Realistic Goals

I have not had one conversation with my provider about a goal weight. I am about to go to for my 6 month follow up Aug 3 so maybe then. I am down 85 lbs and weighed 185 this morning. I am 5'8. I wear a size 12 so I feel close. I think 160 has always been my personal goal. I will have to ask my dr in Aug what he thinks.

My Doctor doesn't set goals, he says your body will decide wear to stop. That being said at 5'11 I knew I wanted to be below 200lbs... As a woman I don't think I should be more than 200. I was 195 before I started trying to get pregnant with my son, and I don't remember feeling too thin. I set my goal at 170 because that puts me into Normal BMI. Will I get there? I don't know... right now I am taking 10lbs at a time.

My doctor didn't have goals.  My personal goal was 180, since that's what I weighed in college and I felt good then.  Pouchy had other ideas, and I got all the way down to 145 (tooooooo skinny) before I bounced back up to a lovely 155-ish, which is where I have been for the past year or two.  I wiggle five pounds in either direction every now and then, but that's it.

Audrey

Dr did not give me a number goal either.

I changed my goal several times. 160....150...140.... 130. And at a bit over 1 year I hit goal of 130. I'm now at 125 and holding between 123 & 130 

My surgeon never set a goal for me either.  I made my own goal of 140 lbs which I believe is reasonable for me.  At 5.2" I think I should be lower, and if I can lose more that would be great.  I was 266 lbs when I began my pre-op journey, and 241 at surgery.