What is the typical speed for weightloss after surgery?

This is probably a dumb question as every body is different so the speed of weightloss varies greatly I am sure - I ask this because I have seen posts on this site where people lost 100 lbs in 2 months, 3 months 4 months.  My surgeon made it sound as if I could expect that in about one year. 

For a 50 BMI, 40 year old woman - what has anyone experienced?

I have surgery in July but just pose the question as it seems so strange to me to see individuals post 100 lb weightloss in 2 months?  Is that even possible.

And wanted to know if it has taken one year on average to reach that weightloss or if it is possible to lose a lot quicker with proper exercise and diet.

Thank you for your time!

Kimberly

i have heard that 1/2-1 lb a day at first is not unusual for the first few months then it goes down a little , the more weight you have to lose usually the faster you lose and as you weight less you lose slower

Thank you.

Everybody IS different, so you can only work with how you actually lose. There are so many variables. Try not to measure yourself against others directly as if you arent as fast, that may be discouraging to you.

I was nearly 40 when I had my surgery and had a BMI of 51 (I'm 6'1 tall). I had no co-morbidities and was healthy as an ox (albeit a fat one!)

I've lost 170lbs in just under 9 months, of which 26lbs was in the 4 weeks pre-op. It took me about 3 & 1/2 months to lose the first 100lbs.

But this was much faster than my surgeons other patient stats too. In my mind, I was thinking 12-18 months to get to goal. So being here at 9 months is just a fantastic bonus, but I wouldn't have been disappointed if it had been slower as that was my realistic expectation going in.

Wow! Congratulations! 

I'm 3 weeks post op as of today.. I've been losing a pound a day.

I have been losing 15 pounds per month fairly consistently since starting my pre-op diet in January of this year.  Even on the liquid diet or post surgery when my calorie intake was very low, I lost at the same rate.  I keep my diet under 800 calories a day, carbs under 40 and protein between 80 and 100 g/day.  I do moderate exercise every day for about 20 minutes on a recumbent bike.  I think the exercise is an important component of the weight loss.

I have "stalls" regularly, but over a months time, the weight loss is pretty consistent. I started out at 388, so I am a large woman, and that means I burn more calories than people who have less to lose.

I think you should be careful not to set expectations so that you get frustrated.  Even at 10 pounds a month, you'd lose 120 pounds in a year!   And that's HUGE.  So make a plan and follow through.  You'll get there. 

best wishes,

Carol

I had mine done on june 6 2013 and I ve been 1 pound a day so far... good luck dear

I can't say that I've ever heard of someone losing 100lbs in one or two months, but I believe I have seen it at 3 or 3 1/2. You always want to check to see if they lost some pre-op... for example, I am one month out today and while my ticker shows a loss of 131 lbs, 106ish of that came in the six month supervised diet (so don't let it fool  you lol!)

There are a lot of factors that play into it, age, gender, starting weight, etc. Like I said, today I am one month out and I guess I"m officially down around 24-25 lbs. This is the rate I was losing when I started the supervised diet. Eventually, that slowed to 20, then 15, then 12ish per month. I'm thinking the same may happen now that I'm post-op! 

It's so hard to tell how it will come out!

The first month seems to be the quickest as most of us will lose 1 to 1 1/2 lbs a day. After the first month for me is when my body started to get use to the low calories and I average about 6 to 8 lbs a month. In the end, its all about learning life long strategies so that you can keep the weight off.