Re: How much can I plan on losing?

[Guest guest]

Patti,

There is a wonderful site that will not only give you projections,

but will graph it on a week to week basis. the link is:

http://www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/bmi-start.phtml

I graph myself out at both 80% of excess weight loss, and at 100%.

For my stats:

5'7.5

257 lbs

It shows my total goal weight to be 147 lbs...(Oh lord, I don't think

I have ever weighed that little, even in childhood! laughing) and my

estimated goal to be 169 pounds withing a window of 12 to 15 months.

Play with it and print it out! It does represent averages, so you

can't make yourself crazy with it, but I am finding that most folks

are losing their weight at a faster rate than the charts and those

with more weight to lose, reach their goal in less months than those

with less weight to lose! (Finally an advantage for being larger!)

Best of luck to you, and please let me know if I can provide you with

any other links. I have been collecting fantastic bookmarks from all

the wonderful pre and post ops out there since June, and i actually

organized them and named them so I can reference them! I figure

since this is the first time in my life I have been terribly

organized, that I will experience a major computer melt down...oh,

because I haven't backed up my system in about 4 months!

Hugs,

Theresa

> Hi group.

>

> I am wondering if there is a formula for figuring out about how

much

> weight a person can expect to lose taking into account their BMI

and

> height, and whatever else one needs to take into consideration.

>

> Any ideas?

>

> Patti

> +115

> 5'1 "

[Guest guest]

Correction, the graph is on a monthly basis, not weekly...sorry!

> > Hi group.

> >

> > I am wondering if there is a formula for figuring out about how

> much

> > weight a person can expect to lose taking into account their BMI

> and

> > height, and whatever else one needs to take into consideration.

> >

> > Any ideas?

> >

> > Patti

> > +115

> > 5'1 "