Question:
hoW MUCH SHOULD SOMEONE LOOSE WITHIN THE FIRST 6 MONTHS?

i am just about 8 weeks post op and down 30lbs. I started at 274 and am 5'2. Is this an average weight loss. How much do most with my stats loose at 6 months?    — christina L. (posted on July 10, 2003)

July 10, 2003
Everyone is different. I lost 75 lbs in the first eight weeks... others lose only 20... it just depends on you and your control of your diet, actually! :~) Don't worry about not enough or too much... just get your protien and water in along with your exercise and your body will do the rest! 18 months post op and down 227 lbs!
   — Sharon M. B.

July 10, 2003
I am also a little concerned regarding this and wondering if I'm losing too quickly. I am 5/7 with a starting weight of 280 and have lost 80lbs in 14 weeks. Seems like an awful lot pretty quickly but my labs all look o.k. I guess the previous post is right....everyone's different. Best of luck to you and congrats on your weight loss!
   — denisel

July 10, 2003
we are very close in stats, I am 5'2 and was 273 the morning of surgery (high 280)...at 6 months i lost 75 pnds I was a slow loser but when i look back wow thats alot of weight when you think of it...at 8 weeks I lost apx 43 pnds and that was because i was sick...if you read my journal you will see how slow i lost and fusterated i got lol..but im over it now cuz a year and half later im down to 136 size 6 ... good luck i think your doing a fabulous job so far...
   — Deanna Wise

July 10, 2003
I had surgery Dec 4th and just celebrated 7 months Wednesday with a 105 lbs weight loss and I love it. It was the best thing I have ever done for myself....I started out very slow with only 21 lbs lost at my 6 week checkup, but the dr pointed out what I was doing wrong and the weight started rolling off, with a loss of 43 lbs within a month. I feel great and let it keep on rolling....I wasn't eating enough back then, once I started eating every 2-3 hrs the weight started coming off. Good Luck...Cinde Shaw
   — Cinde S.

July 11, 2003
I found a doctors website where he did research from all his patients and came up with a predict chart. You just input your starting weight and how many months out you are and click on estimate weight loss. It will tell you what your average weight loss is along with a low and high range. http://clos.net/predict-wt-loss.htm
   — SomerGarza

July 16, 2003
I love the chart at the website from the previous poster and by it I'm a fast loser! wow!
   — **willow**