I am wondering if my surgeon was being conservative?

When I went in for my initail consult, the surgeon explained that you can plan to lose 1/2 of your excess weight. I weight 254 pounds and am 5 feet 3 inches tall. My BMI is 43. Based on this formula, I would lose about 60 pounds. This seems like alot to go through for 60lbs. I know that the health benefits etc are more than enough reason to do this, but there is a side of me that can't get past this 60 pounds estimate. I don't mean to sound greedy or anything.... just concerened... Any thoughts? Thanks...

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