Who gives you the "goal weight"? No one gave me a expected WL number.
Morning all,
Little over two months from today i will be having surgery, only remaining appointment is next month for my PATTS.
I hear or in this case read alot about people given a expected Goal weight, the doctors expected acceptable weight loss as well as the patients personal goals.
Thing is I'm nearing the surgery date and i have never been given a 'goal" all the health care professionals have been amazing but no one from the NP to the surgeon has ever given me a number to expect or a goal to strive for. Is this common?
I stand 5 '8 and as of this morning tip the scales at 272, I know in my head I would love to be 160-170 but it strikes me a little odd that no one has discussed what they consider a successful weight,
How did you discover your "goal weight"
Kb
Nobody has given me a goal weight. They told me at TWH that they don't focus on the numbers for goals and that it's up to me to decide what my goals are, whether weight or otherwise.
Referral to registry: Oct 21, 2011 Orientation (TWH): Feb 22, 2012 Surgery: Nov 7, 2012
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I was never given a goal weight, i choose 140 LBS , but i am not focusing on that number... I will go til i feel the most comfortable in my skin.. And who knows when i start working out and get into toning thats a whole new ball game.. Muscle weighs more so who knows what the scale may say lol... Good luck Krista..
I wasn't given a goal weight either. I was just told 60-80% of my excess body weight I would expect to loose. So I just went off what my BMI should be and added a little cause I'm probably not going to get to my "normal" BMI!!
1st referral 2011, Second referral 2012, Orientation Kingston Nov. 2012, SW, NUT, DR. Dec. 2012, Sleep Test Jan. 2013,Nut Feb 2013, CPAP Machine Started Mar. 2013, Pre-Op Class April 2013, Second Sleep Test April 2013, Meet with Dr. Hagen April 2013, PATTS HRRH April 25th 2013, Opti Fast April 30th 2013, Dr. Glazer May 7th 2013, Surgery May 21st 2013, YAY!! Now onto my new Life..
No goal weight given, same as the others have said, they are more focused on how you feel and if you can do what you want to do. I did see on my chart at my last appointment that they had down 160-200 lbs as some sort of marker for me. Maybe that is what I will weigh if I lose between 50-80% of my excess weight? I didn't ask about it, lol. I am hoping for between 150-180 lbs myself.
Referral to Ottawa: Jan/11 Info Session: May/11 Nurse: Feb/12 Dietician/Behavourist/Abdominal Scan: Apr/12 Pre-op Education Class: Feb. 6/13 Meet Surgeon Feb.15/13 Surgery with Dr. Raiche March 12/13!!
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on 7/2/13 4:14 am
Im going through Guelph and my nurse (first meeting) is the one who discussed what my goal weight was and the clinics.... the clinic states that if im under 200 then that's awesome (wow underwhelming much!) but my nurse winked at me and said "Doesn't mean your goal cant be much lower"
Was starting to think I missed something along the way.
Kb