Post Op Sleeve Data! LBs lost, Measurements

[darnlochnessmonster 40]

Hello everyone! I wanted to share some of the data I've been gathering on my post-op experience in case others might find it helpful. I'm a nerd for facts and figures, but please bear in mind this is a sample size of 1 so don't let it significantly impact your own experience. This is just to show some helpful baselines for other women in their 20s/30s.

WEIGHT

Let me start with some numbers I found floating around on-line for "typical" weight loss at each major milestone of the post-op journey, specific to patients with a starting weight of 350-450 pounds. Before starting my surgeon-monitored program my weight was about 420, on surgery day I was 401. You'll see the milestone, then four numbers: low estimate for pounds lost, mid-estimate, and high estimate, and finally my own pounds lost marked with an asterisk.

10 days: 10 lbs / 20 lbs / 30 lbs / *21.2 lbs

6 weeks: 25 lbs / 35 lbs / 45 lbs / *39.2 lbs

3 months: 35 lbs / 45 lbs / 55 lbs / *52.6 lbs

6 months: 50 lbs / 65 lbs / 80 lbs / *Six month target will be at end of October, current weight loss is 62.4 lbs

1 year: 100 lbs / 100 lbs / 100 lbs

18 months: 120 lbs / 120 lbs / 120 lbs

MEASUREMENTS

This one is a little tougher because I'm terrible at taking measurements and find it a little annoying. My pre-surgery measurement is really basic because I just threw a measuring tape around my widest part. Subsequent measurements were done with the "Like A Glove" measurement leggings (I'll write a separate, detailed review of that in another thread). I don't have a lot of data, but here are some helpful notes: I'm 5' 10" and somewhere between a pear and full hourglass shape. I carry my weight in my hips, thighs, and upper arms.

Before Surgery

Fullest part of Hips: 61 inches, Pant size: 28 (at Old Navy)

July 2nd (approx. 9 weeks post-surgery)

High waist: 53.5 inches, High Hips: 53.8 inches, Low Waist: 55.1 inches, Low Hips: 53.3 inches, Pant Size: About 24 (at Old Navy)

September 8 (approx. 5 months post surgery)

HIgh Waist: 51.2 inches, High Hips: 53.6 inches, Low Waist: 54.3 inches, Low Hips: 52.9 inches, Pant Size: 24 (at Old Navy)

I'll do another measurement at the 6-month mark at the end of October.

I hope you will find this helpful!