Expected weight loss?

[KansasMom 1]

Ok guys after eight years of consideration/insurance hoops, I've finally gotten approval for my band next month!!! Can you tell I'm a little EXCITED!! I know everyone loses weight at different speeds but how much weight should I expect to lose in 6 months? I ask because we have a Caribbean cruise scheduled for Jan '15 and I would like to get a few things this summer while it's on sale plus it'll be hard/impossible to find swimsuits in Kansas in January..

Thanks!!

[Bandista 7,466]

Hi there and congratulations on your upcoming surgery! We are all different. It I believe the 1-2 pounds per week is a good guide. I was banded last November and am 60 down and that is five a month but some of that was on pre-op. Also I am not on a diet, not "perfect" etc.

[NolansNana 210]

Congratulations!! It is super exciting isn't it.. Everyone is different. I'm having to keep telling myself that as well..I've lost 13 lbs since June 26th.

[BandedBrunette481 310]

My doctor says 1 pound a week is average, but you'll probably lose more than that in the beginning because of the pre-op diet and the first few weeks of the post-op diet. So, conservatively, you're looking at like a 25 pound weight loss in 6 months.

I'm 5 months out and down 45 pounds (that includes the weight I lost during the pre-op diet) but I also don't diet or exercise as much as I could. I went into this looking for help with a lifestyle change, not another diet, so I am not a perfect bandster by any means! I do think my experience is about average though.

So congrats and best of luck to you in your journey!! You're going to love it