http://www.obesity-surgery.wordpress-by.org/2004/09/28/lean-muscle-bone-mass/ About types of surgeries available, dietary, family, work, emotional.. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:29:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.obesity-surgery.wordpress-by.org/2004/09/28/lean-muscle-bone-mass/#comment-1689 Nettie Retha Wed, 29 Sep 2004 18:13:28 +0000 http://www.obesity-surgery.wordpress-by.org/2004/09/28/lean-muscle-bone-mass/#comment-1689 Monte, Don't let the nurse convince you that 291 is healthy. A scale, no matter how "accurate" is not a realistic estimate of bone mass or muscle density. Your "mass" will change as you lose weight. Give yourself some time. Once you get going on a exercise program, your body will tell you where it wants to go. Also check out obesityhelp.com. They have a BMI measure that is a little more realistic than a bone mass scale. If you insist on going with bone mass or muscle density scales, get to a clinic that does water testing or a more reliable estimation. And remember that it is an ESTIMATION! I went from 318 to 166. My BMI went from 54.6 to 28.5. I have about forty pounds yet to go. People keep telling me not to lose more weight. But my body is telling me that it has a ways to go to be happy. Set some goals for yourself. Mine range from the simple (to climb the bluff on the Fourth of July - which I did!) to being able to buy a dress <!--more--> for my daughters weddings this fall without having to pay extra for "large" sizes. (Yes, both my girls are getting married within the next three months.) to walking the Christmas Celebration (a 15 mile walk/sing through the city to raise money for the Salvation Army Homeless Shelter). Do some reading and some research before you set a goal for yourself. Your doctor has been doing this for some time, if he says 230 is realistic, trust him. Mary Monte,
Don’t let the nurse convince you that 291 is healthy. A scale, no matter
how “accurate” is not a realistic estimate of bone mass or muscle
density. Your “mass” will change as you lose weight. Give yourself some
time. Once you get going on a exercise program, your body will tell you
where it wants to go.
Also check out obesityhelp.com. They have a BMI measure that is a little
more realistic than a bone mass scale. If you insist on going with bone
mass or muscle density scales, get to a clinic that does water testing or
a more reliable estimation. And remember that it is an ESTIMATION!
I went from 318 to 166. My BMI went from 54.6 to 28.5. I have about
forty pounds yet to go. People keep telling me not to lose more weight.
But my body is telling me that it has a ways to go to be happy.
Set some goals for yourself. Mine range from the simple (to climb the
bluff on the Fourth of July - which I did!) to being able to buy a dress

for my daughters weddings this fall without having to pay extra for
“large” sizes. (Yes, both my girls are getting married within the next
three months.) to walking the Christmas Celebration (a 15 mile walk/sing
through the city to raise money for the Salvation Army Homeless Shelter).
Do some reading and some research before you set a goal for yourself.
Your doctor has been doing this for some time, if he says 230 is
realistic, trust him.
Mary

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