Seriously.. 30lbs!

I gotta ask.  I have been reading many of the posts here trying to acclimate myself to the board.  Of course, throughout this process, I have noticed people's weight loss tickers and their surgery dates.  Eith that said...

In quite a few cases, I see people losing 25-30lbs a month. 
Is this the norm?

 In the beginning yes....but it will slow down.
Duane

When does it "usually" slow down?

Can't call it the "norm".  Due to complications some may get off to a rocky start thus a slower rate of loss.  Banders tend not to loose as fast as the "modifieds", for lack of a better word. 

Me, myself and I started at 331.  I blew through my first 100 pounds in 3.5 months.  The last 60 or so took 8.5 months or so when I bottomed at my current weight of 170.  Been holding there for last four months.  Felt like hell on occasion but overall can't complain!

For awhile there, I was losing 1 1/2 pounds a day!!  Yes it slows down...and you will hit stalls where you're think you're done losing...you haven't.  I went from day of surgery #282, down to goal weight #190 in six months and 10 days.  Men lose the weight faster than women (we have a larger muscle structure...so we can move better)...If you are a younger man you lose it even more quickly.  I think one month I may have lost 35-40 pounds during the month.  It happens so fast your head will spin.  After a few months the mental side of weightloss surgery become harder than the physical side...Not a joke...being serious.  Society treats you different, beautiful women will make eye contact and start flirting, you get treated better in business situation.  You may start taking up different exercise activities.  Your whole world changes.  You need to have your head on straight or it can throw you for a loop.  Good luck on you journey.  Brian

Well, hot damn! Good for you, my man. 

I can only hope for similar results for myself!

I guess that my starting at a more extreme super obese weight my numbers may seem staggering. I lost just short of 60 lbs the first month. The next six months averaged 20 lbs per month, then I had a medically introduced stall for three months, due to an unrelated medical problem. I have been losing about 5 lbs to 8lbs a month since. I began at 459 (my pre-surgery weight) and am down just over 220 lbs today, bringing me to 237. I am very happy with a 5 lb or so weight loss a month now. It is easier to deal with.

One thing I had to learn painfully is that everyone's journey is different.  I'm almost 3 months out, and I have yet to hit 50 pounds....so 30 pounds a month has definately not been my story.  At 3 weeks out, I stalled for 4 weeks.  Since then it's been up and down.  Some weeks i'd lose 5, some weeks only 1 pound.  Very frustrating, especially since I'm watching everything i'm eating, excercising a lot and sticking to the doc's plan religiously.  I lost 43 pounds pre-op though, so I think that may be way my weight loss is slower.  I'm down a total of 85 pounds from m y highest weight, but only 42 of those pounds are post op. 

So my best advice is try not to get caught up in #'s and other people's tracking, because it may or may not work out like that for you as well.  I'm losing, and people notice, that's the important thing.

Thanks man!

I just had an "offical weigh-in" at the Doc's office today and am down 80lbs from my high of 407 on june 8th. I lost 20 pre-op and 60 since my surgery date of june 18th. I am hoping to keep this pace, or close to it, til I go out to Ca. in December.