I'm having the sleeve surgery in January. I need to lose 185 pounds. Realistically, is it possible to lose that much if I do what I'm supposed to and change my lifestyle and how long do you think it would take? Has anyone else started at around 325 and lost 185 pounds after the sleeve surgery? Thank you in advance.

2 hours ago, ~Primrose~ said:

any one started at around 325 and lost 185 pounds after the sleeve surgery?

@primrose

YES!!

Weight Loss-Specific Gastric Sleeve Surgery Support Groups

push the above link

there are peopled on the board that have lost 150,185, 200+ lbs etc.

as proven on the board, it is DEFINITELY doable

as in loosing any amount of weight, it takes hard work, /determination/

persistence and patience. don't compare yourself with others, how

fast they loose, and how much they loose in a certain time period,

any one losing weight must follow the many, many important rules.

good luck in January

kathy

Sure, it's possible. But, at 5'8, you'll be at a normal BMI at about 165lbs.. which is only 160lbs

For me, I have 3 goals. 1 is to lose about 80% of my excess weight (me at 180lbs), and if I get there, then my stretch goal is 155lb (normal BMI). A non-scale goal is size 10-12.

Considering I started at 305lbs, 5'7, size 24.. I'm happy with any of it.

When formulating your goals, there are more things that are important beyond what the scale says, so be sure to have some non-scale goals too.

As for how long.. plan on at least 18 months to 2 years.

Thank you everyone for your input and kind words.