How Long Did It Take You to Reach Your Goal Weight?

[Disabledaccount 154]

Where did you start? Where are you now and how long have you been maintaining? Obviously everyone is different but curious to know you how your sleeve journey was.

[Recycled 2,182]

A little over a year. Probably very typical of most on here. Alot at first.....then slower and slower. Some of my stalls were for many weeks with no weight lost. You just have to stay focused and keep to the plan. Eat right, and exercise. That's pretty much it. It's a time thing. The year will fly by.....Enjoy the ride

[Babbs 14,680]

I've got 10 pounds to goal, and my year is August 22. I would love to hit goal by then, but at this point my monthly weight loss is hit and miss. Some months I'll do well and lose 6 or 7 pounds, some months 2. I will be very close by then though

[LipstickLady 25,682]

I hit my original goal in 9ish months -- about 110 pounds. I've still not hit my stretch goal at 2 years, but I am only 5 pounds from it, so...

I'm happy where I am and maintaining at 1600-1800 calories a day. If I lose a little more, great. If I don't, great.

[livvsmum 2,368]

It took me 10 months to reach my "first goal" of 150 pounds which was about 120 pounds. Since that time, I've lost an additional 25 pounds to my dream goal weight of 125. That took about 18 months.

[mallen1895 108]

I am 7 weeks out and down 37 pounds my goal is 80 so I have 43 to go. I feel great so I'm not rushing it. I no I will get there. Good luck

[mnmlst 249]

I'm a pound away from goal and it took me 8 months. 93 lbs. But I have really hit a wall on the weight loss this month. I am at the point where I really need to work it, it's not just falling off anymore.

After this goal, I'd like to lose another 15 or so.

[Kindle 8,667]

I started with a BMI of 40. I lost 22 pounds before surgery, so I count my time from the day I started preop, not surgery day. 6 months to surgeons goal (down 78 pounds); 7 months to personal goal (down 88); 8/9 months to lowest (down 100 pounds). Not sure of that last time frame because I only weigh a couple times a month and I noticed I finally quit shrinking out of my clothes sometime in August last year.

[VSGAnn2014 12,992]

I was sleeved in mid-August 2014.

It took me about 11 months to reach my goal ... from 235 pounds to 150 pounds. I lost 20 pounds during the 2.5 months pre-op and lost another 65 pounds in 8.3 months post-op.

In the last 2 months I've lost another 5 pounds, down to 145.

There's a strange myth around here that "everybody" is supposed to lose weight like a house afire -- like 20-30 pounds a month for months on end.

Nope. Doesn't work that way for most folks -- unless you are very large or a guy or a young person (or all three) to start with.

Best wishes to you. Just do every day what you're supposed to do that day. You'll get there.

[bikrchk 1,313]

I'm 5'6" and started at 235 (my consult weight). Surgery was about 1 month later, (I'd lost like 13 for preop liver cleanse). From the date of surgery, I hit goal range in about 9 months for a total of 90ish pounds and have maintained in range for 1 year now.