5'4 sw 289 cw 181

RNY 11/18/2014

I know that you are expected to lose about 80% of your excess weight. I also heard that you continue to lose up to 18 months post op. I am about 9 months post op and now am at 181, that's what my surgeon expected my to lose total. What confuses me is.. Will I continue to lose weight? Or is this the 80% and that's it? I know everyone is different but what is typical? My personal goal was 160 and hoped for 140. What are your thoughts? Did you just stop losing at a certain point or did you have to up your calories to go into maintaince?

Edited August 12, 201510 yr by little_mrs

A weight loss of 108 pounds isn't bad. A personal goal is just that "a goal". There are two phases to the surgery. These are "Weight Loss" phase and the "Maintenance" phase. At 7 months, my weight loss leveled off and I entered the "Maintenance" phase. For the next 6 months, my weight was flat-lined. After that I lost more weight without really trying. So at 27 months post-op, I have lost an additional 15 pounds.

From my perception, the meal composition for the "Weight Loss" and the "Maintenance" phase should be different. Fats have the ability to stop hunger. Therefore during the "Maintenance" phase fats should be integrated back into one's diet.

As I understand it, you will continue losing as long as you work on losing weight. The 18 months and 80 percent are not set in stone values. They are just indicative of what surgeons usually see.