My highest BMI appears to have been 58.9 so I was almost at the point of super--super-obesity. As of today, my BMI is 33.7

you have to get all the way to 29 to be over weight...they need more catagories so you can feel like you are making progress faster :P

OMG--great post. I hadn't cross into "morbidly" yet but was classified as obese. My first wake up was getting on a WII fit for the first time at someone's home. I had no idea I was being weighed and all that stuff. Then it showed me the line and said OBESE. I was mortified--not to mention there were other people there. A few days later I attended a birthday party and got the pics in my email that afternoon. I actually thought I looked good that day--paying special attention to my hair and makeup and buying a new blouse. I looked like a big, pasty whale that was aging. I didn't even know who I was anymore.

So, that's when I started working.

I also had a fella tell me last year that I was a BBW--like it was a compliment or something. I could have slugged him but he is a guy that is like a brother to me and super close friend to the family. He didn't think he was saying anything out of line.

nelie, excellent progress! that is incredible.

it's just a term. dont let it stop you from reaching towards your goals.

When I hit "obese", it was the smack and wake-up call that I needed to make a lifestyle change. It certainly hurt but the thought of my health being endangered really shook me. That was four years ago and I don't ever want to go there again!

being obese
 

I had a lot of trouble accepting BMI as anything relevant.
I take care of many large women as a midwife, and I am a little blind to weight. I like them as people first, and weight and BMI are just numbers, and people are never just numbers to me as a care provider.

I also resented the BMI because I was classed as obese, and I didn't think I was obese. BUT, a big part of my weight loss journey was accepting that I was obese, I am fat. (hence the name fatmad) Once I accepted that I was fat, I could start thinking about losing weight.

I am now classed as overweight :D so I am please about that. I plan to get under that at least. Ironically, I was underweight for many years. I was quite skinny when younger, and didn't learn to eat properly as a result. As a care provider, I knew what to do right, but didn't, since I was in denial.

Now I am eating better, and I hope getting fitter, (still find exercise a challenge, I do NOT like it or enjoy it much at all).

I think you can use this label, and accept it, as part of working toward your better health. Good luck!

I hope you never leave 3FC. I always get so much out of your posts.

I like to say it in a funny voice. I am MOOOOOOOOOORBIDLY OBEEEEEESE. lol

If only you all could here me saying it. I've been obese almost my entire life, so I really don't know much else. I'm bored with being obese. I think I'll find out what ideal feels like. Maybe I'll dig it. ;)

I too hate "morbidly obese". I will do a happy dance the day I am just "obese"!

Thank you. That's very kind of you to say. I appreciate it.

Rest assured. I'm not going anywhere. This place has been a vital piece to my success. It keeps me aware and intune to my weight, my health. I will never ever again leave it on the back burner. And 3FC helps me to keep it front and center. Very important. Mucho. Mucho. Mucho.