40 or 60 pounds lost

Here's my dilemma...a good one, too! From the point of surgery, I've lost 43 pounds. Well, I had to go to my primary doctor today about my fractured tailbone which I cracked when getting on the water slide on my now fatless butt! LOL (These are the good days!) According to my doctor, I've lost 57 pounds!! Because he had my highest weight listed on his chart which was 11 pounds extra to my surgery date weight. So when people ask how much I've lost, I've been starting with my surgery date weight but most people don't know that I've had WLS. So I wouldn't be lying if I go back to my highest weight. What would you do? Get ready to say 60 pounds lost or be modest and say over 40? I think I'd rather say almost 60. When talking to a girlfriend about this today, she says I look more like I've lost 60 than 40. This day has been very motivating for me! Karel

I say...-65 since surgery. I lost 15 lbs prior to that but since I am using the surgeon's weight to keep my record, it is easier for me to use that.

You've lost nearly 60, so say it with pride!!! -Donna

It doesn't matter how, why or when you lost it - it's gone and be proud of it. No one needs to know the particulars. In fact those 1st 14 pounds were much harder to lose and you worked harder to lose them becuase you didn't have the advantage of your new tool. So say it proudly - I've lost 57 pounds!! Go ahead - try it right now - see how it sounds.-------- There! Doesn't that feel good?

Claim the 60! I claim every last darned ounce. And congratulations on losing the weight. Great job! Connie

I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I WEIGHED 244 WHEN I HAD SURGERY BUT WHEN I GOT HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL I WEIGHED 255 !! NOW I'M 197 , SO I SAY I'VE LOST 58 POUNDS. BECAUSE I HAVE ! JUDY

I have the same dilemma...I weighed 432 on New Years but was down to 410 by my surgery date. I've lost 60 pounds since surgery but 78 altogether. So...

I lost from 450 to 317 on my own and ended up having hip surgery and regaining to 372. That is when I saw my surgeon. I lost to 358 before surgery in two weeks on my own. Mt doc counts that it the weight loss from surgery as I was on his diet. Today I weighed in at 299!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I cried. So, I have lost 73 pounds in 3 months, but 151 altogether!

Same situation here. It's either 55 or 63 when taken from my all-time high. I started to lose some weight before I saw the doctor, then some more before surgery. I was only going to claim the 55 when, the other day, I found an old gadge****ch I bought at the height of my desperation (= the all time high of my poundage, same thing). It has a setting where you can enter your weight, then you do a bunch of other stuff, and it will give you a burn rate on exercise, subtract calories. (No wonder I couldn't make that work, what a bandaid where surgery was needed, anyway...) What a charge it was to start at 272 and take it down to 209. Something about doing that made me realize I had lost 63 pounds and deserved to claim it all. You deserve it, too. Gano