Whats a reasonable goal

[Brn2blossom 88]

Im 245, in day 2 of pre-op diet. Will be sleeved in the 18th of Nov. What is a good goal? How much could I possibly lose before the new year? I want to make the best of my "honeymoon" period. I do best with goals

[***** 155]

The best strategy may be to Iron this out with your surgeon and your NUT. My opinion is to Take your current weekly or monthly weight loss pre op and average it. Then apply that to the remaining time left. Subtract from your current weight and maybe that will give you a good starting Point.

Very rough, I know, but you want to start somewhere. You can always adjust or set new goals afterwards.

Good luck!

[Elode 8,093]

@@Brn2blossom Wow I just realized I didn't even set one. I would say pick something reasonable maybe based on a BMI that would put you in normal range (they have online BMI calculators if you didn't already know) . Just keep it realistic so you don't get discouraged. Good luck to you!

[*Lexie* 1,486]

I agree that you want to be conservative. I set all sorts of goals and then after 2 weeks, my weight loss stopped and when it started again, it's been very slow. I have been so discouraged and part of the reason for that is that I had such high goals/expectations of what sort of weight loss I'd have.

[bikrchk 1,313]

I didn't know what to do either. I decided not to short change myself and set a BMI goal to land me smack in the middle of "healthy" (135 pounds at 5'6") so I'd have a bit of wiggle room since they say many folks will stabilize 10 pounds higher than their lowest post op weight. I got to 145, was wearing a solid size 4 and decided to stop. Maintained for 4 months and then decided to go for the last 10 as I still have a little "spare tire" around my middle. Kinda letting it happen slowly. 5 more to go. If I get there, I get there. At this point, I'm healthy, it's all about "vanity pounds" now. I consider it a downward extension of my goal range. Plus, I don't want to have to replace my expensive jeans! LOL.

[Brn2blossom 88]

My surgeon says 134 is my goal, I think I was 13 the last time I weighed that. Im just wondering about a goal from November 18 to January 1st.,,

[livvsmum 2,369]

Goals are interesting things. They are pretty arbitrary to be honest. And once I met my initial goal, I've since revised it twice. But, with that being said, I'm a huge goal-oriented person, so they help me a great deal! I think the first 6 months or so, I was able to pretty easily shoot for 15 pounds/month, then it slowed a little. For an overall goal, I knew I wanted 50% of my initial weight lost.