Can anyone comment on whether the percentage of excess weight expected to be lost with gastric sleeve is actually post-surgery vs all the pre-surgery weight loss from expected on your own weight loss and the pre-op diet?

I'm expecting the ~60% excess weight loss predicted to be additional Post-surgery weight loss on top of what I've lost so far since gastric sleeve reports as a surgical intervention. The "60% excess weight loss" shouldn't count what I've lost on my own with a restrictive diet and exercise?

If not, having the surgery to lose just 50# or less seems maybe not a great choice? Thoughts?

Or, can anyone share their own stats showing the 60% average loss counting only post-surgical weight loss?

If I’m working it out correctly I’ve lost 103% of my excess weight. Starting weight was 266lbs, goal was 147lbs and I’m weighing around 145lbs.

21 hours ago, Arabesque said:

But I can understand your feelings this close post surgery. It’s all very scary & many question their decision the first couple of weeks. Hopefully, as the weeks pass you’ll feel more positive & confident about your surgery & what you’ll achieve.

All the best.

This right here. I shouldn't have even posted but I do feel like we need to be honest with each other. Yes I have yo-yo'd and all the things with increasingly more weight gained. Yadda yadda yadda. But surgery is a very traumatic experience.

I decided against surgery multiple times and committed to a serious diet and exercise regime. I knew I could do it on my own this time.

Then a few years later after making zero sustained progress on those regimes I got the surgery, lost 170+ lbs, and got down to a healthy BMI for the first time in decades. So I guess by calculations I’ve lost 100%+ of my excess weight. I still want to lose another 10 or so lbs, just purely for aesthetics at this point.

If you think you can do it on your own, you should! I wish I could have, and I would never have considered surgery if I hadn’t tried and failed for decades. This should not be someone’s first choice for weight loss.