Well, I'm 3lbs away from hitting my personal goal weight. Firstly, I know it's all about doing what I'm most comfortable with but I've been doing some thinking as the weeks and months flew by.

Secondly, I'm just not sure if the stories I've heard about the whole gaining 5 to 20 or so pounds back after said years are even true once you hit your goal weight or let alone just make it to a healthy BMI and stay there.

That leaves me asking myself and just wondering.... Once I make it to my goal... (Which I'll give it til next month) should I just stay at my goal and maintain that or just add a 10 or 15 pound gap between my goal just in case... Then maintain?

At first I was dead set on just getting to 130 and then stopping there... But if that weight gain thing is true where you'll lose and lose.... Then gain like 15 lbs then just stay there or whatever happens. I'd prefer to be on the lighter side then be 130 rather than 140. I like being in this weight range.

Told myself that I was getting myself into the healthy BMI range and I'm staying here. Life is too sweet to make a departure. Lol

Hw-273

Sw-226

CW-133

GW-130

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

Bra Size- 36C

Surgery Date- April 26th, 2017

RNY

"Only those who try will become" FFX

Goal weight is an artificial number. I think my surgeon told me that I could reach 190 pounds. I was happy with that. But in the end I dropped almost down to 140.

As far as a goal, I would shoot for the high side of normal BMI. Normal BMI 18.5-24.9. So for your height of 5 foot 2 inch that would correspond to a goal weight of around 135 pounds. The reason why I would select that as a goal is because individuals on the high side of normal live the longest. It is important to keep a little fat in your body because when you have a very, very serious illness or accident, you need that reservoir of fat to keep you alive until your body recovers.

It is O.K. to drop below that level for a little while to compensate for a small amount of weight gain as you progress in Maintenance phase.

1 hour ago, Myaiku_Kuraitani said:

Well, I'm 3lbs away from hitting my personal goal weight. Firstly, I know it's all about doing what I'm most comfortable with but I've been doing some thinking as the weeks and months flew by.

Secondly, I'm just not sure if the stories I've heard about the whole gaining 5 to 20 or so pounds back after said years are even true once you hit your goal weight or let alone just make it to a healthy BMI and stay there.

That leaves me asking myself and just wondering.... Once I make it to my goal... (Which I'll give it til next month) should I just stay at my goal and maintain that or just add a 10 or 15 pound gap between my goal just in case... Then maintain?

At first I was dead set on just getting to 130 and then stopping there... But if that weight gain thing is true where you'll lose and lose.... Then gain like 15 lbs then just stay there or whatever happens. I'd prefer to be on the lighter side then be 130 rather than 140. I like being in this weight range.

Told myself that I was getting myself into the healthy BMI range and I'm staying here. Life is too sweet to make a departure. Lol

Hw-273

Sw-226

CW-133

GW-130

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

Bra Size- 36C

Surgery Date- April 26th, 2017

RNY

"Only those who try will become" FFX

Congrats on all your hard work. Celebrate big after your 3 pounds!

Goal is whatever weight is healthy for you. Maintaining may mean managing a ten pound weight fluctuation up and down.

I was told about the 2nd to 3rd year 15/20 pound gain. It's common but not everyone's experience. I didn't believe it until I had a 15 pound gain in my third year.

The 15/20 weight bounce does not mean you have to stay there. You can get the weight bounce back down with work. I am back down to 130's. I've been at a healthy BMI for almost 4 years.

You’ve gotten great advice!

I will just add my experience.... yup the 5-15 pound gain a few years out is super common and I did it too! But as@jenn1 said you can definitely drop it again. When I stay on track and keep my exercise up it’s easy to maintain... except for the bottom 3-5lbs those are tough! Even when I gained I was in the healthy range though. And usually I don’t worry about those bottom 3lbs. So why not try and lose what you can in case you bounce?