It varies greatly, but most men that follow their plans tend to lose very quickly. I would guess people lose 10-20lbs a month on average in the early months. I, personally, lost 185 lbs in 10 months. I would say I lost on the "faster than average" category, but certainly not unheard of by any means.

It always blows me away to see the posts on WLS sites saying "I've only lost 25 pounds in the first 5 weeks and nothing for 3 days, why am I losing so slowly?!?!?!"

Out of curiosity, how tall are you and how did you come up with your goal weight?

Amen

Highest 300

Day of surgery 272

Hit goal (6 months 10 day) 190

Lowest 187

Highest regain about 235-237

Last week 196-197

Today...196

Again for my sleep issues, I have cut my sugar and simple carbs by less than half for the last 2+ months. When I started this I was about 207-209. Just cutting back on the simple carbs and getting some exercise/work will cause the weight loss. Being retired allows me to be more flexible in doing this. If I were on the run (tons of work) I would be grabbing the donuts and junk to keep the blood sugar level up to keep running. Also getting 6-8 hours of sleep at night helps with the burning of the calories and weight loss. Brian

337.6: High weight Dec '13

311.3: Surgery day 1/16/14

191.8: 1st Surgiversary

199.2: 2nd Surgiversary

201.6: 3rd Surgiversary

205.0: Last Weigh in

205.4: CW

Food: B

Water: B-

Vitamins: B

Exercise: D

My life is like a Cat 3 hurricane right now. I ate out 19 of 21 meals, and I don't see that getting better for the next 9 months. All it will take is some personal strife and some work pressure to get to a Cat 5. I'm holding my own for now, and my wife is being very supportive. Hopefully after labor day I can start being home both Saturday and Sunday so I can be a weekend warrior of sorts to get my exercise in. In the meantime, I'm eating mindfully and getting activity where I can. Vitamins are good for the most part.

Have a great week

I don't think there is a standard. As you said, we're all different. I think you're GW is very reasonable.

BTW- Welcome to the club, and best wishes for a successful surgery.