3.5 months post-op... 88lbs Lost! Normal?

nicol10aya
on 12/27/11 8:13 am - CA

Just wondering where people were at 3 1/2 month post op?... Just curious if I'm on track at 88lbs lost?

Thanks everyone!! I hope you had a wonderful holiday!!

poet_kelly
on 12/27/11 8:14 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

Wow, I think that's a lot more weight loss than normal in just three months. Took me at least twice as long to lose that much, I think.

Kelly

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Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 12/27/11 8:19 am - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

Me, too. Of my 185 pounds lost, I did not lose 100 until right at the 6 month mark.

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 12/27/11 8:18 am - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

Actually, that is MUCH more than most, but loss depends SO much on how much you have to lose to begin with. The thing some surgeons look for is losing ROUGHLY 50% of your excess weight by 6 months or so out, but even that is a VERY general guideline. Many people start out losing quickly and then it slows down, some start slowly and then it picks up later on, and some people lose very erratically the whole time. As long as you are doing ewhat you are supposed to be doing, getting in enough nutrition (but not too much), it is "normal" for you. There IS no other "normal".

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

lanagirl
on 12/27/11 8:28 am

RNY on 09/12/11

I am just about 3 1/2 months out and I have lost 83 lbs total. 14 or so were pre- pre op and 10 or so were during the 2 week liquid diet. My starting weight was 293 and I am 5'5". My current weight is 210. It looks like our starting weight was about the same so weight. What is your height? and what is your goal weight? My Dr set mine at 145 or so and I set it at 150.

Laura in Texas
on 12/27/11 8:33 am

RNY on 09/17/08

Go HERE to see what the OH weight loss planner says is "average" for your height and starting weight. This was pretty accurate for my losing phase.

Laura

Laura in Texas

53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)

RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis

brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco

"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."

JerseyJim
on 12/28/11 5:05 am - Sayre, PA

RNY on 05/23/11

Thanks Laura, that loss planner is AWESOME!!!

HW: 418 SW: 386 CW: 225 GW: 210

nicol10aya
on 12/27/11 8:35 am - CA

I was 287.5lbs and 5'4. I am (as of today) 199.5. So 88lbs. I did lose some pre-surgery but not too much. So I just count it in. So it would really be 88lbs in 4 months (2 Pre-op weeks).

Do you think that if my weight loss has been a little bit more than usual that would explain why I have lost so SO much hair? I try to get in as much protein as possible and take my vitamins. It's really annoying.

Thanks for the feedback everyone!!

nicol10aya
on 12/27/11 8:38 am - CA

And my own personal goal weight is 135lbs. I don't think my surgeon ever gave me a ending goal weight, or if he did it was in passing.

lanagirl
on 12/28/11 2:03 am

RNY on 09/12/11

When you say you try to get "as much protien as possible", how much is that? I have lost no hair at all and I get between 70-90 grams per day. Every day. My protein on my labs was 7.7 so I know I am getting enough. Did you have your 3 month labs yet? What was your protein level? If it was low that would explain the hair loss.