Stats anyone??

I am almost 5 months out and am really picking up with the weight loss. I thought I would start to slow down by now. I had a great week, losing 5#. I am under 200#, have lost a total of 71#, and am really proud. Many people, especially at work, have made mention about me losing weight. My next goal is to be to 175 by Thanksgiving. I have 2 months to lose 20#s. I think that is doable! That will make it 91# in 6 months. I wanted it to be 100# down by 6 months but won't be crushed. I have learned that it is more important to focus on where I am going than being hung up with all the numbers. I just want to be at goal by my 1 year anniversary. That is 60 more #s, I am over 1/2 way there! How is everyone else doing? Stats anyone?? Jeanette Lap RNY 5-9-03 264/195/??140??

Jeanette, I have to say I am envious of your loss. I had my surgery on 5/13/03 starting weight of 238.5 I am down to 190.5 for a total of 48 pounds. My tenative goal is 140 so I have 50.5 pounds to go. I'd like to be about 125 but I'll be very happy if I can make 140. Noreen

Hi there,I am 5'8 ,was 347 the day of surgery on MAy 20/03 and as of today weigh 241 and am stil 5'8. So I have lost a total of 106 pounds,and somedays feel like that is slow!!!!!!! However I am grateful for this tool. I am loosing hair at a rapid rate so hopefully that will slow down a bit. I am more than half way so would love to be at goal in MAy '04. My goal weight is around 155.

Hi everyone! I had my surgery on May 2nd with a starting weight of 367, and now, at a little over 5 months post-op, I am 273 lbs (for a 94 lb loss so far). I was hoping it would be 100 lbs by 5 months post-op, but I can't complain. I still have another 130 to 140 lbs to lose, and worry sometimes that I am only losing about 10 lbs a month since my 2nd month post-op. I hope to be at goal by 18 months to 2 years post-op.

Congrats on the awesome weight loss so far. I must say I am a little envious though. My surgery day was 05/21 with a beginning weight of 273 lbs. But I am proud to say now 20 weeks out (as of yesterday 10/08) I am down to 213 lbs. Actually probably lower than that. I haven't weighted myself in 2 weeks. It's hard not getting on that thing aka scale everyday. But I know by doing that I would be sabotaging my efforts and my morale. So I only weight myself every 2 weeks or so. I consider myself a slow loser (even though my average is a little over 3 lbs. a week), but I am happy with that 'cause my biggest fear out of all of this was having to have plastic surgery. So I think being a slow loser is great in the fact that your skin has time to catch up. I am finally able to say that I am so proud of myself for taking this step forward to have this life altering surgery. Some one on this website said that I would hate it at first, but then just wake up one day and be excited about the whole thing. And it actually happened just that way. It was at my 45 lb. lost that I realized that this surgery was not in vain. I'm so excited now. I finally eat like a "lady" and can't keep with my 6'1"/280 lb. boyfriend. haha Anyway only 70 more to go and I know I can make it. 5-21-03 273/213/*135*