I hope to lose 60lbs over the first year, and my doctor wants me to go for 80lbs. So I set up a series of increasingly difficult weight loss goals... which has me thinking I should have done it in reverse, but I really love instant gratification. My goal weights where I do something nice and fancy for myself are 15lbs then another 25lbs, then anothe 35lbs. That means if I meet all of my goals I will be down 75lbs over the course of the year.

what are you aiming for? is it you or your doc?

Well I started at 316lbs. Here are my goals:

Loss of:

25lbs by February 9 (my first fill) !!!! YEAH- accomplished 2/7/12 2 days early!!!!

75lbs by July 21 (my 20year hs reunion)

100lbs by January 10 (my 1 year bandiversary)

I started at 275.

Hit 257 on surgery day

At 244 now, just shy of 4 weeks post-op.

I hope to hit 200 within 6 months and 175 by 1 year post-op.

Starting weight: 239

Surgery day weight (1/24): 230

Birthday goal (7/11): 182 - which will be a 48 lb weight loss in about 6 months

Christmas goal (12/25): 145 - which will be a 37 lb weight loss in a little over 5 months

Great Job Mags2u!

Oh, good question! I started pre-surgery at 284, now 2 weeks today post op I am at 268.5 (I can't tell you how long it's been since I've seen this decade!). I want to lose 50 lbs by my birthday in July. Of course, that may be unrealistic, but I only have 34 more lbs to meet that goal and 4.5 months to do it, so maybe! Then I would want to be below 200.

Hm, I should probably set some interim goals, I do want some small rewards along the way!!