Calculating total weight loss

[vsg_Charly 7]

I was curious as to how everyone calculates their total weight loss. Do you include how much you have lost from your highest weight or only what you have lost post-op? I was at my highest weight right before my surgery so I personally feel as though using my pre-op weight loss is warranted but, does it really count? Thoughts?

HW: 286

SW: 267 (2/7/18)

CW: 250

-Charly

[Biddy zz 🏳️🌈 1,003]

I use my weight when I started RNY pre-op dieting 6 weeks or so before surgery. I figure all that (really, not mich for me pre-surgery) is part of this gastric op process.

But I don’t go right back to ‘highest weight ever’ or ‘highest weight before my band surgery 10 years ago’.

I love having a ‘ticker’ in my signature. Makes me joyful! And even though I just moved my goal weight lower (after all, I might as well AIM to be bmi in the healthy ‘not overweight’ range, right??!

[KateBruin 344]

I was curious as to how everyone calculates their total weight loss. Do you include how much you have lost from your highest weight or only what you have lost post-op? I was at my highest weight right before my surgery so I personally feel as though using my pre-op weight loss is warranted but, does it really count? Thoughts?
HW: 286
SW: 267 (2/7/18)
CW: 250
-Charly

I basically calculate two numbers. My overall weight loss in a year, which just happens to be my heaviest weight and my post-op weight loss. It’s just automatically tracked in my scale’s app but I think my scale starts when I bought it but my fitness pal tracks the total. Plus, 90 is more impressive than 50.

[KateBruin 344]

I was curious as to how everyone calculates their total weight loss. Do you include how much you have lost from your highest weight or only what you have lost post-op? I was at my highest weight right before my surgery so I personally feel as though using my pre-op weight loss is warranted but, does it really count? Thoughts?
HW: 286
SW: 267 (2/7/18)
CW: 250
-Charly

I basically calculate two numbers. My overall weight loss in a year, which just happens to be my heaviest weight and my post-op weight loss. It’s just automatically tracked in my scale’s app but I think my scale starts when I bought it but my fitness pal tracks the total. Plus, 90 is more impressive than 50.

[atphiladephia 67]

I calculate from my 1 week pre-op diet. So I was 324 1 week prior to surgery- 316 at surgery and I’m 273-2.5 months post op so I say I’ve lost 51 lbs.

[FluffyChix 17,415]

I calculate from my highest recent weight for overall loss.

Then I calculated my weight at the start of my pre-op diet to surgery day for the pre-op weight total loss.

Then I calculate my weight from my surgery day weight to now for total post op losses.

I'm also going to keep my monthly loss tallies.

I keep track with my ticker and in my signature line.

[StayMal 104]

I calculate from my 1 week pre-op diet. So I was 324 1 week prior to surgery- 316 at surgery and I’m 273-2.5 months post op so I say I’ve lost 51 lbs.

Your doing a great job.

[Paul Clarke 108]

I calculate from the date of my first WLS consultation, which is my highest weight (412) and from my day of surgery weight (310). However when I talk about it I generally just talk about the bigger number. The numbers being today 117.5 and 15.5 respectively.

[frust8 963]

Yeah I think that's what I'll do too. 355 was my final "come to Jesus" moment October 2017. That's when I admitted to myself--' Hey old girl, you ARE NOT going to lose effectively on your own! [emoji8][emoji8][emoji8]

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[Losebig 508]

My pre op was only 2 weeks so at home I use that weight (304), at the drs office they use the weight at surgery (296). The dr likes to think in % of excess lost since surgery as well. They all work for me as long as I’m losing and feeling good!

[Ghamara 12]

I take it from my highest weight -- but I didnt really think much of it because it was during this process that I started to lose weight, so I dont think it really matters in the long run.

[JanineVSG 93]

I track all my weight on this Epic Weightloss Spreadsheet from Reddit. It requires a little bit of an understanding of Google Documents in order to use it correctly, but I am very visually oriented and I like seeing the graph. I also like that it has a space to put notes on your day (I use it to track my pants sizes as they go down, lol)

As for numbers, I calculate total lost from my absolute highest weight recorded at a doctor's office (I'm sure I weighed more at one point) and also calculate how much lost since surgery.