My weight has yo-yoed all during my lifetime. I began dieting in puberty, for weight-loss and for maintenance, and I continued doing so during every year of the next 60+ years. 

During non-dieting months, my weight increased. At three separate times in my life, I successfully lost 100+ pounds, and a great many times, i lost 30 to 50 pounds.

The borderline between
a “normal” and an “overweight” BMI  is 25. 

The borderline between
an “overweight” and an “obese” BMI is 30.



As a child, my weight was normal. As a teenager-young adult my body fluctuated between a 21 & 24 BMI. 

At age 20, after the birth of my first child, my body had a 36 BMI. Several years later it dropped to a 23 BMI. 

My body rose to a 43 BMI. Several years later it dropped to a 26 BMI. 

About 24 years ago, at age 47,  My body reached a 52.9 BMI, and I had a RNY gastric bypass,
with no removal of any intestine, which means that all the food I eat is still digested. 

Since that time:

24 yrs ago  = 271 lbs = BMI 52.9 - weight-loss-surgery
21 yrs ago  = 160 lbs = BMI 31.2 - low weight without dieting AFTER weight-loss-surgery
12 yrs ago = 190 lbs  = BMI 37.1 - regained weight while dieting AFTER weight-loss-surgery
11 yrs ago = 115 lbs = BMI 22.5 - weight-loss after diet using computer food journal
Past 11 yrs = maintenance (115-130 lbs) BMI 20.3 at my lowest; BMI 27.3, at my highest

The chart below is a helpful way to visualize my Maintenance Weight Range.


 

Here are a few of my AFTER pictures.



45 years ago, age 26, BMI 23.6

27 years ago, age 44, BMI 27.4



11 years ago, age 60, BMI 22.5

10 years ago, age 61, BMI 20.5

There are over 300 videos of ME-in-my-maintenance-weight-range doing what I do,  at my website,  DietHobby.  More detailed information can be found in the ABOUT ME section of DietHobby.


There are no BEFORE pictures of me online.

I don’t share BEFORE pictures.
If I wanted people to see me fat, I would have stayed fat.

However, those curious can get a fairly accurate idea of how I looked during the fat stages in my life by visualizing a fat version of my face on Mama Cass's body. To help do that, here's a music video of California Dreamin', with Mama Cass.

If it’s time to move on… then go.
But if you are thinking about intentionally burning bridges as you exit, think again. 
It isn’t worth your time or effort. 
You never know what the collateral damage may be, or if you will ever need the bridge again. 
Put your effort into your future, not your past.

10 Reasons why Burning Bridges is a Waste of Time:

1.     Burning Bridges is Childish –  This is the purest case of the immature child not getting their way. You are upset so you are going to throw a fit and stomp off.
   
   
2.     You Don’t Know What Will Burn – When you play with fire, you never know what is going to burn.
   
   
3.     Never Say Never –You never ever know when life may bring you back down this path.
   
   
4.     It’s a Small World – Someone you burn now, could end up on the other side of the equation down the road.
   
   
5.     It Wastes Time & Energy –  Burning bridges is a waste of time and energy.
   
   
6.     There Is No Satisfaction – You think there will be great satisfaction in telling off someone. You will find that this fades quickly.
   
   
7.     You Are Not Always Right – It could be you. Really, it could be. And you may not realize it for some time, or ever.  Sometimes perspectives are going to be different no matter what.
   
   
8.     It May Be Them, but it Doesn’t Matter – You may be right, after all. However, most bad people do not see themselves that way. There is no reason to argue at this stage. Move along.
   
   
9.     Someone Else May Need the Bridge – People often burn bridges because they think they will not need them again. However, what if someone you know needs that bridge at a later time, but you have already destroyed it?
   
   
10.     You May Not Get Burned, But You Will Still Smell of Smoke – Your reputation will be tarnished. People will know.

...........So,
I read about how your body is always sending you Secret Messages, and when I listened for one,

THIS is what it said.