If all the research says people with sleeves end up on average of losing 50% of their excess body weight, how do we calculate what that is? If I'm doing the math right, I'll still be fat! Is all the risk worth it?!

Calculate the weight that would get you to a healthy BMI of 24.9 and subtract that from your start weight. Losing that much would be 100% of your excess weight. Divide that by the amount you have already lost and multiply by 100 to get your percentage. Here is mine:

Start weight: 216

Current weight: 145

Normal BMI: 125

100% EWL = 216-125 = 91

Current loss = 216-145 = 71

Current percent = 71/91 = .78 x 100 = 78%

And I believe the average loss is around 60%. That includes heaps of people who lost 125% or more of EWL and some people who lost less than 25%. Average does not mean "most people" but "the middle of the statistical range." If you look on these boards you will see that nearly everyone HERE seems to get well past the 70% figure. I'm only 8 months out and already at 78%.

I have lost 75% of my excess weight so far. I was told the surgery alone could account for 60-80% of my excess weight loss. I would have been thrilled with just 50% because I wasn't getting anywhere with the old-fashioned diet and exercise effort anymore and I have been morbidly obese for most of my life. My surgery was almost 11 months ago and for me it was the best decision I've ever made (after marrying my husband). You have to decide for yourself what you feel is best for you.

Statistics show that people will lose and average of 60% of their excess body weight. Regardless of whether or not someone reaches a "healthy" weight (a bmi of 18.5 to 24.9), it is still healthier for them to lose some weight. Just 10 lbs can help blood pressure, joint pain, type 2 diabetes. So, if someone is 300 lbs and their "healthy weight" is 125 lbs, then is it still beneficial for them to lose 100 lbs.

And, why should you decide to just be "average". You be "above average" and let someone else be "below average"

OR

It's in your control!