How much weight will I lose after my surgery?

How much can you lose after bariatric surgery?

It varies in each patient, this depends on several factors such as initial weight, age, sex, presence of comorbidities and habits, we know that men can lose more weight than women, people with greater obesity will lose more weight than those with less obesity, Younger people will lose more than older people and people who have better habits will have better weight loss. The results depend largely on the commitment that exists in making the necessary modifications in lifestyle and eating habits. Weight loss during the first month after surgery is around 10 to 20% of your excess weight (between 8 and 16 kg). At 3 months, you lose around 40% and in 6 months around 60% of your excess weight. Then the rest will go down. Most patients lose between 80 and 85% of their excess weight during the first year and a half of surgery. WHAT IS EXCESS WEIGHT? It is the weight by which each person is overweight. The formula is as follows: Excess weight: actual weight – ideal weight For example, if your current weight is 115 kg and your ideal weight is 80 kg, it means that your excess weight is 35 kg (115-80 =35). There are many ways to know your ideal weight, however the simplest and the one that can give an idea very close to reality is to compare your ideal weight with your height. That is, if you are 1.68 meters tall, your ideal weight will be 68 kg, if you are 1.81 meters tall your ideal weight will be 81 kg. Example: if I weigh 132 kg and am 1.75 meters tall, my excess weight will be 57 kg. With the bypass you will lose during the first year to a year and a half approximately 85% of your excess weight, this means 30 kg (85% of 35 is 30 kg.) If you follow the instructions you will usually be losing, after the second month of surgery, between 2 to 5 kg per month during the first year. In the second year, you will lose weight more slowly or keep it stable. The most important thing is that THE IMMENSE MAJORITY of patients lose enough to substantially change their style and quality of life, regain health and return to activities that they no longer did. Remember that you are not alone and you always have our support. Do not base your success only on weight, you should also look at other achievements (wearing clothes that you did not wear before, doing an activity that you could not do, greater performance in your work, less fatigue, stopping using those pills that you used for blood pressure or diabetes, among many others, better control of your food portions, a better example for your children and family to adopt a healthy lifestyle, among others). IS IT POSSIBLE THAT AFTER THE PROCEDURE I WOULD NOT LOSE WEIGHT? It would be something very strange. The good news is that it is exceptional. In the rare failed cases this is mainly due to the patient's ingestion of caloric liquid foods, such as liquid chocolate, packaged fruit juices or liquefied caloric food. The probability of you losing 70-80% of your excess may vary in each particular case.
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