How did you all set your goal weight?

[The Candidate 3,215]

My surgeon has never mentioned a goal weight. I'm going by how I feel. I'm 5'2" and before surgery after my most successful weight loss attempt I got down to 130. So that's where I'm aiming.

At three months out I'm down to 172, so only 42 more pounds to go. But I have to say I feel great now! I can't imagine how much better it will get, but I know it will!

[Trayjay33 138]

My surgeon has never mentioned a goal weight. I'm going by how I feel. I'm 5'2" and before surgery after my most successful weight loss attempt I got down to 130. So that's where I'm aiming.

At three months out I'm down to 172, so only 42 more pounds to go. But I have to say I feel great now! I can't imagine how much better it will get, but I know it will!

That's exactly how I picked mine but something I didn't think about. When I was 130 pounds years ago I wore a size 6-8 and now I'm a size 2-4. My family was telling me I was never this thin before but I'm like its the same weight they're wrong. The only thing I can figure is that with RNY we lose more fat due to malabsorption. I found this interesting. Either way I think it's good to set a goal and have some room to find out how to eat during the maintenance phase.

[Gingerish 113]

I never got a "goal weight" I'm 3 months out and based off my past weights and what I think is a good weight for me is around 170 which is about 35 lbs to go. That's still considered "overweight" but I always look about 15-20 lbs lighter than I am. I'll be happy to hit that mark and anything less than that is stellar. But my own personal goal is just to hit 170 and then see what happens after that.

[Dub 9,922]

Surgeon and I covered a lot of ground but the subject of goal weight never came up until I mentioned it.

I went back to the weight I was a junior in high school. I played football and was on the wrestling team and lifted weights in the off season. Very active. Lean.

I was in the best shape of my life.

I took that weight and added 15 pounds to it and asked my surgeon if that was an attainable weight. He said that he felt I could achieve and maintain this weight.

We shall see. I'm closer than I was, but still a long damn way to go.

[queencity 62]

In my initial consultation i told my surgeon my goal weight was 180 lbs that is 100 lbs to lose.

[lauraellen80 855]

That's exactly how I picked mine but something I didn't think about. When I was 130 pounds years ago I wore a size 6-8 and now I'm a size 2-4. My family was telling me I was never this thin before but I'm like its the same weight they're wrong. The only thing I can figure is that with RNY we lose more fat due to malabsorption. I found this interesting. Either way I think it's good to set a goal and have some room to find out how to eat during the maintenance phase.

There is also the issue of "vanity sizing" at play here. Right now, I'm about 20-25 lbs heavier than I was in high school... but I am wearing the same pants size that I did then, 8. Now, I know that I'm bigger than I was then. Today's size 8 is a lot bigger than a size 8 was in 1995.

[Trayjay33 138]

That's exactly how I picked mine but something I didn't think about. When I was 130 pounds years ago I wore a size 6-8 and now I'm a size 2-4. My family was telling me I was never this thin before but I'm like its the same weight they're wrong. The only thing I can figure is that with RNY we lose more fat due to malabsorption. I found this interesting. Either way I think it's good to set a goal and have some room to find out how to eat during the maintenance phase.

There is also the issue of "vanity sizing" at play here. Right now, I'm about 20-25 lbs heavier than I was in high school... but I am wearing the same pants size that I did then, 8. Now, I know that I'm bigger than I was then. Today's size 8 is a lot bigger than a size 8 was in 1995.

Vanity sizing is around as well but that's not the issue in this case. I kept clothing that I hoped I could fit back into from when I had lost weight before. I had to give them away because they could no longer fit. Maybe it's just the way I personally lost weight but it was interesting. My body lost weight differently I feel with RNY than it did with other types of dieting about 10 years ago. I believe I lost more fat this time around and have more defined areas. I wouldn't have noticed it except my family pointing it out.

[toasty 371]

I actually spoke with both my surgeon and my PCP about my weight, and both agreed that 190 was a good, achievable weight to shoot for (that would put me at a BMI of 29.8, just under the Obese category). They both agreed that once I reach that weight, we can review and determine whether I should try to lose any more.

I am 5'7", so my ideal weight is 133-163lbs, which my doctors claim is ridiculous for me. Maybe, once I get to 190, I might shoot for 175, but I can't imagine myself below that. Before surgery (7 weeks ago) I was 300, and today I am 250, so almost half way there.

I like this system. Choose an intermediate weight that feels achievable, and then once you reach it reevaluate where you want to be then.

[Sajijoma 1,324]

That's exactly how I picked mine but something I didn't think about. When I was 130 pounds years ago I wore a size 6-8 and now I'm a size 2-4. My family was telling me I was never this thin before but I'm like its the same weight they're wrong. The only thing I can figure is that with RNY we lose more fat due to malabsorption. I found this interesting. Either way I think it's good to set a goal and have some room to find out how to eat during the maintenance phase.

There is also the issue of "vanity sizing" at play here. Right now, I'm about 20-25 lbs heavier than I was in high school... but I am wearing the same pants size that I did then, 8. Now, I know that I'm bigger than I was then. Today's size 8 is a lot bigger than a size 8 was in 1995.

it's so true! Yesterday, I was going through my old clothes from college days and I had a dress I wore ALOT when I was around 200lbs. It was my go to dress for snagging a guy LOL. It was TINY looking so I had my daughter try it on for fun. She wears a 12 in women's usually and she fit it perfectly! The tag however said 22/24!! No wonder I felt like a big fat hippo, even when I wasn't! I looked at her and thought to myself "and you couldn't even be happy at her size!" Was a real eye opener. My weight problem has never been my weight, but more my continuously beating myself up about my weight. It's like when the people making fun of me and ridiculing stopped, I just kept going.

[foodfighter78 258]

My physician has said 0 about this. They monitor everything. They are very thorough. I just am not sure why they won't tell me what my goal weight is. Did your doctors inform you of your goal weight? When?

No goal for me either, my doctor told that everyone has a different goal. I set mine with a normal BMI some people want to lose weight to run a marathon or to be able to tide their shoes again. So it's very personal.

[jdemzi 9]

Mine is 190, which is what I was my senior year in high school. Back then, I could've lost 10-15 pounds, 20 at the most. So I figure at age 34, I would be pretty happy at 190. However, 190 sets me 40 pounds over my "ideal body weight'. I will reevaluate once I am closer, but I can't imagine anything under 170 as being realistic for my frame and body type (muscular).