"lose as much weight as you can"

[dreamingsmall 1,125]

Has others heard this ?

I've seen people say lose as much weight as you can.. instead of say if you reach goal under a year don't go into maintenance lose Abit more as alot of people are likely to get bounce back ? Some regain .. Is this true ?

My goal is 135lbs to be at 24 bmi .. thinking about it.. if I get regain I'll be instantly overweight again.

Should my goal weight be lower just in case there is regain ? If so how much lower ?

Thanks

[bellabloom 2,467]

I think it’s better not to overthink it. Choose a goal that seems realistic to you. It’s hard to predict what your body will do. Many people surpass their goal because they simply can’t eat more. You may find that to be the case. Or your body may resist and want to stay at a higher weight than you wanted. I think the important thing is to take it one day at a time and realize that while you can do your best some of it is just up to your body.

A lot of people regain some weight or all their weight but a lot of people don’t. Try not to worry.

[Berry78 4,261]

I'm at the point in my journey where all my "peers" have pretty much arrived at goal. I still have at least another 40lbs to drop to a normal BMI (I started out heavier than any of them).

But, I'm not focusing on a specific #on the scale. I'm actually looking at my loose skin and calculating the sweet spot for maximal losses while retaining a hope of not needing plastics.

At this moment, I've reached a relatively healthy weight (size 12). Any extra losses are icing. Plastics aren't icing, they are a step in the wrong direction (for me).

So, I'll keep losing, for now, but BMI means pretty much nil in the grand scheme of things.

As for probable regain.. yeah, pretty much everyone gains some. I'll take that into consideration as I near goal. Might shoot for an extra 10lbs off... but not at the risk of becoming airborn in a mild breeze...

[Sullie06 1,031]

My surgeon did warn of the bounce-back, he said it's normal to bounce back 5-10 pounds when you settle into maintenance so he set my goal 10 pounds less than where he wants me to be long term.

That being said I also say maintain your body where it feels most comfortable for you. My surgeons goal is 175 with 185 long term so that's slightly above normal BMI for me but at almost 5'11" I feel pretty comfortable where I am right now (185-188) If I lose more great, but if I don't at least I'm at a place where Im much healthier.

[Dashofpixiedust8 1,469]

I don’t have a goal weight really anymore. I have a goal clothing size. Like Berry78, many of the people who had surgery at the same time as me 18 months ago have reached goal but I had over 300 to lose. I’m now 20-40 pounds away from where I’d like to be.

You have to figure out what is right for you. The BMI scale means nothing really! Don’t let anyone tell you what your goal should be but you. Good luck!

[BarbieVSG14 66]

I agree. And yes, I see 90% of people bounce up 5-10% once they hit maintenance as their bodies try to find their ideal "set point". Just watch some of the long term YouTube WLS Vloggers. You'll see it first hand. They always seem at their thinnest 1-2 year out, and then they seem to "fill out" a bit a some time later (and a lot of them are complaining about regain).

I just let it ride until I just stopped losing weight. Then I hit maintenance and did bounce up 7-10 pounds and stayed there, so I'm glad I went as far as I could go with it, because that damn weight isn't going anywhere, no matter how hard I've tried!