How long should I expect to lose?
on 7/2/15 1:20 pm
I've mentioned before about how I was starving really early out, and how my NUT's advice was that I needed to eat more. My original goal had been to get to 130 lbs, but when I bumped my daily intake up from ~700 to 800-1000 calories a day, I figured my weight loss would start slowing down. It hasn't. This is probably coincidental since I was in my 2-3 week stall around the same time I was trying to consume as few calories as possible, but I'm still losing more quickly post-op and down 100 lbs than I was pre-op when I weighed over 300 lbs, which is great but pretty unexpected.
Is it reasonable to think I might actually get to goal even at the higher calorie limit? Or is my current consistent, moderate speed loss likely to be short-lived? I had a resting energy expenditure test (where they put your head under a plastic bubble and measure your specific metabolism) last November which was unusually high and explains how I could lose on 2200 calories a day pre-op, but I don't imagine I'll get to keep that metabolic rate as I lose. Just nervous and trying to tell the future. Any words of wisdom would be appreciated. :)
in reality - nobody knows.... nobody can tell you one way or another.
Ride the wave of losing weight... just enjoy it is coming off so fast..
but if yu really need to know - ask a fortune teller... their guess will be as good as anyone else.
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
Most people lose a lot in the beginning and less as they get closer to goal. Try the OH Weight Loss planner to see what it predicts for your loss. Here was mine month by month:
Highest Weight: 339
Surgery Weight: 311
Month 1 (9/2-10/2) -30 pounds (281 lbs)
Month 2 (10/2-11/2) -18 pounds (263 lbs)
Month 3 (11/2-12/2) -18 pounds (245 lbs)
Month 4 (12/2-1/2) -14 pounds (231 lbs)
Month 5 (1/2-2/2) -12 pounds (219 lbs)
Month 6 (2/2-3/2) -9 pounds (210 lbs)
Month 7 (3/2-4/2) -12 pounds (198 lbs)
Month 8 (4/2-5/2) -9 pounds (189 lbs) * "overweight" bmi
Month 9 (5/2-6/2) -10 pounds (178 lbs)
Month 10 (6/2-7/2) -8 pounds (170 lbs)
Month 11 (7/2-8/2) -11 pounds (159 lbs) * "normal" bmi
Month 12 (8/2-9/2) -7 pounds (152 lbs)
Month 13 (9/2-10/2) -5 pounds (147 lbs)
Month 14 (10/2-11/2) -7 pounds (140 lbs) * reached goal weight
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."