What do you consider starting weight?

• Weight at start of Liquid Diet (or any other pre-op diet)?
• Weight at day of surgery?
• Weight before you started losing weight?

In my case, I reached my high weight (... panicked ) ,and started dieting.. lost 35 lbs.. then while still on my diet, decided to get the surgery. Started liquid diet a week ago, and have lost 12 lbs since then.. Not sure what you all use as your starting weight. Thanks!

Edited October 25, 20214 yr by TheTimeIsNear

I use my weight the day I called for the referral to be put through. However, my total weight loss from my heaviest is what's on my ticker, because it's more motivating that way and durn it, I did the work!

I use my highest weight recorded for starting weight, then surgery weight for what I weighed at the hospital before surgery.

I use both. My weight at my GP when I asked for my referral to the surgeon (91kg) cause it was my weight when I officially started the process. I sometimes refer to my weight on the day of surgery (85.8kg 6 weeks later) because that was what I was right before I started benefitting from the surgery.

Edited October 26, 20214 yr by Arabesque

I use my weight at the start of the 2-week pre-op diet. That was my highest weight ever and an even 200.0 lbs. Makes the calculations easy! ?

I use the weight I was on my first surgeon visit as my starting weight but my actual highest recorded weight was 13 lbs higher a couple of years earlier.

I use the weight I was on my first visit with the surgeon - it was also my highest weight ever.. and it stayed pretty stable until the pre-op liquid diet.