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- Type of diabetes
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the waistline and its accompanying tummy, the disappearing belly button, the way clothes fit, ;an underlying wish to have a reason to be vain, unachieved goals of middle age, fighting against the night, awcret (no0w no so) wish to purchase and ear a bikini and the imagined ahs instead of sounds of horror at that revealing result, ya know, all those vain kinds of things, who am I to complain cause my life is good?
Contralto, I'm not trying to influence your decision making or be critical, but I would like to share some of my experience on this body change experience.
When I was diagnosed, I didn't set out to lose weight. Sure, I had some love handles and a few extra pounds, but my sole goal was my blood numbers. That said, as I changed my diet around, and ate to my meter, I did lose weight, and fairly quickly, to the extent I have ended up very slim, with a BMI where I fend off underweight, and similar to your own findings the alternative BMI assessment site suggests adding a few kilos could be helpful. However to my real point:
Clearly when I was losing weight my body shape changed; mainly for the better, although my arms aren't the best they have ever been, BUT, once I stabilised my weight, my body shape continued to change. It was almost like as I lost, my body sacrificed what it could whilst losing weight quickly, then as it stabilised, the clever old body settled and sort of moderate. It's almost like shaking out a duvet in the morning. The lumps and bumps created during the night are smoothed out.
Could it be worth just maintaining for a couple of months? Aside from anything else, it would prove to you you can maintain a level weight, without yo-yoing? That was what I really didn't want; that yo-yo effect.
If you stabilised for a couple of months and see where your body settles, you could be better informed. If it's any consolation, my waist was the last thing to nip in tight. I had carried my weight around my middle and at the point of stabilising, i was sort of column shape, whereas now I do have a definite waist.
That's just my experience and perspective.