Weight Loss!!!

I am so scared.......  I here alot of stuff on this site...  Do people lose a lot of weight with Gastric Bypass??? from what i have seen and read (  people loose at least 150 lbs with the surgery) and now people who are 1 month out are loosing less and less.  I just want 130lbs gone but i don't want it to take a whole year and a half. this is very confusing!!! 

1 site i read............. this lady is 10 wks out and have only lost 30lbs and is eating 700 calories a day... Isnt 700 calories good a day.. that means u should b loosing weight rigth????   I have surgery next tuesday  i just want some answers

It's very individual - I was a lightweight with 100lbs to lose (BMI 40) and I lost 120lbs in 6 months and have kept the 100lbs off for 8 years ...

However, I only had 3 weeks from Google to surgery and so no pre-op diet - a lot of people you read about on here who are "slow" losers after surgery have lost 30, 40 or 50lbs beforehand!!

I believe that I lost quickly for several reasons:  I was only MO for a year after a pregnancy, I was very compliant with eating a protein forward diet (no shakes or bars) and I exercised religiously 5 x per week and I still do ...  

Good luck with your surgery and weight loss!

Every post op does not lose wt at the same rate. Family genetics, your food choices, whether you drink with meals, exercise regimine or lack thereof, etc. are but a few reasons. You likely didn't gain 150 pounds in a few months, and it's likely it will take a year or more to lose that much.  Wt loss surgery will NOT "cure" your wt issues. It's a tool towards wt loss, but it's really a lot of work for the patient too.  Yes you lose wt pretty fast the first few weeks, and higher BMI patients will lose more.  This surgery requires a lifestyle modification--it's a lot different than you old "heavier lifestyle".  You need to adjust your choices of foods (minimal fast foods, lots of high protein foods that are more expensive), small amounts per meal, chewing well so you don't get food stuck, adjusting to drinking 64 or more oz of water daily, doing exercise several days a week, taking supplements every day forever, having routine lab work done to see whether you're ok or deficient in vitamins or proteins etc., ......  Surgery by itself won't make you thinner--it takes your participation in the post op protocol too. DAVE