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Hi all. My starting weight is 387. I am 6 days post-op and I'm down 21lbs. I hope it keeps coming off like this.

High weight was 370. Lost 30lbs on a stupid low fat diet, then stalled for two years. Switched to a ketogenic diet, felt awesome, lost 50lbs then stalled for a year. Just got sleeved weighing 290. Doctors goal is 170 which will put me at 200lbs gone.

I started 365 so close to you. Loss has slowed down a little but still going down down down!! Good luck!

I also have about 234lbs MORE to lose...50lbs dwn since surgery June 3rd....although I could be doing a lot better, im still in this thing...we can do this. We are all here if u need any advice.

You guys are all so encouraging. Would like to keep up with you guys and keep this forum going. I know there has to be a bunch of us out there. Strength in numbers

I'm a newbie, so no expert by any means. But I asked my Dr this same question last week. I had surgery on 6-11, and started out at 366. I have 216 to lose. I am 9 weeks and have lost 53 pounds so far. I asked my dr if its realistic to get to my goal weight of 150. Because most people only lose 60-70% of their excess weight with the sleeve, can I really get all the way to my goal. He said absolutely, it just depends on how hard you work at it. Its all about how you stick to it long term. Its easy to lose at first, but maintaining it over a long period of time is the tough part. He said the key is to making the changes into habits. He said the 3 top things that he sees in people who make it to goal are to make exercise a daily routine consistently for the rest of their life, sticking with a healthy diet long term, and sticking to the high protein/low carb/no sugar. It can be done, you just need to do it.