Avg monthly weight loss?

[snowkitten 371]

So I was just curious, what was your SW, CW and about how much did you lost monthly?? I've heard that as time goes on you start to lose less. At about what month did you notice a drop in lbs lost monthly and by how much?

I'm just trying to prepare myself for what to expect. I'm 2 mo post op and SW was 344, CW is 313 so about 15.5 lbs per month loss.

[InspirationMySon 135]

SW was 245 at 5'5" & on 9/8/14 my surgery date 231, at my one month check-up 217 & today 10/5 I am 198. At week 3 I had a bit of a stall, something in learned is called hibernation syndrome. Basically your body figures out what's going on & says wait a second.

But I highly suggest not measuring your weight loss by others, just remember the first 6-9 months will be your best.

Congratulations on your success thus far, and working towards being a healthier you.

[*Lexie* 1,486]

One time I found this calculator online where you could put in your starting weight, what surgery you were having, height, etc and it would calculate your estimated monthly weight loss. I've tried to find it again and have been unsuccessful. If anyone knows where this is, could you post the link?

I'll look again and if i find it, I'll attach it.

I'm only 6 weeks out so I don't really have enough data to share.

[InspirationMySon 135]

http://obesitycoverage.com/weight-loss-surgeries/gastric-bypass/how-much-can-i-expect-to-lose

[snowkitten 371]

Yeah I've seen some good calculators but I was curious to know real life experiences. For me , knowing stats is as much of a motivator as seeing the before and after pics. Especially when I feel like I'm in a rut.

I try not to compare myself with others and yeah, I wish I lost faster but I'm just extatic the scale is going down, not up!

@@InspirationMySon good job! That's really great

[*Lexie* 1,486]

Here it is, you plug in your information and it estimates how much you'll lose month over month. So far it was dead on the first month for me.

It's not wanting to let me post the link.

It's at obesityhelp.com and then /morbidobesity/information/post+op+planner.php

Maybe it'll let me post it this way. No idea why I couldn't post that link.

[madwife2002 110]

After the big initial loss I was losing about 7 lbs per month

Now at 5 months and it has slowed down to 4 lbs but I don't gain so I see that it is a positive

I imagine I have over a year to go to lose the 58 lbs I still need to lose!

Since surgery on 2nd June I am down 58 lbs so I am half way-I had to lose 17 lbs pre surgery

[HaddocksEyes 205]

So I was just curious, what was your SW, CW and about how much did you lost monthly?? I've heard that as time goes on you start to lose less. At about what month did you notice a drop in lbs lost monthly and by how much?

I'm just trying to prepare myself for what to expect. I'm 2 mo post op and SW was 344, CW is 313 so about 15.5 lbs per month loss.

I weighed 289 at my very last visit to the doctor immediately prior to surgery - so that would have been one week before I had the surgery. Because I couldn't eat two days before the surgery, I lost 4 pounds and weighed 285 on the day of surgery. I lost about 15 pounds the first two weeks, went into a two and a half week stall at the three week mark (totally expected though) and then it's been about 2 pounds per week thereafter. I go to the gym four to five days per week - I lift as heavy as I can two to three days per week and then do cardio on the other two or three days because I have to rest my muscles. Otherwise I would be hitting the weights every single day because I love them so much.

I have always been a slow loser and with this surgery, I can see that will not change. As long as it is steady, I am poised to lose 100 pounds at the one year mark. I need to lose about 140 pounds total to get to my goal weight.

[knightdoc86 10]

I started at 308lbs and averaged 20lbs per month, now 11 months since i am at 165lbs--28 male