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[Elfling 2]

This may sound like a silly question, but with my height being 4'11, I'm curious as to what goal your surgeon set for you? I was thinking 115-118, my surgeon initially told me around 104. If your 5'2 or under what were you suggested as your final weight goal?

[Casie83 38]

I'm 5'2 and my doctor didn't give me a target weight. He said most patients lose 60-80% of excess weight which still leaves us overweight. That's with not doing much extra. For my surgeon I think they try to stay away from putting a number on where we should be so that this journey doesn't seem so daunting. I personally have a end goal of 135, but I may see that at 150 or 160 that I am good and wouldn't want to weigh less. This journey is more about how I feel and being healthy than only focusing on the number on the scale. I'm just going to be thrilled to weigh under 200! That will be a huge accomplishment.

[lisacaron 5,075]

I'm 5'2" and my surgeon would be happy if I was at the highest weight for my height (136) and no longer "overweight" but all my Dr.'s are happy even now that I have lost the first 10% of my weight.

According to my height of 5' 2" my ideal healthy weight is 122 pounds. Recommended weight range is between 109 and 136 pounds.

I put in your stats...

According to your height of 4' 11" your ideal healthy weight is 111 pounds. Your recommended weight range is between 98 and 123 pounds.

Here is the link

http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/ideal-healthy-weight

[Elfling 2]

Thank you both so much for your help and for the link! I am very excited for my journey!

[Chele H 427]

I am 4'10" and I started at 200lbs. My surgeon said he thought I could lose about 80lbs with the sleeve which would get me to 120lbs. Although that is still overweight for my height I think I would be fine with that. I weigh 133 now and my size 10 pants have a little room and I am actually happy with the way I look in the mirror at this size.

[Elfling 2]

^{That's Awesome Michele! Congrats on your progress! All of these things have been very encouraging!}

[dfwtxmissy 108]

I am 5-2..I set a realistic goal of 130..if I get below that, then so be it....I will still be healthier than I was when I started this journey.

[losingsoon 30]

I'm 4'10". I'm just in the preliminary stage of this journey. I just started the dr. supervised weight loss. I have been obese and morbidly obese most of my life and I'm going to be 65 on June 10. At one point I went down to 142 and I felt fantastic. When I get to the goal stage, I will be very happy with a number close to 142, maybe 135. I am not willing to go much lower than that, at least not right now.

I currently weigh 267. Even getting to 140 or so will be quite an achievement. I'm not interested in getting skinny, I just want to feel better and be able to live my life instead of sidestepping it all the time.