Question:
Realistic weight loss goal? I read somewhere that a large percentage

of people after bypass weight loss end up weighing what they weighed in high school. Is that a realistic goal or have any of you heard of that? Thanks, Marcia    — marcia5000 (posted on February 2, 2009)

February 2, 2009
Much lower than my high school weight. I have been fat since I was 9 years old. I remember my weight as 160 in high school. It is now 112 (minus 115 lbs) after my Roux-n-Y. I am nine months post-op! Rena
   — RenaMansi

February 2, 2009
Oh Please, I don't want to weigh what I did in High School...a whopping 302 pounds, I am 6 months out right now and I am about 195...20 pounds from goal....oh, by the way, I will be out of high school 35 years in June, hoping for a class reunion this year...lol. But seriously I know quite a few that weigh alot less then what they did in high school. Good Luck to you.
   — [Deactivated Member]

February 2, 2009
Yes I heard that...Someone was doing a survey of their own on the message boards to see if the Grads were close to their HS weights and a lot of us were...I'm 20 lbs heavier after surgery than my HS weight...I think if you were MO in HS then you are kinda out of the theory...but so many don't gain weight until marriage and kids....I have always struggled with my weight, but was not obese in HS...I was 145 lbs little chubby girl...I was also 2 inches shorter in HS than I am now...
   — .Anita R.

February 2, 2009
Ack! I was a size 18/20 in high school. *lol* I've gone from a 26/28 down to a 22/24 already-- wearing my clothes from college again-- so (I hope) in a few months I'll be smaller than I've been since middle school!
   — snickersblk

February 2, 2009
I am about 6.5 months out and am 15 pounds from goal and weigh less than I did in highschool by 25 lbs. but it is definetly porpotioned differently. My DR. told me I would be tiny and I could not imagine. Now size 6 jeans are too big for me! LOL I could have only imagined that before. I do not ever remember wearing a size 6. 12 yes but that was about the lowest. I was stocky not fat as such, well not obese at that point anyway. Hope that helps. Good Luck!!!
   — *****GIGS *******

February 2, 2009
Well i am not sure, i guess it depends on what your high school weight was. i have also been overweight since elementary school but my senior year in high school i lost a bunch of weight. my graduation picture didn't even look like my senior pciture, taken the summer before. anyway, I hope i can get down to what i weighed at graduation, i weighed in at 140-145# and wore a size 11-12! WOW! i do pray i see those numbers again, so i am perhaps one of the minority there. shoot i will be happy if I get down to what i weighed when i got pregnant for the first time-189#-- well best of luck with your weight loss!! my surgery still not scheduled yet but i hope it will be scheduled in the next couple of weeks~ blessing and hugs your direction. I hope that is a realistice goal for you!!! sounds good to me! cora shrum
   — jnclshrum