Hello! New to this site!!

I am scheduled for surgery on 3/1 and can't wait!  I know it will be hard but in the end will be worth it!  I need to lose 241 lbs to get to my goal weight...and was curious if anyone has lost this much or more already.  Any tips?  How much should I be able to lose by september?  I would love to be down at least 100lbs by then...I am going on an Alaskan Cruise!  Think that is possible?

Hi,

Well, I thought a lot like you and asked some of the same questions.  It is hard to say to you YES you will loose 100 pounds by Sept.  Everyone loses at different rates depending on how much they have to lose, what they are eating, and if they are doing any exercise.

Don't set yourself up to fail by getting to Sept and not losing 100 pounds.  It took me 14 months to lose 105 pounds.  I am older so I lose weight slower.  How about taking it a week at a time. Then a month at a time.  At first it comes off pretty fast.

This is what my Weight Loss looks like.

Date	Weight	Loss	Total lbs lost	lbs to lose
9/21/2008	225			100
10/21/2008	217	8	8	92
11/21/2008	205	12	20	80
12/1/2008	195	10	30	70
1/12/2009	184	11	41	59
2/9/2009	180	4	45	55
2/25/2009	173	7	52	48
3/24/2009	169	4	56	44
4/15/2009	161	8	64	36
5/15/2009	151	10	74	26
6/15/2009	145	6	80	94
7/15/2009	140	5	85	15
8/15/2009	135	5	90	10
9/15/2009	130	5	95	5
10/15/2009	125	5	100	0
1/15/2010	120	5	105	-5

I wish you great success.  Keep me posted to how you are doing.

Hugs,
Suzanne