luciano.pollastri

Hello all,
My bypass is planned for May 8th in Madrid, Spain.
Last night was the first time I started questioning my decision to do the surgery.
This thread just swiped all the doubts!
Congratulations to all of you for your achievements and thank you so much for sharing!

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First, the obligatory disclaimer: remember that everyone is different and will have different weight loss rates. Age, starting weight, genetics, height, complications all factor in to each person's weight loss rates.
Second, a thought: Instead of just total units lost, probably a more telling statistic would be maybe BMI (which factors in height), or Percentage of Total Body Weight Lost (but this doesn't take into account lean muscle changes...), or Percentage of Inches Lost in certain areas of body measurements (but everyone carries their weight differently...)
Lastly: Anyhoo, with that said, we are human after all, and we can't help but compare and be curious:
** Note that I am on the vertically-challenged side of 5' 1" **
Highest weight: 235.0 lbs (10-Oct-2018) BMI: 44.4 (morbidly obese)
Surgery weight: 223.2 lbs (24-Oct-2018)
Today's weight: 148.8 lbs (26-Mar-2019, 5 months + 2 days post op) BMI: 28.1 (overweight)
% of Body Weight Lost: 36.7% (-86.2 lbs)
% of inches lost chest: 25.0% (-12.0")
% of inches lost waist: 28.7% (-12.5")
% of inches lost hips: 22.2% (-11.0")
** Yes, I keep track of EVERYTHING. You should see my spreadsheet **