One more!

Updated at the bottom....

In February I started on a journey to become a more healthy person. I knew that my weight was out of control and that I needed to do something about it. I started seeing my doctor for help and he started me on a medically managed plan that has worked very very well for me. It was a slow start, but once I got into it the weight started coming off. Im still on the same plan and had my monthly weigh in this morning. Now, since I dont care if everyone and their cousin knows my weight Im going to post exactly what I weighed, and what my BMI was when I started and what it is now, and then I will get to my annoyance.

February 17

Starting weight: 228
BMI: 39.1 (which by the way put me just a couple of points from morbidly obese)

Today July 28

Weight: 195
BMI: 33.4 (Still in the obese category 1 range)

That puts total weight loss at 33 pounds. I went from wearing a size 20W, thats a size 20 in Womens, big girl clothes, to just buying size 14 regular jeans at Maurices 2 days ago.

So here is my issue. My ideal weight, for my height and age is 108-132. Are you kidding me right now?? Do any of you remember how anorexic I looked when I was 20?? Because I do, I have the pictures to prove it. And when I was 20 I weighed 120 pounds. I understand that its healthy to be at your ideal weight, I understand that added pounds is a health issue....no question about it.  But really?? Why is it that we all have to be skin and bones to be considered healthy?  Do you know that the goal weight that I thought that I wanted to aim for will still put me in the very very high, as in just a point away, from the obese BMI category?!  And if I go 10 pounds down from that I would still be considered overweight and in need of losing 10% more of my body weight.

If I were to really care what the charts say and I were to lose all the way to what they say my ideal weight is, I would look sick, unhealthy. I would have bones protruding out of my skin...and to me, thats not attractive, AT ALL.  I cant say that I dont care I guess, because I wouldnt have had to process my thoughts by writing a FB note lol.  Super annoyed. Not upset and not discouraged.

Im going to keep doing what Im doing, and enjoy the way I look after losing 33 pounds.  And when the day comes that I meet my ultimate goal, I will celebrate the loss of however many pounds and the charts can take a hike!