Question - how did you select the weight to use when tracking your VSG weight loss?

It occurred to me last night that my belly looks so deflated because I have lost 120lbs from my highest pregnancy weight. And although I haven't "lost" 120 lbs with my sleeve, the past pounds would still impact my body. So, I thought I would ask my sleeve sisters and brothers what weight you used as your "starting weight"?

1. Did you "start" with your weight at the beginning of your sleeve investigation?

2. Maybe you used your surgery day weight? Perhaps the beginning pre-op diet weight?

3. Did you use your highest EVER weight? Maybe your highest PREGNANCY weight (ladies)?

For me - all these numbers are different! Depending on the starting number, it really affects my total loss. Personally, I used the beginning PRE-OP diet weight to set my "starting weight". What about you?

Edited October 24, 201312 yr by HoosierGirl

I was 309 a week before surgery, lost 12lbs leading up to the day and was 288 on surgery day. I have lost 98-99lbs depending on the day.

I use highest weight Sept 2012 and surgery weight 4-30-13

HW 304 SW 271 Current weight 171. I had to loose 10% of my highest to qualify for surgery as required by my insurance.

I use my highest weight because it was probably a month before surgery so it's not like it was a weight from 10 years ago.

However, sadly my highest weight was actually higher than either of my pregnancies!

I used the weight I was the day I started my two week pre op diet

I use the weight I was at my first visit to my surgeon. It's what I'd been for a few years aside from the 10 pounds I had gained then lost again after I quit smoking. I definitely count the 44 pounds I lost from that first visit to the day before surgery. After all, I'd been on the high protein, low carb diet since that day. I've only lost 20 pounds since then in the 2+ months since surgery.

I used my weight from the morning of surgery. It seemed like the weight that best represented the end of my pre-sleeve life. That it was also my highest weight factored in as well.

I am one of those who actually gained a few pounds during my six month supervised diet! Someone in another thread mentioned "food funerals" when you imagine you won't be able to eat something ever again after surgery. I wish we all realized this is not usually the case (after we have healed up from surgery) so there is no need to overwear or overindulge.

I use my weight from the first day of pre-op but I learned something on this thread! Not to pay attention to someone else's rate of loss unless they state when they started counting!

I used the weight of when I started my journey to lose seriously. For me that was 333lbs when I started eating smart back in May. Now I weigh 283lbs, and surgery is thursday. I only lost 6.5lbs on my pre-op.

So my surgery weight will be around 281-282 lbs.

I did mine based on my bariatric evaluation visit. I started my classes shortly there after. It was about 3 months into the process.

248 was the weight the day before my surgery. I think it happened to be my highest weight also. Even tho I lost most of the weight with my lapband (revision 3 mths ago) I count my weight as tho I lost it all with the sleeve (after all, it was all cuz of wls in general). While I've only lost 22 lbs since being sleeved (I knew it would come off slower cuz I started at 174) I've lost almost 100 lbs total since wls.

I use my weight from the first day of pre-op but I learned something on this thread! Not to pay attention to someone else's rate of loss unless they state when they started counting!

Yes!!!! You are very right!

I picked the weight from when I first saw the surgeon, which happens to be my highest weight. Weight lost is weight lost IMO

I used the weight I was at on surgery day.