help figuring percentage lost

I am trying to figure out where I am in relation to how much weight I have lost percentage wise. I weighted 270 pounds to start. I now weigh 190 pounds. that makes me down 80 pounds. Dr. Bell wanted me to have lost 70% of the weight I have to loose to weight 130 pounds on my 1 year visit. He wanted me down 70% by my 6 month visit. Can anyone tell me have I reached tha goal? I used to be able to do percentages so easy, but for some reason I cannot convert these numbers and I keep getting a total of 104. Thats not right. 140=100%, so 70 would be 50%. Shouldnt that put me right now at 60%. Do I have that correct? So that means I have to loose 10 more pounds by July 22nd to reach his goal of 70% of my weight lost for 6 months. On a side note, Normally he requires you be down 50% by 6 months. But he said I was on track to loose the 70% so he wanted me to reach that goal. Dont think that this is the requirement for everyone people. Its not. I dont want people to get worried. I know how we can tend to compare ourselves to other people of whom I am the worst offender. So did I get that calculation correct? That also makes me not morbidly obese anymore. Im severe it says. Still sounds aweful to me. I want to be nothing, not overweight, just normal. thanks L

Lauren: Math was never my strong suit, so I may or may not be correct here. But based on my calculations.... - your doctor wants you to weigh 130 pounds - so, the amount of weight you need to lose is 140 pounds total - and you've lost 80 so far so you've lost 57.14 percent of the weight he'd like you to lose. However, to me, 70 percent sounds a little demanding, based on the average weight losses after WLS. (shrugs)

Hi Lauren, Sounds like you are doing great. The way you figure it out is to divide the number of pounds lost by the number of pounds to lose. (80 / 140 = 57%) You would need to have 98 lbs lost to be at 70%. Keep up the good work and I am sure you will make it. Heidi 267/160/147

Be sure you're shooting for the right percentage. Often, bypass patients are told that they will lose a large (50%-70%) of their *excess* weight. If your normal weight is 140, and you weighed 280 to start, losing 50% of your excess weight would mean losing 70 lbs, or half of the excess of 140 lbs. --Steve

Hi Steve, Thats exactly what I said but I used the numbers she supplied. Heidi 267/160/147