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What's your goal weight? My surgeon didn't give me one, though maybe we will talk about it at our appointment next week. I just picked something, though I'm not sure I want to be that weight if I don't have curves and an apple bottom.

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I am 5'2 with my shoes on! I just had surgery though on 2/9. My goal weight is just something I picked which is 140. My surgeon and his team don't have a set goal weight besides the one I told them.

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What's your goal weight? My surgeon didn't give me one, though maybe we will talk about it at our appointment next week. I just picked something, though I'm not sure I want to be that weight if I don't have curves and an apple bottom.

*raises hand* here! I started at 213 and I’m now 176; surgery was jan 17th 2018. I didn’t set a goal weight either and my surgeon didn’t mention anything, I’m just going to keep going until I feel healthy and in a good BMI range.


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I'm 4'11" and my surgeon didn't give me a goal weight, but 135 is swimming around in my mind. I have an appointment Wednesday so will have to ask what they think.

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I’m 5’1 and was told 117, but everyone is different so it may not be right for me. That we will do lots of checkups and decide along the way.


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What's your goal weight? My surgeon didn't give me one, though maybe we will talk about it at our appointment next week. I just picked something, though I'm not sure I want to be that weight if I don't have curves and an apple bottom.

The doctor told me like 130-135 due to my height. My personal goal is 165


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I’m 5’. Started the process at 199 and gained a few pounds before I was sleeved. BMI calculators say I should be 110-115, but I remember when I was in my mid 20s wearing a size 0, I weighed 125 and I felt too skinny. So I’m thinking 130 is a better point for me. But, I know that I will be carrying several pounds of loose skin that I didn’t have back then, so perhaps 135 will be a better fit (After 2 babies and hopefully a 70 pound weight loss, I am expecting my belly to look like a shar pei and will be going for plastics as soon as the doctor clears me.)


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I am 5'2 with my shoes on! I just had surgery though on 2/9. My goal weight is just something I picked which is 140. My surgeon and his team don't have a set goal weight besides the one I told them.

I was 5’3 most my adult life but apparently I have shrunk lol to 5'2 so maybe i need to make goal a little lower. i made mine 138 based of normal body fat percentage. but will keep evaluating as i go.






Lapband 9/11/07 227 pounds
Vsg 2/13/18
Pre op diet 188
Sd. 180
Cw 167.4 Dr. scale says says one pound less
First goal 169 2/26/18
Second 150
Goal weight 138

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I am 5’ and started at 200.5. I am currently at 167. My goal weight is 120 but my surgeon said that I could go even lower than that because I am very small boned. I am thinking that might be too small.


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I am 5’ and started at 200.5. I am currently at 167. My goal weight is 120 but my surgeon said that I could go even lower than that because I am very small boned. I am thinking that might be too small.




Lol my doctor told me i was big boned with broad shoulders . lol i of course though of the stereotypical joke in my head of is that another way of saying i am fat lol. I all seriousness i am abit muscular with hundred twelve pounds lean muscle mass. So even though my goal is 138 and apparently 5'2 and no longer 5'3 i will keep evaluating as i go.






Lapband 9/11/07 227 pounds
Vsg 2/13/18
Pre op diet 188
Sd. 180
Cw 167.4 Dr. scale says says one pound less
First goal 169 2/26/18
Second 150
Goal weight 138

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That's funny, my doctor never discussed a goal weight with me either. He just pointed in a green section of healthy BMI numbers for my height and said this is where I should be. LOL. Maybe they do this because it does vary so much from one person to the next and also to put the reign in our hands. :)

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I wish I did have bigger bones. Before I put weight on I used to hear jokes such as you look like a stick figure or I could break your bones like I twig. I never thought those were funny even though people around me would laugh. That is one reason I do not want to get below 120. I don’t want to look like a stick figure again.


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I am 5’2” and wasn’t given a specific goal weight. He just gave me this. IMG_0045.JPG


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