Question:
How much weight have or had you lost at 4 and 1/2 months?

I am 41/2 months post op, 5 ft. 8 inches, started at 304 pounds. I am at 240 pounds-down 64 pounds . I wonder if this is normal? Thanks for letting me know:)    — April L. (posted on April 6, 2003)

April 6, 2003
Hi am 5'6 I weighed 242 day befor surgery and now I weigh 165 it been 6months since surgery. ive lost 77 pounds. So your right on track sometimes it slow and sometimes you wish it would slow down am going thru so many clothes I can't believe it.
   — sheri B.

April 6, 2003
You're doing great--I'm down 50 lbs. at 41/2 months out--grateful for each and every one of them!
   — Wannabe A.

April 6, 2003
were sorta on the same track, i'm 5'3" started at 319 on 11/12/02 and now at 4 1/2 months out i'm down 80lbs not moving much this past week but it's that time of the month so i hope to go down when it's gone. best wishes, kimberly open distal bypass
   — kimberly T.

April 6, 2003
April, I am 4 1/2 months out also. I am 5 4 1/2. I started at 244 now I am 174. I have lost 70 pounds. Seems like you are doing great. Keep it up!!
   — karlap

April 6, 2003
I am one month post op today. I haven't had a very good time. I have only been able to get out of bed for the past 6 days... All I could do was lie in bed in total pain the first two weeks home. I really just wanted to die! But at 3 weeks post op I had lost 43 pounds. This past 5 days I have only lost 2 pounds. But I think that is normal. I am male, 6'6" tall and checked in the hospital weighing 343 pounds. As of yesterday I am down to 299 which actually looks pretty good on someone my size, but my goal was to loose a total of 100 pounds, and not much more than that. I don't want to be "too slim" and yes there is a thing as being too slim. But this is my 2nd surgery.... I had a similar one 25 years ago when I was just 18 years old and weight 300 at that time. I lost 100 pounds then and kept it off for about 15 years. The past 10 year I slowly gain it all back but the new Dr. said that was common with the previous procedure I had. So now I lost 40 pounds in only a month, I expect the other 60 won't go nearly as fast. Almost the same thing happened with the first surgery.
   — xxxxx X.

April 6, 2003
April, I am also 4 months post-op as of last wed. I am 5'5" and weighed 306 day of surgery. As of 3-15-03, (the last time I weighed myself) I was at 243, which makes it a weight loss of 63 lbs. I think you are doing fine. Keep up the good work. Cinde Shaw
   — Cinde S.