Question:
highest weight, consultation weight or surgery weight????

For a correct weight loss do we take our highest weight, are consultation weight, or our surgery date weight. I have three different weights which one should I use as a correct one as my weight loss?    — charanewme (posted on February 27, 2003)

February 27, 2003
My surgeon uses presurgery. I lost 5 lbs between consultation and surgery and would like them tracked. They put it on my chart but still they only count since surgery.
   — susanje

February 27, 2003
I take the highest, you still lost it, why not take credit for losing ALL of it. The hardest weight loss, is what you lost without surgery anyway.
   — ZZ S.

February 27, 2003
If you lost weight as preparation for this surgery, I would include that. However, if your highest weight was months ago, or years ago, it wouldn't count. I actually have 2 weights that I use-the surgeon uses the consult weight(wearing clothes, after a heavy meal), and I use what I weighed in the nude the morning of surgery (a six pound difference!)
   — Cindy R.

February 27, 2003
I hope my surgeon uses my weight on the day of surgery, since I have gained 28lbs since.-Tonya
   — Tonya M.

February 27, 2003
Deinitely surgery date weight. I gained about 15 pounds from my consult til my surgery, several months later.....Karen (lap rny 9/20/02- down 110 pounds!)
   — karmiausnic