Guest guest Posted May 4, 2001 Report Share Posted May 4, 2001 " When I got married 24 years ago I probably weighed about 185. Does that seem like a reasonable goal. I guess if I got under 200 I would be pretty thrilled. How do you establish a goal weight? " You bring up a good question Becki... Since predictions of weight loss for this surgery are 70-85% of our excess weight... Should our goal weight be in that 70-85% range or should out goal weight be our ideal weight? I've read that our bones are more dense and weigh more due to having to sustain more weight than the norm over the years. So that ordinarily, say a goal weight of 140, would not be practical. Maybe rather than a particular weight, maybe a size would be a more appropriate goal? Still leaves you with the question... how do you establish that goal? Just being under 200 would be heaven wouldnt it?! (about the same weight and years married) mary bmi 68 corona, ca pre op 6/27/01 dr rabkin cigna ppo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2001 Report Share Posted May 4, 2001 Becki: There are dozens of BMI calculators out there, one at nearly every surgeon's site. I have found that the one at Dr. Keshishian's site has an added feature of telling you what your "ideal" body weight would be. He arbitrarily says that a BMI of 27 would be ideal. For me that would be 177 pounds. Simply go there, enter your current weight and height and it will give you your current BMI as well as your goal weight of 27 BMI. You may choose to adjust that but it's a pretty good number to hang your hat on. The URL is http://www.gr-ds.com/BMI_Calculator.htm. Regards. Joe Frost, old gentleman, not old fartSan , TX, 60 years oldSurgery 11/29/00 by Dr. Welker Lateral Gastrectomy with Duodenal Switch340 starting weight, currently 244http://www.duodenalswitch.com/Patients/Joe/joe.html weight goal question > Hi all. I am preop. I am trying to figure out a possible goal. Right > now, I am 5'9" tall and weigh about 335, down from 348 in pre-op > efforts (ugh)> When I got married 24 years ago I probably weighed about 185. Does > that seem like a reasonable goal. I guess if I got under 200 I would > be pretty thrilled.> > How do you establish a goal weight? I'm sure I'll talk about this with > Dr. P once I have a date, but I'm just curious.> > Hopefully Yahoo willbe working and I'll actually get emails :-)> > becki> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2001 Report Share Posted May 4, 2001 Becki: There are dozens of BMI calculators out there, one at nearly every surgeon's site. I have found that the one at Dr. Keshishian's site has an added feature of telling you what your "ideal" body weight would be. He arbitrarily says that a BMI of 27 would be ideal. For me that would be 177 pounds. Simply go there, enter your current weight and height and it will give you your current BMI as well as your goal weight of 27 BMI. You may choose to adjust that but it's a pretty good number to hang your hat on. The URL is http://www.gr-ds.com/BMI_Calculator.htm. Regards. Joe Frost, old gentleman, not old fartSan , TX, 60 years oldSurgery 11/29/00 by Dr. Welker Lateral Gastrectomy with Duodenal Switch340 starting weight, currently 244http://www.duodenalswitch.com/Patients/Joe/joe.html weight goal question > Hi all. I am preop. I am trying to figure out a possible goal. Right > now, I am 5'9" tall and weigh about 335, down from 348 in pre-op > efforts (ugh)> When I got married 24 years ago I probably weighed about 185. Does > that seem like a reasonable goal. I guess if I got under 200 I would > be pretty thrilled.> > How do you establish a goal weight? I'm sure I'll talk about this with > Dr. P once I have a date, but I'm just curious.> > Hopefully Yahoo willbe working and I'll actually get emails :-)> > becki> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2001 Report Share Posted May 4, 2001 Becki: There are dozens of BMI calculators out there, one at nearly every surgeon's site. I have found that the one at Dr. Keshishian's site has an added feature of telling you what your "ideal" body weight would be. He arbitrarily says that a BMI of 27 would be ideal. For me that would be 177 pounds. Simply go there, enter your current weight and height and it will give you your current BMI as well as your goal weight of 27 BMI. You may choose to adjust that but it's a pretty good number to hang your hat on. The URL is http://www.gr-ds.com/BMI_Calculator.htm. Regards. Joe Frost, old gentleman, not old fartSan , TX, 60 years oldSurgery 11/29/00 by Dr. Welker Lateral Gastrectomy with Duodenal Switch340 starting weight, currently 244http://www.duodenalswitch.com/Patients/Joe/joe.html weight goal question > Hi all. I am preop. I am trying to figure out a possible goal. Right > now, I am 5'9" tall and weigh about 335, down from 348 in pre-op > efforts (ugh)> When I got married 24 years ago I probably weighed about 185. Does > that seem like a reasonable goal. I guess if I got under 200 I would > be pretty thrilled.> > How do you establish a goal weight? I'm sure I'll talk about this with > Dr. P once I have a date, but I'm just curious.> > Hopefully Yahoo willbe working and I'll actually get emails :-)> > becki> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.