[nelie]

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

[healthytoad]

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

[Thighs Be Gone]

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.

[Thighs Be Gone]

nelie, excellent progress! that is incredible.

[RN BSN 2009]

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

[sacha]

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!

[fatmad]

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 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!

[thinpossible]

Originally Posted by rockinrobin

I'm the same height as you. Only I weighed even more then you. I was one of the SUPER morbidly obese. Lucky me . All right, LUCK, had nothing to do with it. It was MY doing. But since it was *my* doing, it was also then totally and completely up to me to undo it. And it CAN be undone. Let this spur you on. Get excited about the changes you can make to change your life. Break it down into increments. Perhaps 10 lbs at a time.

Despite what those BMI charts tell you, you will be feeling fabulous and fit and quite "ideal" waaay before you hit those 120's.

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

[redreine]

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.

[time2lose]

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

[rockinrobin]

Originally Posted by thinpossible

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

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.