I am a 52 y.o.f., 6 days post banding. I've been reading posts and noticing weight loss goals in the range of 130-140 pounds.

I started at the December consultation at 299; when I went in for the banding on March 16, I was down 23 pounds.

My surgeon asked what I hoped my goal to be. I'm a bit taller, and I felt like if I could get to 180-200, I'd be happy - down 100 pounds, still "too big" by most standards, but compared to 300 pounds, I'll take it! They felt like that was a good goal for me, as they said usually with lap band it's 50 pounds the first year, and 100 by the end of the second (barring complications, doing everything "right"). They also said that if you need to lose 150 pounds, you don't usually actually lose 150 pounds, but 75% of that, thereby making my 190-pound goal right in range.

So I wonder, with all the posts with goals of 130-150 pounds, should I rethink my goals and work towards that? I didn't want to get bogged down with expectations and if they weren't reached, feeling like this had been a wasted effort. I want to be realistic, but I don't want to not push hard enough either.

my doctor asked my weight goal. I said 135 bc I want to be in a healthy formal range for 5'6".

He asked the last time I weighed that much.

I laughed really hard and said I was about 10 years old. HAHA:tongue_smilie:

I am 5'2" and 253lb, started at 277lb but not one person has mentioned goal weight to me. I should be about 126lb but that does seem a long long way off. I would be happy to be under 140lb because we measure weight in stones in the UK and that would make me under 10 stone. (140lb) It would be nice to see single digits. But that also means losing half my current weight which Im told is unusal with the band????

I'm 4'11" and my doctor wanted to make my goal weight 139 but I thought that was too high so we changed it to 120. I picked 120 because that was my weight in high school and I thought I looked good at that weight.

My weight loss has been slow because I'm not working out as much as I should and I plan to correct that.

I am also 4'11" (don't meet many people that short so I enjoyed your post). My goal is also 120. It's my weight Sophmore year in college, after a huge diet and excersise routine. I started at 217 and have lost 58 pounds so far. Over half way there! I was banded Nov. 16 2009.

I am 5'11.5", and I have a very large frame. I once had an ex-boyfriend who told me I should be a size 2. I told him my skeleton could not fit into a 2. My goal weight is 185, which is outside of the normal range. My lowest weight as an adult was 220, and I was 19 years old. Frankly, I would be happy to get back there and stay, but I would just love to be living in Onederland.:thumbup:

I was banded 6/14/09, I was 263. I weigh 191 now and I have set my goal at 160. I am 5'3" and 56 years old.:confused:

I am updating my weight I am now 158-160 pounds.

I set my goal at 145, which is at the top of the "normal" chart for 5'2 woman. However, Im not stuck on that number. Yes, it would be nice, because I cannot honestly remember being that small, but if I dont get there, its not a big deal. WHen I graduated highschool 5 years ago I was 225. I would at least like to get down to 200. That would make me smaller than my husband and his family has ever seen me (and they've know me almost 8 years).

Ok, here is the deal with my doctor... I have spoken to my nutritionist and she asked me what my goal weight was. However, my surgeon never asked me what my goal weight was - he looked at the chart ( height to weight ratio ) and told me what my weight loss goal will be. I was very happy because I was hoping to loose 70lbs when he told me to loose 110.

I am very happy with my surgeon.