8 months post op Questions

[Heatherhei 15]

I have a work vacation planned in january. I will be 8 months post op and was wondering how much weight everyone lost within that time. I know everyone is different but im just trying to get an idea.

HW: 325

SW: 296

5'7

Surgery date was 6/9/23

[Arabesque 6,581]

There’s no answer to that question. Too far out to predict & too many factors that influence our rate of loss. I can tell you what I’d lost by 8 months but that’s not really indicative of what you may achieve especially as I’d reached my goal before then but continued to lose albeit very slowly for many more months. You may even end up being frustrated & disheartened if you don’t achieve what others do.

However, you may be able to make a guess based upon your weight loss tends when you’re around 6 months.

Celebrate every pound you lose & don’t try to put a timeline on when you may lose your weight.

[Jeanniebug 473]

I'm 8 months post op. I have lost 53 pounds since surgery. However, I was a low-BMI patient and now I'm only a few pounds away from my surgeon's goal for me (160), so the weight is being quite stubborn.

Heavier people tend to lose weight faster. You have a higher starting weight than I did, so you'll probably lose more than that.

But, every body is different.

[Heatherhei 15]

4 hours ago, Arabesque said:

There’s no answer to that question. Too far out to predict & too many factors that influence our rate of loss. I can tell you what I’d lost by 8 months but that’s not really indicative of what you may achieve especially as I’d reached my goal before then but continued to lose albeit very slowly for many more months. You may even end up being frustrated & disheartened if you don’t achieve what others do.

However, you may be able to make a guess based upon your weight loss tends when you’re around 6 months.

Celebrate every pound you lose & don’t try to put a timeline on when you may lose your weight.

I'm pretty sure I put in the thing "I know everyone is different but I'm just trying to get an idea" thank you tho

[ms.sss 14,829]

5'2" female here, 235 lbs at the beginning of my 2 week pre-op diet.

which put me at a BMI 43

I am including BMI here because asking about total pounds lost to a group of people with a wide range of starting weights and heights doesn't really give a good "view" for "comparison" (and we all know we shouldn't compare ourselves to others as it may lead to angst, but i also know that we all do anyway 😕, i just hope that people don't give in to any angst it may cause...which is why i *think* @Arabesque responded they way she did.)

with that said, i reached goal at 7 months, but continued to lose more weight for a few more months. To your question though, at 8 months, i had lost 116 lbs, which put me at a BMI 21.9 at the time.

you are much taller than me, and according to your stats, your starting BMI is/was 46.5, so my 116 lbs loss would be equivalent to a loss of 157 lbs for you (i.e., for you to reach a similar 8 mnth BMI of 21.9)

as im writing this i am already reconsidering pressing "Submit Reply" because i already know my experience is not the same as many on here, and I really dont want to endorse comparisons because i have seen/read how it makes people spiral.

at the same time, you asked, so....

hopefully others will respond with the reality of the VERY varied results we all experience and you will see that everyone's experience is soooooo different.

so there you go. do with this information as you will.

Good Luck ❤️

Edited June 30, 2023 by ms.sss

[summerseeker 1,881]

It will do you no good to know this but I lost 94lbs. I was way behind some people and ahead of others but in the end we only get to goal if we work hard at it

[Arabesque 6,581]

The reason I answered the way I did was because of the large number of posts from people who are frustrated, disappointed, angry or think they are failing because they compare themselves with others, set unrealistic goals or timelines, think they are losing slowly, don’t reach their goal, etc. I didn’t want you to fall into the comparison trap too.

I had a lower starting weight so had less to lose than you do. Am shorter & likely older. I also had a sleeve. I lost my goal of 31kg (68lbs) at 6 months. (Lost another 11odd kilos over the next 11 months bringing my total to a loss of about 92lbs.) At 8 months I’d lost 37kg (81lbs). So comparing my stats with @ms.sss & @summerseeker you can see how different loss can be over the same time period - a range of more than 2 stone which can be two or three dress sizes as an example. I may have lost more by month 8 if I wasn’t consciously increasing my calories to try to stop my loss. I may have lost less if I had more or longer stalls or lost nothing if my body decided that my goal weight was my new set point & best weight.

PS: My total loss made me an outlier. The average weight loss is about 65% of the weight you’re to lose to put you in a healthier range for both bypass & sleeve. I lost 135%. I had a couple of very short stalls, less than a week in length, so my rate of loss was fairly steady, gradually slowing, with just little hiccups along the way.