I had my pre-op 2 days ago and I asked so many questions that I forgot to discuss with my surgeon anything about a healthy weight or how much I want to weigh in the future?? Did everyone pick their owm goal weights or did you and your surgeon choose your weight loss goals?

My surgeon never mentioned a goal weight for me, I set my own goal weight based on my height (but it's not set in stone) Best Wishes

Thanks thats exactly how I picked mine... I'm sure I will start with small goals and work my way up to the "Healthy BMI"

I set my own goal weight initially but as I lost, my surgeon discussed where he wanted me to be, which was a BMI of 27 (and higher than the goal weight I set). So I had his goal weight as my goal and my goal weight as my 'nice to have'. I surpassed both in the end.

That's amazing Congrats to you!!

Thanks, but my band is leaking now so I'm back on the weight loss wagon. When the band works, it's pretty awesome!

Wow I just saw that.. Glad your ok and you will be back to fabulous in no time... Still a Success story in my book!!

Set my own

When I started with the doctor's dietitian, the computer picked out a weight based on body fat and I am below that now. I picked 170 and think I may want to be lower than that. I think it is just see where you are comfortable. I am very big boned, I know over weight people say that but I really am. I have larger hands and feet than my husband and I am only 5'5 1/2".

Good luck.

Thanks all!

I am new to the journey too, I read somewhere that a good target is a bmi of 25. There is still time to evaluate what a good healthy weight would really be.

Here is a chart that you can look up your 25BMI weight by your height in inches.

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/bmi_tbl.htm