Re: QUESTION FOR EVERYONE!

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> When you were pre-op, what did you want your ultimate goal weight

to

> be? Did you ever change your mind on what an appropriate goal

weight

> would be when you got close to that weight?

> : C

Great question .

Dr. K asked me this question during the consultation. My answer

was " Since I don't know what I will look like or feel like at any

particular weight...I'll let you know when I get there " He seemed

to like that answer and we never discussed any goal weight for me.

I truly didn't have a goal weight. What I did have was a hopeful

cloths size. I thought If I could just end up in a size 14 it would

be a dream come true. And a secret desire to end up in a size 12,

which is what I was in High school. Much to my surprise I sailed

right past those sizes into a size 10...then the tummy tuck took me

to a small size 6 (some 4's). A bit of weight regain and I have

settled into 8's or 6's.

Now here's where coming up with a NUMBER on the scales is hard.

Although my secret desire was a size 12 which I wore in High

school...and I am currently in 6's and 8's....I weigh almost 20

pounds more than I did in high school.

I went past my dream goal....others don't quite make it

there.....But the most important thing to keep in mind through the

whole process.....IMPROVED HEALTH is the ULTIMATE goal.

Hugs

Jo

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Dear ,

I was absolutely elated when I hit 199. Just being below 200 was

grand. We actually went out to celebrate and called it my " 199

party " . From there I didn't know what to expect. I had weighed about

150 in junior high -thought that might be nice. I now weigh 141 and

wear size 4 and 6. It is just my personal opinion, but I think the

surgery takes you where you're gonna go and there isn't much you can

do about it. It is the ride of a lifetime - hang on tight and have a

blast!

hugs, cindy lee

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> When you were pre-op, what did you want your ultimate goal weight

to

> be? Did you ever change your mind on what an appropriate goal

weight

> would be when you got close to that weight?

> : C.

[Guest guest]

>

> When you were pre-op, what did you want your ultimate goal weight

to

> be? Did you ever change your mind on what an appropriate goal

weight

> would be when you got close to that weight?

> : C.

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Anything under 200...lol I have lost 67lbs more than the doc

thought a revision would lose,so we now know that it can be

done.I am at a weight now that I probley was in the 4th and

5th grade,and I am loving it...-167lbs...I LOVE THIS SURGERY!!!

Pat

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All I ever wanted was to be able to breathe again, move again, and

feel good again! If all I ever reached was a size 14/16 and 170 or so

pounds I would have been in heaven, but when I begged Dr Z at that

weight and size to " make it stop " he said to give it six more months

and see how I felt then. In six more months and after my tummy tuck I

had reached 136 pounds and a size 6 and I honestly hated the skinny

scrawny way I looked and felt! I WANTED a softer figure, I wanted a

little roundness and fullness in my face and cheeks, so I ate lots of

fruit and managed to gain back 10-12 pounds and I now stay around 148

pounds (depending on time of month and water retention that can go up

as much as 5 pounds!) and a size 8-10 and I am thrilled right here!

My goal was just to be healthy and in my mind that would have been

accomplished at 170 pounds and a size 14/16, but I had to revise that

goal because the ds works a lot better than I ever expected it to and

I lost a lot more than I ever planned! I am almost 2 years out,

(Friday will be 2 years for me!) and I still have to eat to maintain

the weight I am happy at, if I stop I start losing again! The ds

works and so far for me it has kept on working!

Cindee

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> When you were pre-op, what did you want your ultimate goal weight

to

> be? Did you ever change your mind on what an appropriate goal

weight

> would be when you got close to that weight?

> : C.