Has anyone hit a goal weight in the 19-25 BMI range after large (75lb+) weight loss?

[hypnosisguy]

Well, I'm <25 bmi now and continuing to lose weight without trouble. I expect to continue until my waist circumference is half my height, probably around 22-23 bmi. Maybe 3 more months.

 

[Glenn]

I'm 61 years old and 6'1". I haven't really tracked BMI. GLP-1's with no bariatric surgery.

Starting weight 2 years ago 445lbs

Current weight 210lbs

I am more focused on gaining muscle and reducing fat at this point which has been going well.

 

[lessthanhalf]

Wow, that is a lot , 235 lbs, might be the highest number I have seen on this forum, congrats.

 

[HereKittyKitty]

would you guys suggest/recommend the WLS? i know it looks like there was some regain over the decades that have made most of you turn to the GLPs as another option. I've lost 60 pounds so far and have a BMI of about 36 but the peptides I've tried in the last few years have stopped working and ive started to gain again. I'm looking to start a new stack and do litttttcherally anything to get back down again, and i'm at the point where i'm going to consider WLS i think.

would you do it again knowing what you know now?

I would do it again without hesitation.

I went from a BMI of 45 to 22 following VSG. A little regain in year 5 post-op and turned to Sema. Now on Tirz because I want to go lower.

 

[5byfive]

The people on this forum are a self selected group that are highly motivated, and prepared to do a fair bit of work to achieve weight losses. That is the best I can come up with for why a lot more people on this forum are not getting stuck half way to their goals.

One thing to keep in mind about studies is that the goal is to isolate the effect of the intervention. That is pretty much always going to yield the worse results. When you are doing a phase three trial, you are not encouraging the subjects to join a gym, improve their diet, get better sleep, etc. If you did, you couldn't isolate the effect of the intervention. They have to show that the drug/surgery/whatever they are trying to sell is effective. Down the road, you will see some studies that do this, but they are going to be smaller and not get the headlines.

So motivated people that work on building a solid foundation will tend to substancially overpreform the trials. With something like weightloss, unless you fix the underlying issues that caused the weight gain, it is going to end up coming back. If you rely on the meds to do the work, your results will be limited and likely transitory. If you use them to help you do the work, you will likely see superior results and long term benifits. I agree most of the people on here fall into the second group.