I had a fun time llooking at everyone's amazing progress. I did notice that many people in their after photos who might still be considered medically overweight or even obese based on the weight they posted next to their pictures looked damn good and yes accounting for height etc and all that! I mean many definitely did not look anywhere near the weight they were. They looked much smaller but yet the scale would beg to differ. Have you noticed the same thing? Is this common with weight loss surgery in particular? I was baffled in some cases. I hope I have the same experience. I would love to look 160-170 at 200 lbs or example.

I know the goal weight my surgeon set for me doesn't seem to me what would be my"ideal weight". I am 5'4" and they said my post op goal would be 165#. Don't get me wrong that would be great from where I am now at 240# but thought they would want me lower than that. I'm not sure how they come up with their numbers though.

I started my journey at 242 im 5'6", doc gave me a printout that said I had 102 lbs of excess weight to lose

He also said Id only lose about 60 lbs in the first year. Ideally he,said the sleeve would help me lose 60-70% of my excess weight.

Im thinking the goal they gave you is losing 60% of your excess weight. My surgeon never gave me a goal weight and when he asked me my goal, I truly had no idea as I havent been under 200 in over 25 years, so I have no idea how ill look at what weight.