Hi everyone,

I am at 20 weeks out from my surgery and I am starting to feel like this process was a great decision. For some time I wasn't so sure.

Also, I have shocked myself with my weight loss triumphs thus far. I have hit 74lbs lost in this time frame. This amount is 69% loss of excess weight. The center that I go to has a chart of typical weight loss percentages at the milestone visits during the first year. On August 3rd I weighed in and that day I hit the high end of the one year percentage of excess weight loss goal. I am over the moon.

My surgeon gave me a goal weight of 178lbs for after my surgery. Well at 20 weeks I am only 4lbs from that goal and 17lbs from my original weight loss I gave myself of 165lbs.

Has anyone else had this type of weight loss when starting the process with only 80lbs or so of excess weight to lose? I have heard that the more one needs to lose, the fast it comes off but that is not what I am experiencing.

I hope I have conveyed my thoughts clearly lol. Sometimes you just get going and are all over the place.

I look forward to hearing from all of you out there.

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Everyone is different. In order for there to be an "average" there have to be 50% of people who are above average and 50% who are below. You are one of the lucky ones that gets to be above average with your rate of loss, so good for you! I happened to be well below average. But the good news for me and all the others like me is that this is not a race. In the end, your rate of loss really has no bearing on your long term success. I lost slowly, but still got to goal and have maintained there for over a year. I hope you have similar success in maintenance. Sounds like you will be there soon!