Marina

Ok so how do you know how much weight you are going to lose? How does the doctor set your goal? I mean can you lose too much weight? Did you have a weight goal in mind or did you have a size?

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5'2 216lbs 1/26/09
Got my request letter from my doctor 1/23/09
Sent out my letter to the insurance company1/26/09
Got a call from the insurance company telling me I need my letter to come from a bariatrics doctor 1/28/09
Insurance company called telling me what to do to get the ball rolling 1/29/09
Free seminar for Gastric bypass 2/17/09Done
Appointment to determine sleep apnea 3/12/09 Done
Consult appt for gastric bypass 3/13/09 Done
Sleep study 3/22/09

Corrine

I told my doc right at the beginning that I didn't want a goal weight and he never brought the subject up. But I do know from those on the same bariatric course that the goal weight they were given was on the generous side of the normal range using the BMI charts. Healthy Weight Calculator for a Healthy Weight Range – www.HealthAtoZ.com

And I never decided on an actual weight. My goal was just to get into the "normal" BMI range for my height of 5'5" and that went from approx. 111-150lb .

Once I got there, ultimately, my body settled on 118-120lb which is on the lower side of a normal BMI but good for my small frame.

My advice is not to put pressure on yourself by chosing an end weight now. Make your goal just to be slimmer and healthier.

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~~~~~~~~24 Sept. 2007 - Lap. RNY & umbilical hernia repair
27 Oct. 2008 - Emergency Surgery - omental mass,
gallbladder, adhesions & appendix

..260 / 224.7/ 111
highest/surg./now
BMI 18.5...5'5"