Hi: I'm 46, struggled all my life with weight except for a brief span in my 20's when my mom's Dr. gave me some butt kicking diet pills.  Of course once I quit taking the pills, the weight came back on.

 My husband was skinny when I met him but our fast food lifestyle got to him and he got up to 304.  He had rny in June 2006 and is now down to 152.

I am hoping to have surgery with the same Dr. From what I have heard and seen, he is one of the best.  I have done everything that is required by my insurance but the surgeon won't send the info to insurance till after the consult.  Had the consult. Got Approved, yay.  June 26th is the day.  My surgeon's office did all the papework and it was approved on the first try. what a relief.  

Had the surgery, yay

	Weight	Loss	Cumulative
Surgery 6/26	277
8/26/07	240	37	37
9/26/07	229	11	48
10/26/07	219	10	58
11/26/07	212	7	65
12/26/07	204	8	73
1/26/08	194.6	9.4	82.4
2/26/08	189.8	4.8	87.2
3/26/08	184.2	5.6	92.8
4/26/08	182	2.2	95 up&down month
5/26/08	178	4	99
6/26/08	173	5	104
7/26/08	166.6	6.4	110.4

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chart posted by diminishing dawn, keeping to make me feel better:

 

For patients weighing 200 to 250 lbs.
10 lbs. in first 10 days
15 to 25 lbs. in 6 weeks
25 to 35 lbs. in 3 months
35 to 45 lbs. in 6 months
60 lbs. or more in 1 year
70 lbs. or more in 18 months

For patients weighing 250 to 300 lbs.
10 to 12 lbs. in first 10 days
15 to 25 lbs. in 6 weeks
25 to 35 lbs. in 3 months
45 to 60 lbs. in 6 months
80 lbs. or more in 1 year
90 lbs. or more in 18 month

For patients weighing 300 to 400 lbs.
10 to 30 lbs. in first 10 days
25 to 45 lbs. in 6 weeks
35 to 55 lbs. in 3 months
50 to 80 lbs. in 6 months
100 lbs. or more in 1 year
120 lbs. or more in 18 monthsee

 For patients weighing 400 to 500 lbs.
10 to 30 lbs. in first 10 days
25 to 45 lbs. in 6 weeks
35 to 60 lbs. in 3 months
50 to 90 lbs. in 6 months
120 lbs. or more in 1 year
150 lbs. or more in 18 months

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other average weight loss %'s i've seen posted:

excess body weight percentage of loss goals:

2 months 25%
6 months 50%
1 yr          80%

my doctor has never said anything about goals to me, he just wants me to live right, eat right, and exercise. But I get obsessed with the numbers like everyone else.

If my goal weight is 135 (don't really have a goal weight), then my excess body weight was 142 lbs.

25% of that is:  35.5
50% of that:      71
80%  is:           113.6

i made the 2 month and 6 month marks and JUST MIGHT make the 1 year 80% mark too. i know this is not a competition, and a steady loss is better than no loss, but I am really impatient.