Date set 12-15-04: How Quickly did you Shead Sizes

All of you are a huge inspiration to me! I hope to be as successful as you are a year from now Heres my question: How fast did you go thru sizes as you lost weight? I am 29 yrs old, female, 5'3.5, and weigh 277 lbs and kinda want to get an idea of were I'm going and how fast....oh yeah, I plan to follow my diet to the letter and exercise 4-6 days a week. Thanks! Chiquita

HI Chiquita, Mark is right. You will loose according to your own body. I lost 40lbs the first month, 30 the second and about 10 a month after that until about August, then I stopped. I'm still loosing a few inches, but that's due to exercise. You could loose all the weight you want, or not nearly enough, like me and a few others here. But in either case, you will be healthier and smaller, that's a fact. Nona

Hi, Well I started out on 12/12/03 in a size 24...heading to a size 26 and I am now down to a size 6 with my loss being 119 pounds. At about 4 1/2 months out I was wearing a size 14. Its hard to say what size you would wear depening on your body like everyone else mentioned. karie

I'm one year post-op, lost 175 lbs. with 30 to go. Started out 368 lbs. at 5' 6", now am 193 lbs. Went from 5X to XL in one year. Followed the diet to the letter, didn't exercise all that much other than the million things I can now do that I couldn't do at that size. My weight loss goal was to be able to walk to the milk isle at Wal-Mart and still breath. I met that goal the first week! I lost 35 lbs. in that week. So you never know what your gonna get. So, keep your chin up, and do your best. That's all it takes.