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lnbrack
ALPHARETTA, GA
VSG (02/23/12)
Member Since: 12/09/11
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Post Date: 2/9/12 2:52 pm
 I have been curious about what weight is considered a lightweight at 5"6 269 pounds I couldn't imagine being called a light anything right now, but I have heard the Term used more than once and always wondered Just for information purposes "At what weight Pre-Op are you considered to be a Lightweight"?
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moonglo82
VSG (03/29/12)
Member Since: 01/02/12
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Post Date: 2/9/12 2:55 pm
Well, it varies by height. The way I've heard is that you are a lightweight if you have 100 pounds to lose or less.
    
Highest weight: 277 Starting Weight: 250  Surgery Weight: 241  Current Weight: 210
Weight lost by time period: Preop: 9 lbs; Month 1: 18 lbs; Month 2:?
Goals: Obese (not "morbid"): 5/8/2012; Onederland:
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edelu
los angeles, CA
(08/01/11)
Member Since: 09/09/11
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Post Date: 2/9/12 3:06 pm
Starting weight less than 200lbs.
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hidngat39
OK
VSG (02/14/12)
Member Since: 12/06/11
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Post Date: 2/9/12 3:24 pm

well, since I got my surgery delayed another week, making this my 3rd week on nothing but Instant Breakfast, I will be under 200!  Hubby says, now you don't need to have the surgery. I told him forget that.  I am not drinking that stuff for the rest of my life!

I need permanent portion control.

          

HW:253  SW:199  GW: 145

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RyanJS
CA
VSG (02/21/12)
Member Since: 01/20/12
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Post Date: 2/9/12 3:19 pm
Well I am 5'8" 255lb. My surgery was suppose to be on 1/31 but due to some unforeseen issues it was rescheduled to 2/21. Everyone says I am a lightweight but I disagree... I started at 305lb. Guess its all matter of opinion.
HW: 330 StartOfJourneyW: 305 CW: 188.3 GW: 175
"Nothing is impossible. The word itself says I'M POSSIBLE!!!"
"No one said it was going to be easy, but it will definitely be worth it"
  
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Ms. Poker Face
VSG (06/22/11)
Member Since: 03/21/11
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Post Date: 2/9/12 3:23 pm
Usually a height and weight combo that equates to a lower BMI, maybe right around the low 40's or less.
5'5"    Goal Reached!  101 pounds lost!
Start Weight 246    Maintenance Range <150    Current Weight 148.2  
Starting size: 20/22, 1x/2x
Current size: 6, S/M

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Fibonacci
Member Since: 02/09/12
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Post Date: 2/9/12 4:35 pm
On February 9, 2012 at 3:23 PM Pacific Time, Silly_Sweet wrote:
Usually a height and weight combo that equates to a lower BMI, maybe right around the low 40's or less.
Yep -- Silly_Sweet is on the right track; it's not so much your weight, as your BMI.

For example, I'm only 5' 2-1/2" (trust me, at that height, I count that extra half inch), and 100 extra pounds on me basically makes me look like Humpty Dumpty, while an extra 100 extra on my DH (who is over 6') just looks like he could lose a few pounds--know what I mean?

If you're interested in a VSG, I believe the surgeons tend to consider lighter patients with a lower BMI -- I was told by a friend of mine that the doctor I'm meeting can take patients with BMIs as low as in their low 30s.

Your insurance company is a separate matter altogether. For insurance companies to be willing to pay for a procedure, they will likely want to see someone with quite a bit more than 30 BMI. 
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kairk
VSG (12/07/11)
Member Since: 09/05/11
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Post Date: 2/9/12 6:25 pm
My BMI was 41 at my initial consultation. I had at that point only 94 pounds to lose (I had already lost 8 pounds). By the time I had surgery my BMI was 38. Several people on the board have  referred to me as a lightweight.

At the time I didn't get it, but now I do. I was sleeved in December and have  lost over 1/2 my extra weight since I started on this journey. If I continue losing at my current pace (10-12 pounds a month)  I'll probably be at goal by the summer. I now have only 42 pounds to go.

So, yeah, I get it. I'm a lightweight.
    
Kairk, HW - 278, CW - 179   GW 166     
                             (Month/WL)  Pre-op: 23, Month 1: 23, Month 2:12.5, Month 3: 9.5, Month 4: 8
               Month 5: 9
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soulsister
NY
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Member Since: 06/02/08
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Post Date: 2/9/12 7:38 pm
I was a lightweight/revision.
I weighed 191 at 5'5.
My bmi was about 31 or 32 I believe.
I had 50lbs to lose day of surgery.
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califsleevin
VSG (05/09/11)
Member Since: 06/09/11
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Post Date: 2/9/12 9:38 pm
I look at it as a 40ish BMI and below as being in the lightweight category.
      
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