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Hey guys, question

When people say,

Oh I lost 80 pounds in 4 months, or I lost 100 pounds in 6 months, I tend to wonder if that is how much they lost since surgery, or since it all, pre surgery preop diet, since surgery , entirely

When you say, you've lost X amount of pounds, are you counting down from surgery date, or pre surgery diet and since surgery?

Just curious

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I'm interested to know also. How about you - your stats are great - are they from your surgery date or start of process?

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When I say I've lost as much weight as I did, I count from the start of the process til now, which is 130 lbs all together.

With just the surgery alone, it's close to just maybe 90 or so lbs. I've been putting in work since before I had my surgery, why not add that in too? Lol

Hw-273

Sw-226

CW-143

GW-130

Size- 4 or 6, Small in sweats. Small in shirts. depends on how it's cut or made.

Bra Size- 38D

Surgery Date- April 26th, 2017

RNY

"Only those who try will become" FFX

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1 hour ago, Toomanytacos said:

Hey guys, question

When people say,

Oh I lost 80 pounds in 4 months, or I lost 100 pounds in 6 months, I tend to wonder if that is how much they lost since surgery, or since it all, pre surgery preop diet, since surgery , entirely

When you say, you've lost X amount of pounds, are you counting down from surgery date, or pre surgery diet and since surgery?

Just curious

Sleeve

I counted pre surgery required weight loss. For me it is the point where I started to get my weight off.

  • High weight 254
  • Surgery weight 234 June 2014
  • Goal weight 140 December 2015 from surgery to gaol six months 94 pounds
  • first year hit 125 pounds. total of 109 lost from surgery

Three years out I got back up in the 140's.

  • Current weight is 136. (working to settle around 130. This is where I feel comfortable)

Sizing is weird..Depends on the designer - I'm 5'5" tall - jeans 2-4 Shirts small to a large.

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thanks so much for your help and explanation.

I agree. Why can't we include the preop weight loss Lol

Thanks guys :)

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I include my pre-op loss as well because I lost 30 pounds in 6 months and I worked my butt off to do that. Plus that's my total weight-loss from the day I entered the program to now.

HW: 301 (July 2016)

SW: 271 (12/30/16)

CW: 188 (1/5/18- I'm currently bouncing again between 189-186)

GW: 175 then reassess.

I'm 5'10"- Size 10/12 in pants. M/L in sweats because I wear them bigger and S/M in tops depending on brand and cut.

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Same here...I include pre-op weight loss as well. We have to work hard for this so might as well count the pounds!


VSG 10/11/17 HW = 360 SW = 292 CW = 243 GW = 220 (6'5")

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Look at you, Mike. Go boy!

that is great But wait, when was your surgery

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Oh sorry, you said your surgery date..Lol

I'm special

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I guess I have always counted my weight loss from surgery date only, which is 118 lbs in 13 months. If I go pre-surgery, then I get to add 22 lbs more loss to it, which is even nicer.

Congratulations to everyone on their progress and success!

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I think nearly all of us include the pre-op weight loss. But nearly everyone will answer if you ask what the split on pre-op/post-op weight loss is, too.

Mine is 27 lbs. pre-op, the rest post-op.

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On 1/4/2018 at 10:09 AM, Toomanytacos said:

Hey guys, question

When people say,

Oh I lost 80 pounds in 4 months, or I lost 100 pounds in 6 months, I tend to wonder if that is how much they lost since surgery, or since it all, pre surgery preop diet, since surgery , entirely

When you say, you've lost X amount of pounds, are you counting down from surgery date, or pre surgery diet and since surgery?

Just curious

What a GREAT question! (I’m looking forward to tacos, btw! Lol!) I didn’t have to lose beforehand. Actually, I had to gain bc I didn’t have two comorbidities. I’m only counting what I lost on my pre-op liquid week and since surgery. I kinda feel better knowing others are counting before them bc I was feeling a little like a failure. Even though I’m eight whole days out! Thanks for the good question!

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Heres mine:
HW: 285
CW: 215

Had my lapband at 265 ish....in 2009. Went down 40ish lbs. Went UP to 285 by 2017 and was that on the DAY of surgery for my revision to sleeve. Lost 70 so far post op

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