I'm calling this GOAL!!!

Thank you Amy, my friend! What a journey we're all on, it really is remarkable. How lucky are we, to be able to transform this way?! Love you!

Congratulations! You have worked so hard and are richly deserving of your success.

Thank you so much Jim, you are very kind!

Congratulations, that is so fabulous!

Thank you, Julia! I am actually down to 137.8 as of today, which is kind of mind blowing to me...I am truly here! I appreciate your kind support!

That's amazing. Congrats to you!

I still contemplate what my end goal is going to be as well. I will be 1 year post op next week I am currently at 169, I feel like I want my goal to be 160 but I can't decide. I started at 315 on my first pre-op visit and 291 the day of surgery.

Im glad I read your post. Gives me some insight on what I want to work towards too!

Congratulations on your loss! Sounds like you have done very well, and you're not quite a year post-op! I at first aimed for being under 150, then under 140. I am now 136.2. I feel good weighing in the 130s, and do not feel I am yet done despite having reached my goal. I will probably go down to around 127-129 before calling it the end of my weight loss phase. At this point my BMI is 20.7. We're i to weigh 127, my BMI would be 19.3. I do not want to go any lower, but I do feel it's an advantage to be slightly below the middle of the normal BMI range (18.5 - 24.9) as you enter maintenance, as it seems that virtually every one experiences a bit of bounceback. However, I will have a DEXA scan in December, and if my body fat % is deemed too low at that point, I will stop attempting to lose any further weight, and instead will concentrate on maintaining.

Best of luck to you!