How much weight should you expect to "lose" from plastics?
I'm currently at 180lbs and I would be at a normal BMI at 160. I honestly believe there could be close to 20 lbs of fat/skin in my mid section that would be removed with a TT or LBL. I would like to know if I am mistaken or thinking unrealistically? The number on the scale doesn't matter that much to me, I'd rather get the result I want in the aesthetics but I am curious how close it would come to putting me "at goal" to just have this belly removed.
Highest Wt: 274 / LAP-Band Low: 180 / Sleeved at 233 / Goal: 160!
Just can't believe it!!
14 pounds lost before surgery. My first ticker is when I hit onderland: this was my goal when I started on this journey. I want to focus on that right now...once I get there I can reevaluate.
My second ticker is my dream goal. Even if I only visit there for a short time, it would be nice to see that number just once. I am pretty sure I'll need plastics to hit this goal.
Laura
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
on 6/12/11 10:38 pm
Good luck!
Gracie150
I will have a TT/Fleur de lis on 8/8. Surgeon set a goal of 190 for day of surgery.
I carried much of my 355 on the front of my body. My pannus is long...to my thighs.
But I also have big stuff (fat and skin) above my belly button.
Not much else anywhere else really.
Scrawny arms, neck and chest.
Never had a big ass...kinda flat.
Don't have big legs anymore.
Surgeon thinks I have about 10 pounds to come off my belly.
Then in Dec will have breasts and arms done. Not too much to trim there in terms of poundage...just empty skin.
I would love to be about 175 or so when this is all done.
Revised from Band to Bypass 10/26/09
High Wt 355/ Surgery Wt 343 (BMI 61) / Current Wt 190 on 3/17/12
TT/Fleur De Lis 8/22/11
Mastopexy and Brachioplasty 12/14/11
At 180 I can wear size 10 pants and medium tops but have what looks like a pregnant belly. It's very bothersome and actually stands in the way of me being more active even though I'm already pretty active, it just feels like I'm carrying around baggage both literally and metaphorically.
Highest Wt: 274 / LAP-Band Low: 180 / Sleeved at 233 / Goal: 160!
Cyndi U
Gastric Bypass, Dr. Daniel Jones, Dallas, 2003
LBL, Lipo, Butt Aug, Full Thigh Lift, hernia repair - 5/5/11, Baylor Houston Residency Program - Dr. Echo & Dr. Bullocks
BL/BA, brachioplasty - 8/26/11, Baylor Houston Residency Program - Dr. Lee & Dr. Bullocks
You can see my before and after pics. I had a lot removed and it only weighed 6 pounds. Most people seem to lose between 5 and 10 pounds of tissue.
Now, my weight dropped even lower due to lack of appetite after surgery. I was 148 when I went in, so I should now weigh 142, right? Well, I dropped down to 134 and am now 139. I'm trying to gain as I'm way too thin/bony for my liking. I'd like to be in the 145 to 150 range for my height and build.
I really don't care about the weight, though it would be nice, to get closer down to "normal" of 160 it's not vitally important to me. I know there are people of many different weights who carry it differently. I am very muscular (undearneath my fat, lol!) So I'm ok if I end up somewhere like 175. I'm only 27 so I can always lose more weight later in life if I want and I wouldn't normally care about "sagging skin" (I don't care about it in my arms, breasts, thighs, etc.) it's just this dang belly I want to get rid of.
Thanks to everyone who's replied. I am getting excited about the possibility and I am hoping to actually do it later in the year, this winter maybe.
Highest Wt: 274 / LAP-Band Low: 180 / Sleeved at 233 / Goal: 160!
