What Percentage Of Your Excess Weight Did You Lose?

[READY TO LOSE IT 91]

I was told to calculate by taking the amount of weight lost divided by the total amount of weight u want to lose. Ex...50 loss .....goal to lose 125 lbs. 40% excess weight loss.

[It's all new 453]

I have lost 71.8% of my excess weight at 4 month and 3 weeks. That is assuming that at 5'6" I decide to go for 145, sometimes I think that 135 is a better number - in which case I have lost 65.9%.

[AliveAgain 283]

I'm about 8.5 months out, down 42% of my total body weight, and at 85% of goal. Another 20 to go!!

[ereneeh 77]

Today is my 1 year surgiversary. I have lost 96% of my excess body weight. 100 lb goal to get to 150. Currently 154. 96 lbs lost. I am 5'6" and believe that 150 is best for my body.

[Need-a-Sleeve 211]

I must be doing something wrong. Using the formula on that site I show losing only 29.7% of my "excess" body weight.

With these calculations a 65% loss will have me at 101lbs (16.3BMI).

I've actually lost 29.7% of my total body weight.

Don't think you are doing it wrong, I think Livestrong has it wrong! Any weight above a normal BMI for a person is their excess weight, hence why it is called "excess" weight, LOL. What percentage that you lose of THAT is your percentage.

[Butterthebean 8,146]

Don't think you are doing it wrong' date=' I think Livestrong has it wrong! Any weight above a normal BMI for a person is their excess weight, hence why it is called "excess" weight, LOL. What percentage that you lose of THAT is your percentage.[/quote']

Yeah, that Livestrong article is messed up. By my personal and doctor's goal, I've lost 66% at almost 5 months. But my goal is not a "normal" BMI.

Who here actually thinks those BMI numbers are worth spit? They do not account for a person with a large frame and thick bone structure. And when you've been dancing between 350 and 400 for nearly 20 years, as I have, you do not have a "normal" size frame.

[O.T.R. sleever 3,386]

I think they are pretty close. "Normal" ranges from 18.6 to 25.0. I think that range is pretty accommodating of different bone structures. I also believe that we as a country are so use to the majority of the population being overweight that we view overweight as normal.

[Georgia 2,908]

SW 250

Goal 150

Hit goal 8 mos out

100 lbs -100% of excess lost

2.5 years out 165 lbs

BMI 25.1

[CowgirlJane 14,259]

The standard way this is calculated is:

Start weight - Ideal weight = Excess

Excess weight/start weight = Excess weight loss percentage

The ideal weight of 144 maps to a 24 BMI. So, I am 5'5", I started at 308 and am currently at 194.

So, my excess = 164 pounds. I have lost 70% of my excess but i am still losing.

My goal is to get to 158 which will equate to me losing 90% of my excess.

My surgeon's goal is to lose 80% of excess which would get me to weighing 174

(assuming I did my math right)

I have heard it said that 27 BMI is a really good goal for a person who has been obese for a long time - we have more skin and probably heavier bones from lugging all that weight.

[Piplula 709]

The standard way this is calculated is:

Start weight - Ideal weight = Excess

Excess weight/start weight = Excess weight loss percentage

The ideal weight of 144 maps to a 24 BMI. So' date=' I am 5'5", I started at 308 and am currently at 194.

So, my excess = 164 pounds. I have lost 70% of my excess but i am still losing.

My goal is to get to 158 which will equate to me losing 90% of my excess.

My surgeon's goal is to lose 80% of excess which would get me to weighing 174

(assuming I did my math right)

I have heard it said that 27 BMI is a really good goal for a person who has been obese for a long time - we have more skin and probably heavier bones from lugging all that weight.[/quote']

Where did you get your reference equation.., I would like to bookmark the site or find it in a book for opting. Thanks!

[swizzly 901]

I had roughly 100 lb to lose and have lost about 95 of it, so 95% But the LS calculator linked above puts me at 42% excess weight lost. ?

[CowgirlJane 14,259]

Ok, I think we are talking about two different calculations.

The Livestrong site says it is calculating %EWL but it is not. It is calculating what percent of your body weight you lost. In my case, i lost 114, my starting weight was 308 so my percentage is: 114/308=.37 or 37%

I have lost 37% of my STARTING body weight. When I get to my goal of 158 I will have lost .487 or 49% of my STARTING body weight.

The calculation I was taught by my NUT was how they calculate the studies that show success rate for bariatric surgery - the percentages usually quoted are 60-80% of excess weight loss. They don't mean % of your starting body weight - that would be crazy - I would have to get down to 60 pounds to lose 80% of my starting weight. The formula for calculating the percentage of your EXCESS weight lost is:

Starting Weight - Ideal weight (not your goal weight, your ideal weight by the charts) = EXCESS weight

Weight lost/Excess weight*100 = % of EXCESS weight lost.

The bad thing about the formula my NUT used is that the "ideal" weight is all over the board - people are not all reading from the same chart! My NUT used the weight that matches a 24 BMI - under 25 is a "normal" weight.

[SouthernSleever 228]

I lost over 100% of my excess weight. I'm now about 5lbs under goal at "normal" bmi

[jennyblue111 32]

You take what your "normal" BMI / weight should be ( for me @ 5'2" it is 110-135 depending on which table you choose) & subtract that from what you weighed pre-op. So for me' date=' I weighed 220 pre-op minus 120=100 pounds of excess weight. I was told I could expect to lose 56-60 pounds & I hope they are wrong. So far I have lost 26 pounds at 4 weeks which is 26%.[/quote']

Dear Gussie! I'm a hairdresser; all that math just made my brain hurt! I knew I should've not skipped all those classes in high school, making out in the bushes instead!

[ereneeh 77]

Here's the easy way. Take the amount of weight you have lost. Me - 97 lbs. Divide by excess weight, 100 lbs. 97 divided by 100 = 97%. Way easy for me, but it works with whatever numbers. Don't want to hurt any brains here. :^)