dr. said no goal set?

Honestly, I never discussed it with my surgeon.  I set my goal at 125 and worked towards it for many months.  This was my weight when I was in my 20's (I am 47 now).  Last month I changed my weight to 135.  Based on what I look like, I think 125 would make me look too skinny.  It's weird but with age I have lost "differently".  I am thinking I will probably settle in around 130-135.  BUT it is just a number.  I am wearing a size 8 - 10 and I am happy and I think I look healthy.  I really am working on those last 4 lbs to be able to make the 100 pound lost goal.

Be patient with your body, it may surprise you!

Ann

Don't sell yourself short.  The top of the 'Normal' BMI range is very achievable. Many of the vets, here, have gone well below that.  I hit a 'normal' BMI at 10 months post-op.  I'm about where I was in high school playing 2 varsity sports.  I can stand to lose another 10lbs -- just as I could then-- and I am working on it.  My goal is a BMI of 22 or thereabouts.

I set my goal based on body composition, aiming for the middle teens in body fat % (midrange of the "normal" or "fitness" range for men, depending upon whose chart one uses. That still puts me in the "overweight" BMI range at around 27, but body comp is the healthier measure, even if the measurements aren't as easy or accurate as scale weight. To be in the "normal" BMI range, I would have to lose too much lean muscle mass, and I'm skinny enough as it is now.

It's certainly worth seeing if you can surpass your personal goal range and get into the normal BMI range, if that's appropriate for your build and musculature - if you are still losing at a reasonable rate when you get to 145ish, you can just let it ride, and see how much farther it will comfortably go. At the same time, or when you are in that general weight range, see if you can get some body comp measurements - many docs have body composition scales, as do most gyms, and see where you are at the time and how far off of a healthy or normal fat % you are, and use that as an additional judging point - a 24-25 "normal" BMI may be too skinny or too fat for you (and yes, it is possible to be "normal" BMI and still be over-fat, just as one can be over-lean and "normal").