Goal Weight Question

I am 4.5 months post op and I'm not getting the whole -goal weight- thing. Is that something you really control? Is there something (extra) you are supposed to do to get there? This surgery is a (huge) tool to help us lose weight, right? And we are supposed to now eat right and exercise post surgery, right? So since these things are in place anyway (the surgery, eating right & exercising), where does that leave room for "reaching" your goal weight? I will be honest with you all: I do have a "goal weight" of 135lbs and if I take it there...okay, yeah, I'm half way to my "goal weight" having lost 55lbs. I guess my questions are not only that I just don't get the whole goal weight thing (despite having one), but a little bit of fear is mixed in there that I won't ever get to the darn thing! Anyone have any takes on what this whole "goal weight" thing is about and is it in our control to be attained? We had to exercise and eat right (post op) anyway.

Well, my surgeon never gave me a goal weight. He said it was probable that I would lose approximately 70% of my excess weight. He feels that the reason for WLS is to get healthy, not skinny. I had lost weight on my own back in '88 to '89, getting fairly close to where I am now, so I figured that if I could get down that far once, I could do it with the help of the surgery. I think a goal weight is often an arbitrary weight that a person would like to hope to reach. I think there is a part of this site that helps calculate a goal weight based on height. According to the "charts", I am 20 pounds below the goal weight indicated for my height. I never in my life thought I'd be the one to exceed the "goal". I started at 5'7" and 255 pounds, and have lost 1/2 my starting body weight, with the last 5 pounds coming off with my TT. I think a goal weight should be a weight that you feel comfortable with, within a normal BMI range. Good luck, and don't stress over the numbers!!!!