I'm curious how much weight you all lose on a monthly basis. I think I've been losing about 5 or 6 pounds per month myself...and I'm curious if this is typical or slow or fast or what.

I do about 4 or 5 a month. But that's with minimal exercise. My arthritis is bad and although it is getting easier to get around with it, exercise is still painful.

they say 1-3 lbs a week is what most doctors will tell you

According to most surgeons, and Inamed, ideally you should lose between 1-2 pounds per week with the band. With that being said, I am averaging about 1.5 per week and very happy with that.

According to my fitday.com chart, I've average 2.2 pounds per week since June.

I'm so glad somebody made this post. I was really beginning to get discouraged with my slow weight loss. I see so many people on here who have lost over 75-100 lbs and I wonder if I will ever get there!!

I've averaged 1.7 pounds per week since my surgery. That's an average and I certainly don't lose every week, but I just calculated it today and am happy with that rate of loss. If I continue that rate of loss I will lose 88.4 pounds by February.

I calculated mine, I'm at about 1.3 per week. I haven't been exercising at all...maybe if I start exercising I can speed up the process a bit.

At the moment, nothing, lol. I tend to get a fill, have a little run of good weight loss and then peter out again. My doc worked out I've averaged 4lb per month, which is about what they expect.

I need another fill though. I've had a little burst of weight loss about 3 or 4 weeks back and completely lost my restriction all of a sudden. It tends to happen that way for me.

My Doc says 1-2 lbs a week is great, slow and steady:biggrin1:

I'm only 4 months out, but seem to be averaging about 1.5 to 2 lbs. a week.

Terry

I will be going in for my 2nd fill, no restriction as of yet. I average 1 lb per week and hope that changes on my next fill.

Don't believe the hype.

There is no average.

Every patient is different. 100 people could give you 100 answers, and none may not apply to you.

How much you lose can be affected by your starting weight, metabolism, caloric intake, activity level, medical history, hormones and other factors.

So why make yourself crazy? Just concentrate on losing at your own pace.

Good Luck.