Those w/<100 lbs. to Lose

 I've been trying to do a little research re: weight loss rates for those with about 100 lbs. to lose, i.e., people like me & I've come up w/some pretty consistent numbers: DSers in this category seem to drop about 10 lbs. per month for the first 9 mos.

I'm losing rather slowly (26.5 lb. in less than 12 weeks, or 40 from initial consultation in early Jan.) so I'm more than a bit curious.  Are the following numbers really representative?  Am I on track?  Anyone else w/ca 100 lbs to lose care to share their numbers?  Anne

From what I can gather:

Beemerkeeper: 83.5 in 7 mos, for 11.9/mo

Big_Fun: 70 in 8, for 8.75/mo

Cujiesmom: 108.5 in 9.5, for 11.4/mo

Krissywats: 86 in 9, for 9.6/mo

Mgpm: 90 in 12, for 7.5/mo

Mspppants: 110 in 11, for 10/mo.

Sheanie: 88 in 8, for 11/mo

Stephanie R: 85 in 9, for 9.4/mo

505 dardar: 100 in 9, for 11/mo

I started at 221 (219 w/o clothes) on Dec. 11 at the consult. I'm 175 (173 w/o clothes) today. Goal is 130. I guess I'm averaging 10 a month if you look at it that way, but at this point it's more like 4-5 a month. I'm a revision.

For some reason, men tend to lose faster. I've dropped around 127 pounds in 6 months. That equates to about 21 pounds per month. I divided by six eventhough my 6th month will not have passed until May 6th.

Here's my loss by month
Pre-op 20
Month 1 21
2  13.5
3  11.5
4  16.5
5  5.5
6  7
7 (month not over yet) 8 so far.

I'm below goal and I didn't expect to still be loosing 7 or 8 lbs a month at this point.

I'm interested in what your common channel lengths are,  I currently only have about 60-70 to loose,  had originally 125, before byetta. and a couple of years,  its about diabetes now, but no more weight has come off, and 20k of meds is tiring.  My surgeon , specializes in light weights.

uh, I had over 200 to lose, but you'd have to look at my blog to see how fast I did it... ;)

Feel free to check out my profile for how quickly I lost and/or take a look at my health-tracker. Just keep in mind, we are all different. Best of luck to you!

I've lost 115 lbs now...in about 6 1/2 months....most of it came off in the first 3 1/2 to 4 months...the last couple months have been a little slower...I've reached my personal goal...but I still have about 11 lbs to go before I'm at the surgeon's goal for me...

Nina

I had a little more than 100 to lose and I'm down 82 pounds in a little over 5 months.  Its gone like this:

1=28
2=15
3=14
4=10
5=11

So far, 6 days into month 6, down another 4.

You should check out the lab rat data.  Lots of ways to compare and contrast numbers, if you're into that sort of thing.

www.epursimuove.com/ds/

hi -
i have lost 122 lbs just shy of 10 months.  wls date 7/1/09. 
unlike many who lost rapidly directly after their surgery, i started out slowly.  seems like after 5 months out, the weight really started to come off quickly.  now i can have a 5lb loss in a week.