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Hello all, I have been excitedly looking through this website and a few days ago I saw a link to an outside website that projects your probable weight loss based on information you supply. I want to show it to my husband but I cannot find it now. Please help. TIA.

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Here you go:

https://www.realize.com/do-i-qualify/potential-results

You have to enter your info to get the page with potential results.

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Thanks for the link. Just remember, it's only a guide. The calculator says losing 140 lbs is achieved by 20% of patients studied, I've lost 157 lbs and am still going down. Don't let a calculator set your weight loss limits. :D

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https://www.realize.com/do-i-qualify/potential-results

You have to enter your info to get the page with potential results.

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Yes! You are an outlier - probably in the top 10% or so. And I hope to be on that end myself! Indeed the level of commitment each person brings to the equation is, I believe, a huge contributor to where on the spectrum of results we all fall. But it's also nice to see averages to gauge by, especially when we're feeling like we should have done better than we are.

Thanks for the link. Just remember, it's only a guide. The calculator says losing 140 lbs is achieved by 20% of patients studied, I've lost 157 lbs and am still going down. Don't let a calculator set your weight loss limits. :D

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www. obesityhelp .com

click on resources,

click on post-op planner

This is what I used as a guide for my weight loss.

(I can't put the link in my post, it won't let me)

Edited by lostinthought

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Mine said I had a 50% chance of losing at least 66 lbs. and a 20% chance of losing at least 92 lbs. in 12 mos. At 7 mos., I've lost 71 lbs.

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Thank you all, this is the one I was looking for!

Here you go:

https://www.realize.com/do-i-qualify/potential-results

You have to enter your info to get the page with potential results.

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After running the numbers using their proamI feels it not accurate. I have blown by the 80% colum in 8 weeks.

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I, too, have blown past the "20%" chance column at 6 months out. Guess I'm an overachiever :). But it's probably good that the numbers are conservative so as to not frustrate and disappoint patients that rely on numbers to gauge their success (which drives me crazy, BTW).

IMHO, we see a lot more of the "success" stories on these boards than what the statistical norm for all WLS really is. For example, I've lost 106% of my excess weight. That means someone else out there has to have lost only 34% of their excess weight in order for the 70% average to be acuate. The people on here are the ones that actively seek out help and support and do research and are exposed to all our different stories and ideas. Who knows whether the "seeking" causes success or the motivation to succeed causes the seeking...or they both enhance each other.

Sorry to be rambling....

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It totally makes sense to me that people who post here are high achievers. Just coming to a site like this is a sign of committment to the process.

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