Question:
Will I be the same weight I was when I was younger.

Unlike some who have been MO all their lives my weight gain was after children. My question is can I expect to get to the weight I was when I was younger I was always a little chubby usually 10-15 overweight. I'm wondering with the surgery if genetics play the role or will hard work pay off and get me to a normal weight. Sorry if this sounds vain just one of the crazy thoughts that go through your mind on this journey.    — Barb R. (posted on December 29, 2001)

December 29, 2001
Good question. One which I would like to know also. I weighed 123 most of my high school years. I never gained weight until I was 20. I expect I'll never weigh 123 again but I sure hope for 129 which would be a good BMI for my short height.
   — Danmark

December 29, 2001
I am still waiting to get approval for WLS, but this is a question that I've asked each time I'd gone on a "regular" diet before. I would love to weight 136 pounds again, as I did in High School, but it occurred to me - I had to starve and exercise for hours every day to keep at that weight. Also, if you have had any children, that will affect how you would look if you did get to that early weight. First, I'd like to congratulate you for having the courage to pursue weight loss this way. All of you who have made it to the other side are heroes in my book! I know life has not been easy to bring us to this point. Barb, I also know that regardless of how much or how little I've weighed, there was always someone (including myself) who would think that what I'd accomplished just wasn't enough. Though I don't have the answer, I encourage you to applaud each pound you lose, relish that victory, and lose until you get to a weight that you can maintain comfortably. I have also seen many people who may not weigh as little as they did in high school, but because they have a healthy exercise regimen they actually look better and thinner! Good luck and God bless you. You are already well on your way!
   — Theresa A.

December 29, 2001
None of us know that. Even if you do get down to the same weight as you were when you were younger, it may be distributed differently. I would say that you WILL LOOK younger after the surgery and you start losing weight. Look at some of the pictures on the site ... have of them don't even look the same as they started out. Lots of weight makes us look and feel older. Don't worry about what the scales say ... go by how you feel, how your clothes look, etc. Good luck!
   — Betty Todd

December 30, 2001
I, like you, was only "chubby" growing up. In high school, I weighed about 130-135 and wore a size 12-14.(the sad part is I thought back then that I was fat!) I became MO after having children. I am happy to report that after 11 1/2 months, I am now at 123 and a size 6!! I am actually smaller than when I was in HS or first married. I find this really amazing and hard to get used to. I thought that I would end up about a size 12, but am really into a size 6. So, yes, you can get back to the weight you were, or even less! Hope this is "hope"ful! Shelley
   — Shelley.

December 30, 2001
I was FAT my entire life, by age 4 I looked like ALL my relatives..... Very fat:( I weighed about 200 between 9th and 10th grade, and around 240 when I graduated from high school. At last weigh in I was 206 which is incredible. I am not a perfect post op, make occasional bad food choices, struggle to stay away from chocolate espically when under stress. But surgery really worked for me, see my profile.
   — bob-haller