Hey everyone!!! I'm intersted in being banded and so is my mother. My mom, however, has degenerative disc disease in her back, degenerative joint disease, and needs her hips replaced. All of these things are worsened by being overweight. She went to her consultation for the lap band and they told her that she would have to work out every day like "crazy" in order to see any results and that she may not be a candidate because she has some physical limitations. She told them she would be able to walk and swim and they didn't seem satisfied. They said without excersise she could hope to lose about 40 pounds. Has anyone else only been able to do a limited amount of excersise and still had good results? I think once she started losing, she may be able to excersise more....seems to be a vicious cycle!

I appreciate any info! THanks!

so how much weight should been done lost in 3 months?

If you still have a lot of weight to lose your numbers in a month should be higher. As you get closer to a normal BMI the weightloss slows down.

I think the number I have heard the most is 2 pounds per week. It doesn't sound like fast loss but remember that is 104 pounds in one year.