I still have over 100+ lbs to loose and was looking for some others in the same boat.

This Texas girl is right there with ya!! I am 3 weeks out from surgery and 35 lbs down but ALOT more to go!!:biggrin0:

From the start, I had about 120 or so to lose... Good luck!

I am definately in the same boat! Guess we are all in the same boat. Must be a big boat.

I'm in there too, and quite a bit to lose. When all's said and done I will have lost 176 Lbs. I was (well still am) A BIG'UN! LOL!!

So far I'm down 56.4 Lbs from my Ultimate highest. I'm so sick of all the ups and downs. This is going to be the last time I go down. Never going back up! Nope, NEVER!!

I'm with you as well. Right now I've got 125 lbs to lose. Can't wait until my own journey gets started. I'm so ready to change this body for good.

I have 150 to lose

I am on the big ole boat too. I have a whole bunch more to lose but I am so excited for the 39 I have lost in 5 weeks!!!!!!

I have 128.8 pounds to lose to reach my initial goal. My surgeon's goal is higher than mine so as far as he is concerned I only have 108.8 pounds to lose.

Since all of us on this thread have over 100 pounds to lose I have a question: Did any of your surgeon's tell you that you have a certain window in which to lose the weight and that you have to lose X amount of weight by a certain number of months out? I ask because that is what my surgeon told me and his is considered one of the preeminent VSG surgeons in the world. He said we have a 9 month window to "work" the sleeve, after which we just lose like "normal" people. Because of that, and because of how much I had to lose, he wants me to lose 75 pounds by my 3 month surgi-versary. I'd be thrilled to do so, but it seems like I may be a slow loser so am a bit anxious.

he wants me to lose 75 pounds by my 3 month surgi-versary. I'd be thrilled to do so, but it seems like I may be a slow loser so am a bit anxious.

Good luck. I'm about 2 1/2 weeks post-op now and so far my average weight loss has been 1lb/day. Granted, I'm just starting some soft solid foods again and I'm certain that will slow down some.

At 1lb/day you could definitely meet your goal. You'll probably have to "ramp-up" your exercise as you move through the process in order to keep the loss at a rate like that (I'm guessing). I'm still in the "walking" phase and keeping it easy, but the next couple of weeks I'll need to start ramping up.

Good luck!

He said we have a 9 month window to "work" the sleeve, after which we just lose like "normal" people. Because of that, and because of how much I had to lose, he wants me to lose 75 pounds by my 3 month surgi-versary. I'd be thrilled to do so, but it seems like I may be a slow loser so am a bit anxious.

I have about 130 to lose -- so I'm in that big old boat with you all.

I heard that 6 months is the window to really work the sleeve and thereafter it slows down considerably -- but whatever the window time frame is, I know that I'm going to do my best to work it --

I am anxious too -- anxious that I will flub up or stretch out my stomach or something. I can't imagine going through this process to not lose most of the weight I need to lose!

Hey globe, what your Surgeon has told you I have heard as well. I fully intend to lose about 75% of my excess weight by 9 months out and work really hard to meet my goal by one year out. I think at this point I have about 115 lbs to lose or so.

Goal is also a state of mind, in my opinion. I just put myelf at 24.9 BMI because that is what all the charts say I should be at my highest. Well, if I feel comfortable at a higher weight, am very healthy then I will just say I'm at goal at that point. I just don't want to put so much "weight" into the numbers anymore. My ultimate goal is to be able to buy all the cute clothes I want, be able to workout without hurting my arthritic knees and to be off all my comorbidities medications.

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My goal is to lose 180 lbs, but i could probably lose 160-150 and be happy. I'm scheduled for 9/27 with Dr. Webb in Jacksonville, FL.

I CAN'T WAIT!!

I have to lose about 125. Glad we're doing this together!!

That will be me! I started at having to lose 149lbs, Now I have 135 to go! I'm waiting on surgery date so I've been doing pretty well with my pre-op diet. Can't get here fast enough!

I have 120 to lose. That would put me at 150lbs which is A OK with me!