I am 5 1/2 months out and I am getting close to my goal weight of 185. The problem... I am thinking about changing my goal weight to 182 so I can loose an even 100 pounds. I am not sure if I can handle stopping at 97 pounds. I am glad this is the biggest issue I am facing with my VSG.
Also, you are likely to have a bit of bounce back so I'm in favor of having an ambitious goal weight to allow for that! I got as low as 114 (for about 15 minutes) before stabilizing around 120.