Question for all postops

how long did your Dr. say it would take you to get to your goal weight? and how much did you weigh befor surgery and what do you weight now?

My doctor did not specify how long but he wanted me to goal for a year, he did tell me that I will loose most of my weight in the first 6-9 months, which entering month five I am glad I lost the 53 lbs I did but I wish I would have lost more. I still need to loose 55lbs. to my goal. I am not even half way there. Based on the postings I have lost the least amount in this time period. I started at 258 Weight today 205 Goal 148 Lori

Donna, My doctor never told me specifics. He did tell me I should be to my goal within one year - I needed to lose 102 lbs. You can see that everyone loses at different rates when you check out the postings on the boards, though. I started at 246 and now I'm 184 - 62 lbs down. My goal is 144. Good luck! Tandi

My doc & I never mentioned goal weights as in numbers. He & I are both more concerned about health and quality of life! Personally, I have not been a healthy/normal size my entire adult life, so I don't really know what I should weigh.

Rather than talking with my surgeon about goal weight, I went to a Metabolic and human performance specialist (the kind that high caliber athletes go to) - he works at a local college, and was able to tell me my true BMI, and set a goal weight that is realistic to someone with my bone density and muscle mass. Before I started my journey I weighed over 400lbs. Day of my surgery I weighed 355. Today I weigh 260. I am at my goal weight that was set at that appointment. I am in the process of scheduling a new appointment with him so I can be reevaluated to understand how much fat vs. lean mass I have lost, check on my metabolic rate, and set a new goal weight (I'm still losing) We NEVER discussed time. He said ultimately that it is easier to lose the first year, but never in my wildest dreams did I think I'd be at my goal weight at month 5. PS - when I told my surgeon I had gone to a specialist, he asked for his goals for me, when I told them to him he said "sounds good" rather passively. . .he seemed fine to defer to a fellow expert. Best of luck to you, ~Lara

My Dr. said between 160 and 180 lbs would be a good goal for me, and it would take between 1 to 1 1/2 years. I am down 79 lbs today and I started at size 26/28 and now am at 16/18! I couldn't be happier with my progress! Best wishes to all of you! Donna P.

I'm a little over halfway to my goal. The doctor told me his goal was for me to get to 170 lbs. He said I could lose more than that, but that would put me out of the danger zone for weight related illnesses. He never gave me a time limit, but said I was right on track with being at 55 lbs loss at my last visit. I found the cool tool on this website for seeing what your expected weight loss would be: http://www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/postopplanner.phtml

My doctor told me I could expect to reach what they consider my goal weight (70% of my body fat, i.e. 200 pounds) 1.5 years after surgery. To date I have lost 90 pounds which is 45% of my total body fat so according to him I'm over half way. I guess they really think things will slow down. 340/250/150 Dianne

SURGERY 4/22/04 STARTED AT 240 LBS. TODAY I AM 156 LBS I AM AT MY 4 MONTH MARK

My doctor said on average it takes about a year, although he said patients will lose more than half of what they have to lose in the 1st 6 months. My start weight (the morning of surgery) was 280. I am down to 205. Its been about 4½ months. The last time I saw my surgeon, he said for me, individually, he thinks I'll be pretty close to goal by Christmastime, which will be about 8½ months postop.