goal weight??

 just a question... my surgeon never really told me what my goal weight will be...  just wondering if anyone could give me any pointers on a weight to aim for...  i am 330lbs right now, and i would like to get down to like 160, but i'm not sure if that's actually a feasible goal... just wondering for some advice from you all. 

recovery is going well.... out of the hospital for almost a day now.

My surgeon never gave me a goal either. He said that he doesn't like to because to many times he will pick a goal for someone and if they don't reach it they feel like they have failed. So he said to look at the BMI chart. Find a normal weight and u decide what u want to weight. As long as you are happy with how you look the number on the scale shouldnt matter. hope that helps

 That does help... and it makes complete sense.  Now I just have to figure out what I want to weigh. lol...

I didn't get one either but I just decided for my height (5'4) that 135 was a good number. I'm happy with anywhere between 130-140 and try not to stress about it too much. I will, however, try to get on the lower side of that for my 10 year high school reunion that will be sometime this summer.

~Emily~

how tall are you girl?

 I am 5'6".

I was 275lbs when I was approved for gastric bypass surgery.  My surgeon gave me a goal weight of 140lbs within a year of my surgery.  I was suprised that I got a goal weight because I guess he does not usually give weight goals to people.  my starting weight was 287lbs/bmi 45...goal weight is 140lbs/bmi 21.9. 
my surgeon also had me do a body composition scan (which can be seen on my blog) where he found out that I have a small body frame, not being "big boned" like i always thought. 
i am just over 2.5 weeks post op of my gastric bypass and as of friday i was 238lbs (total loss of 49lbs from my highest)
jen

With RNY you are a 'success' if you lose 80% of your excess weight...  you could start that as a goal and always change it later. My surgeon gave that as a goal but said I could definately lose more weight. My main goal was to not be 'plus sized' and shop at regular stores... when I got down in weight I then set my overall goal to have a 'normal' BMI and not be considered overweight.
Anyways, 160 is a feasible goal... its good to work towards goals! Sometimes we reach them, 'sometimes we dont but as long as you give 110% thats what matters. My friend is 5'7".. when she has surgery she was 380+ pounds... now she is 6 years out and wears a size 4. It took her pretty much 4 years to lose all the weight and then she had plastic surgery... she got down to around 150lbs, post-plastic surgery she is in the lower 140s. She lost the majority of her weight in the first two years post-op and then VERY slowly worked at losing more... shed lose a pound here and there.. maybe 5lbs over a 4 month period but kept at it. She rocks a bikini now... its amazing!