I have a question. I had the sleeve March of last year. I only lost 40 lbs to date. Three months after the sleeve I had major surgery. I cannot exercise and I am on a lot of meds still - Lyrica is one. Have I missed the window for the sleeve to be effective? I read somewhere the weight stabilizes around 18 months.

It gets harder after about 7-8 months for many of us... however.... it took me 14 months to get to goal and my losses were really good in the months 11-14. Somewhere around months 8-10 post op my losses slowed way down because i had introduced too many high carb Protein bars etc. When I changed things up, I went back to steady losses.

I was stable at goal for about 6 months before i decided to lose a few more vanity pounds. I have lost about 18# between Feb 2013 (when I hit goal) and this spring. So, my personal belief is that if you keep "working it" and following the rules you can keep losing. Good luck!

If I wanted to lose 10# more right now - I am sure I could do it. I am content where I am at, I am just saying that the sleeve doesn't stop working, I think we just stop working the sleeve...

You haven't missed your window. Your sleeve is just a tool, and does not have an "on/off" switch. It does get tougher to lose weight at 1 year, simply because your body gets adjusted to the lower calorie intake, you sleeve is healed and it can hold more food, and you're carrying less weight (so you're not burning as many calories when you exercise).

I'm at 18 months post-op, the weight loss has slowed considerably because I'm eating more and I'm not carrying an extra 160lbs. But I'm still inching my way down.

I am in the same boat

Knee replacement only 20 lbs in 18 months

I was told to move more

Meanwhile I keep thinking I did the surgery for nothing

Just stopping soda I could have lots 20 lbs

Thanks for the feedback. Odyco, I feel your pain. My apologies for the delayed response but I'm still having some health challenges. Still not able to work out and lately, have not been 100% doing the work... So stressed and frustrated! Gotta pick up the pieces of my life and get back on track.