How much do you still have to lose?

Oops...typo correction...if you CAN'T make them touch your are big boned!!

I used to weigh 433 day of surgery. I now weigh 317 total lost is 116. I am 5'7 and my goal is 180-175 so that being said I still have 137 to go I know, I am a bum, but I swear I work my butt off at curves and walk 2 miles daily. It really goes to show that my eating is out of control for me not to be losing weight. Yesterday I posted my bad eating habits "public shaming" great idea! So today I have had 1 slice cinnamon raisin toast and 3 egg whites. 2 scoops 23g Nectar Fuzzy Navel at 6:30 am Walked my 2 miles, went to work and had breakfast which was the toast and egg whites. No water yet, thanks for the tip for atleast 1 hour more. My breakfast was at 8:30 am. Later all gotta get back to work

Please don't say you are a bum!!!! I'm posting the same message to you that I posted to Angela... Please don't get too down on yourself! You made an amazing decision to improve your life and you are doing it. One pound at a time, one meal at a time, one bottle of water at a time, one workout at a time. Who cares if it takes you 6 months or year or 18 months. You made this decision for you, not for anyone else. Be proud of you for taking charge of you! Jen

I started out at 224 and am now 153. I would like to lose another 28 pounds. My nut never told me a goal weight either. So I made my own.

no one gave me a goal, either---not my surgeon, PCP or nut-- I asked my surgeon at my 6 mo what he thought about 160 and he thought it was great---in my heart of hearts, I'd love to be 150--but let's re-evaluate when we get to 160! I'm at 195, so that's 35 pounds. My current goals are: 190 by the time I go back to work (in 2 weeks) and 180 by October, 170 by Thanksgiving--I'd like to be at 160 by Christmas--sounds easy, but that's 35 pounds in 4 months---16 weeks at 2 pounds a week would be a good, steady loss and I'd be ecstatic if I achieved it over foodfest (my name for Halloween-Thanksgiving-Christmas; all eating holidays)! Long anwer, short question! Cathy

hey hon............I stared out at 317 and Im now 189. Ive lost 128 pounds and my docs goal for me is 189. So I have 9 more to go. My personal goal changes daily......... kristi

I have lost 106 lbs. I am at 218 would like to be at 135-145. So I need to lose 70-80 more lbs.

My surgeon won't give me a goal weight yet but I was 327 day of surgery, today I'm 220. To get to a normal BMI I will need to get down to 167. That seems like a really low number to me though. I've been thinking 175-180 so that means I have 40-45 more pounds to go

I was considered a lightweight at 235 lbs (5ft 2 in). I've lost 73 lbs so far. My "goal" is suppose to be 126, but at my age that's just too low. If I reach 130-135 I will be very happy. So I have about 32 lbs to my own goal. This is great to see how far we've all come. Kathy

What a great post, Bridget, and I love your new picture, too. Its exciting to read everyone's successes and finally the remaining pounds are lower than those we've already lost. I am a slow loser. My surgeon begrudgingly gave me a goal weight of 140, I say that because he did not really want to put a number on me but I pushed. He says it will take 18 months. I was shocked at the low number, I thought 150-160 would be my target. If I get to 150 I'll be very happy. Surgery day weight was 280, I am now 205 so 55 more to my goal, 65 more to my surgeon's goal. That does not seem so far away, actually. And its definately much better than the 150 I once had to lose!!!