...223lbs - BMI DATE ??? = 34.9 = class 1 obesity (obese) pivotal moment goal...191lbs - BMI DATE ??? = 29.9 = overweight Goal Weight (GW) 159 lbs - BMI = DATE??? = 24.9 = normal weight of course now they have changed the classifications of BMI, but that was how the classifications went when I started... this is current information BMI Classification 18.5 or less underweight 18.5–24.9 normal weight 25.0–29.9 overweight 30.0–34.9 class I obesity 35.0–39.9 class II obesity 40.0 or more class III obesity The surgical literature breaks down class III obesity into further categories, though the exact values are still disputed. A BMI above 35 is severe obesity A BMI above 40 is morbid obesity A BMI above 50 is super obese

I just want to be comfortable in my own skin. To be able to walk around in the stores. To be able to take care of myself without help. I want to LIVE

I have to make sure I get protein before any other foods or I may not have room for the protein. But I am not "low-carb". It's just that protein has to come first since my VSG

My real name is Kathy and I live in southern West Virginia with my husband James. we have no kids - just never happened I am a 1970 model - just like my husbands favorite car - his Chevelle! I am 5'7" I was 5'8" as a teenager! I lost an inch the wrong direction!!!!

My user name Wildkat781 comes from my dear horse Mr Wildkat. He was an Appaloosa born in 1978. I got him in 1985. He died in 2004. He was my best friend for 19 years.

Add a Link Kathy from southern West Virginia co-leader of Class of 2006 Team Leader of Spark West Virginia - The Official Team Leader of Weight Loss Surgery Team Leader of Gastric Sleevers Leader of Official SparkPeople Google Fit Team "Exercising would be so much more rewarding if calories screamed when you burned them!"
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