kenleyholley

This is the best explanation I have seen yet. The point is you don't need to worry about percentages and estimates. Just lose all the weight you can with exercise and eating clean and healthy for the rest of your life. You may plateau or you may not. Just keep living the healthiest lifestyle you can. Sent from my SM-G900V using the BariatricPal App

@@Ruth1ess
What you are asking is if you can bio-hack your way to more weight loss. No one can give you an answer to that.
The 60-70% is an average, It is a completely arbitrary number. Doctors use it because that is the average and its is a good number. Losing that amount of weight is life changing for obese people and can end a lot of medical problems.
If you use a calculator like this http://www.obesitycoverage.com/weight-loss-surgeries/gastric-bypass/how-much-can-i-expect-to-lose
This is what the calculator estimates I can lose at my starting weight
This is what the calculator estimates I can lose from the weight I am at right now.

I have lost 101 lbs in 6.5 months with the sleeve. The weight lost estimated from my start is 222. The weight lost estimate from where I am right now is 182. The start weights are 101 pounds apart but the end result is only a 40 pound difference.
Is it worth it to wait and have to lose weight taking the chances on being hungry, to possible lose an little extra? It might be to you. The amount of weight you will be able to lose on your own before surgery is unlikely to be that much so the differences will be minor.
I would have never lost 100lbs on my own. I would never lose more than 30-50 on my own and I always gained it back. I am only 6.5 months out and I have lost 101 lbs basically effortlessly. I haven't been hungry, and after the first 6 weeks I have had plenty of energy. I am more active, but I don't run. I walk, I do yoga, and I lift weights. I do things that don't stress my body and I am still losing at a fast pace. The way I am dropping weight right now 10-14lbs a month and it isn't slowing, as I lose more weight and am more active, it is coming off faster. I expect that I will blow right past that first lost estimate from my start of 365 to 222, I will probably be past 222 long before my one year anniversary. I expect to keep losing long after my 1 year anniversary just because I would have to be really dedicated to eating, basically eat all day to get above my resting metabolic rate.
So try that calculator and see if you think the difference is worth waiting for. Just remember it is just an estimate and it is arbitrary.

In my non-expert opinion, I think you may be overthinking this. For me, my surgery was delayed due to financing reasons. Pre-op, my metabolism was so broken that it was a battle to just maintain my weight.
Post-op, it is like night and day. The work I had to do to maintain my weight pre-op actually results in losing weight.
If there isn't a medical or financial reason to put off the surgery, I wouldn't put it off just to lose a little more weight (unless your surgeon deems it too risky to operate at your current weight).
Best of luck in your decision.

I don't know. Why not ask your surgeon?
I agree that the statistics are based on averages. I count my loss from my highest weight, not my day of surgery weight. I didn't even weigh day of surgery so don't know what that is anyway.

Forget about that 60-70%. It's a statistic that includes people who don't follow the program and regain and those who are lost to followup after a period of time.
You can lose as much as you're willing to work for. The initial loss is easier than the last, but that doesn't mean there is some door that slams shut on your ability to lose.