weight loss averages???

shoop
on 10/24/11 8:16 am

I know i keep annoying yall with questions but yall are amazing support and have been excellent with answering any questions i have bothered yall with ...so here is one more!

on average (i realize everyone is different) how much weight did you lose within your first month or six weeks??

everyone i have spoken to seems to have done amazing..i am just interested in appx how much to expect! thank you in advance!

Ms. Poker Face
on 10/24/11 8:24 am

VSG on 06/22/11

It depends on a lot of factors, including any preop dieting that was done, start weight, height, age, sex, etc etc etc etc etc.

You can see my stats below in my signature.

5'5" Goal reached, but fighting regain. Back to Basics.
Start Weight 246 Goal Weight 160 Current Weight 183

Starting size: 22, 2x
Current size: 12, L

Father Don
on 10/24/11 8:32 am - Charleston, SC

VSG on 10/01/08

Everyone is different. Metabolism, pouch size, diet, starting weight, sex, age, diet, following rules...all play into it....

Don't compare yourself to anyone else.....

Obesity Help Support Group Leader

lashervalerie
on 10/24/11 8:53 am

VSG on 06/23/11

everyone wonder this and everone is differnt I write downthing everthing so I know what work for me.

Start Weight 280 Po op weight 260 Surgery June 23 2011 Month 1 237 (23 lbs)
Month 2 225 (12 lbs) Month 3 214 (11 lbs) Month 4 203(11lbs) Month 5 197 (6 lbs)

Krazydoglady
on 10/24/11 8:56 am - FL

VSG on 01/28/11

My surgeon assesses my progress based on a curve of Excess Weight Lost (EWL) he expects his patients to attain month by my. At 6 months, he expects his patients to be at 60% EWL and that they will lose another 20-40% EWL (ending up at 80-100% EWL) by about 1 year.

For me, I was 263lbs at my 'preop' apointment. The top end of a Normal BMI is 140lbs for my height meaning I had 123lbs of "Excess Weight" to lose. At 6 months I was at 67% EWL, down 80lbs or so. As of this morning I am down 109 or pounds post-op or approximately 91% just shy of 9 months post-op.

I was down 22% EWL at 1 month, 30% at 2 months, i think. You can calculate it off my signature, which I can't see while I type this, lol.

Carolyn (32 lbs lost Pre-op) HW: 291, SW: 259, GW: 129.5, CW: 126.4

Age: 45, Height: 5'2 1/4" , Stretch Goal: 122

chunkymonkey1991
on 10/24/11 10:36 am

i actually just posted about this

my stats were
surgery: aug 4, 2011
weight: 256
height: 5'2"
age: 20

weight loss month 1: 31.5
weight loss month 2: 6
weight loss month 3 (actually ending 11/4): 5.5

i feel like i'm going slowly :(

Please visit my blog at chunkymonkey6491.blogspot.com

katier825
on 10/24/11 10:53 am

VSG on 11/16/10

There are so many variables. When you are in the losing phase, it always seems like you are losing slowly and behind everyone else in progress. But when you get to goal and look back, it's not that bad. My average was a little over 2 lbs/week. I got to goal in 6.5 months. It flew by and I'm almost a year out now.

I worked up a spreadsheet with some variables in it and ran it out weekly to see when I'd get to goal by how much weight per week lost. It came out pretty close. I was 2 weeks behind my "schedule".

DrHollywood
on 10/25/11 1:28 am - Harbor City, CA

VSG on 02/01/11

On an average you lose about 8 to 12 pounds a month. The first month you will lose double this because of water and IV weight.

                      ✿ L♦O♦V♦E ✿ & ✿ P♦E♦A♦C♦E ✿ღ ✿ & F♦R♦I♦E♦N♦D♦S ✿ ღ
                         "Keeping The Faith!"   "Slim by Summer!"
                                    HW: 250 - SW: 241 - CW: 154.7- GW: 140


1 month: 22 pounds (216) 2 months: 12.2 pounds (203.8) 3 months: 10.6  (193.2)
4 months: 9.7 lbs (183.5) 5 Months: 6 pounds (177.5 ) 6 Months: 12 lbs ( 165.5)
7 Months 7.1 lbs (158.4) 8 Months +1.6 pounds(159.8) 9 Months 2.7 pounds (157.1)
10 Months 8.1 lbs (149) 11 months +2 pounds ( 151) 1 YEAR!!! 2.6 pounds (148.4)


                                  Hit "One-derland April 9th, 2011   (199.7)

                                  "Half-Way Goal" April 25th, 2011 (194.8)

                                  "Happyland 80`s" May 14, 2011 (189.6)

                                   "Groovyland 70`s" June 20th 2011 (179.9)

                                    " HippyDippyland 60's" July 16th (169.8)

                                       " CQQL-land 50`s" August 25th ( 159.8)

                        "Normal BMI" 24.8 October 21st, 2011 (154.5) I am 5`6

                                 "AWESOME-land 40's" Dec 1st 2011 (149)

                              "Century Club 100 Pounds" Dec 1st 2011 (149)

                                ' ONE YEAR SURGIVERSARY!!!"

Two Year Surgiversary!!!"

Mr Mom
on 10/25/11 2:34 am

VSG on 02/10/11

Well assuming you are directed to do a 2 week liquid only pre-op diet, and you clean out your system the day before surgery with the osmoprep, and you continue to observe the post-op eating-drinking guidelines, most morbidly or super morbidly obese people experience a loss of 40 to 50 lbs by the time they are 6 weeks post-op (8 weeks total). The more you have to lose the faster you will lose in the beginning. If you have 100 Lbs or less to lose then your results will be slower but not because you are doing anything wrong, rather it's because your loss is relative to your total excess weight that needs to come off (make sense?).
It's a life change.. not a race so just focus on doing your best with diet, exercise, and supplements and the rest will just take care of itself ok?
Take care... Craig

Heaviest:406 | Surgical Weight:366 | Current Weight:290 | Goal Weight:250

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