I know a lot of us (myself included) get fascinated with the scale stats - This is my weekly loss (currently in week 15). I made this spreadsheet to track % of excess weight lost based on a target weight of 175 (which may need to be adjusted - that is a slightly overweight BMI).

I started with a BMI of 50, size 24w clothing, pre-diabetic, age 50, no other co-morbidities. I was relatively active (given my weight) and have been able to significantly increase my activity level.

I am on the high end of the curve in terms of weight loss, but I wanted to post this to hopefully disrupt the illusion of 10 lb/week weight loss.

I didn't track my 10 day pre-op diet by week, so the 16 lbs with that is not divided up by week.

Date	Week	Weight	Cum Loss	Weekly Loss	Monthly Loss	Tgt Weight	Excess Weight	% of Excess Weight Loss
5/12/2017	0	335				175	160
5/27/2017	0	319	16	16			144
6/3/2017	1	308.6	26.4	10.4	29		133.6	16.50%
6/10/2017	2	301	34	7.6			126	21.25%
6/17/2017	3	294.8	40.2	6.2			119.8	25.13%
6/24/2017	4	290	45	4.8			115	28.13%
7/1/2017	5	288.6	46.4	1.4	12.6		113.6	29.00%
7/8/2017	6	284.2	50.8	4.4			109.2	31.75%
7/15/2017	7	280.4	54.6	3.8			105.4	34.13%
7/22/2017	8	277.4	57.6	3			102.4	36.00%
7/29/2017	9	273.4	61.6	4	10.4		98.4	38.50%
8/5/2017	10	272.6	62.4	0.8			97.6	39.00%
8/12/2017	11	269.4	65.6	3.2			94.4	41.00%
8/19/2017	12	267	68	2.4			92	42.50%
8/26/2017	13	259.8	75.2	7.2			84.8	47.00%
9/2/2017	14	257.4	77.6	2.4			82.4	48.50%

I only hope to have similar success. It adds up . . . that's amazing for about four months' time. Congrats!

This is great. I'm two days for a month post op and finding I am getting obsessed with the scale. I like your stats because it shows some weeks will be high, others not so much! I've lost 20lbs in a month and I know some people lose more but I am happy!

Thanks for sharing this. It is important for people to see that it is not just some great downward slide, there are peaks and valleys.

Keep up the great work!