Anxiously awaiting Oct 9th

[izzyd 0]

I am getting banded on Oct 9th. Going in for preop with the surgeon on Sept 8th. Wish it was all happening tomorrow but after waiting since Feb to go through the whole process, I guess I can wait a while longer. There are so many different results I have read about in the blogs, I wonder what is an average weight loss for say one month???

[RestlessMonkey 7]

Do you mean like preop? first month post op? over the long haul?

It REALLY REALLY depends on each person, how high your start weight is, how much you exercise, how motivated you are to follow your surgeon's/nutritionists plans TO THE LETTER, etc. The average is 1-2 pounds a week overall (people can lose indefinitely .. 3 years..whatever it takes).

I've lost 30 pounds preop but know there's no way that will keep up, for example. Some lose 150 the first year, some only lose 40.

You've read different figures because they ARE all different! LOL

I think you kind of have to let that type of mentality go...this is a lifelong committment and it's supposed to come off kind of slowly.

Gastric bypass has huge numbers the first year....lap band can supply some good numbers but it's more "long term". Hope that helps!

[izzyd 0]

I have to remember that it is a tool not a miracle cure. Guess I just am anticipating what could happen. I have been F#%$@t too long! Thanks

[RestlessMonkey 7]

It's common to want to know how fast it comes off but I think from what I've read, we'll kind of move away from being obsessed with the scale and with what we "get to eat"

A year or so out we'll just eat healthy and keep on losing. That's what I'm hoping anyway! Good luck to you!