is anyone a "lightweight" using the surgery tool to lose only 60-80 lbs?

I am still waiting for my surgery date, but I guess I could be called a light weight although I sure dont feel like one - I would like to lose 90 pounds to put me at 145 pounds. Thanks for posting , I would be interested in hearing how it goes as my surgery hopefully is coming up soon.

at a starting weight of 274 I was told I was considered a "lightweight" as well.. which I was also told that the term is used for people who have "about 100 pounds to lose" I lost 145.. but if I got to 170 pounds that I was consdiered a success (there fore a lightweight) I never took offense to the term.. It is all relative.. Lightweight compared to some over 300 or 400 pounds sure, but still on the morbidly obese scale

Come on over to the lightweights board here on OH! It's a great spot and there are a lot of us. Hang in there- it works if you are compliant :)

I guess I'm a lightweight too, I'm still pretty op and 256 lb at 5'4".  Id like to lose about 106 lb.  To me having to lose a small humans worth of fat isn't light.  Sure I could wait 10 years and have surgery when I'm 300+ lb, but I'd rather have it now when I'm less likely to die during the procedure!  I've had one of my best friends tell me I don't need surgery cause I'm not fat enough... However she's a serial yoyo dieter *****ally has no clue.

Hey you lightweight - you are doing great.  It is a slow and steady process.  It scared me at first that I didn't lose as fast as others but it is all relative.  It will be slower when you have less to lose (for the most part).  If you are losing inches, you are going to lose the weight - keep measuring and stop weighing for a while.  easier said than done :)  Call me if you need to - okay?. 

Steph

As a "lightweight" measuring myself was key to feeling like I was a success as the scale was slow.  Keep doing what you are doing, add exercise soon and you will do great.

Hi Fellow "lightweights"!  So far I have never heard of anyone who didn't eventually get past a stall so I wish you the best. As far as the "lightweight label" I take no offense because its a fairly relative term. It does annoy me when other WLS vets try to tell me that I don't need WLS when they obviously couldn't fix the problem before their BMI reached 50. I think we are just trying to be proactive. I'm 5'4" 232sw CW225  with high BP and borderline diabetic.

At 5'2" and 206 pounds, I was only a lightweight to people on bariatric boards.  To the rest of the world, I was chubby, pleasantly plump, or a fat chick.

RNY generally takes off 100 pounds and then there is a 10 or 20 pound regain during year three.  So if you end up with an 80 pound loss, you are pretty average. 

Some people lose a lot more and they do that because they work very hard at it and are to be commended for their determination.

I guess I am a lightweight, too.  I am 245 at 5'9", but my BMI is 36.  I have comorbidity issues including diabetes for the last 25 years, so I qualify.  I have a minimum of 70 lbs to lose, possibly up to 90, depending on my frame.  I was on the Optifast weight loss program first, where I started at 196 and lost 58 lbs.  I found that on the Optifast 900 cals per day I would lose well one week, then a three-week plateau right from the beginning, and that continued throughout the 14 week shake period.  So I agree that you can't worry about the scale, just focus on portion size, gram weights, etc and it will eventually budge.  Scientifically speaking, it has to.

whoops-typo, should read 296 not 196.