Maybe this will help you with MOTIVATION

[jetsy62 0]

It is common sense to expect and see larger weight loss the first six months to a year than you will after that. I started this process weighing 305 pounds. If I continue to lose the 2 pounds per week my doctor is asking for I will weigh 201 pounds a year from now. Even I can figure out it is easier to lose weight weighing 305 pounds than it is weighing 201 pounds. The closer I get to goal weight, I expect it to get harder. That being said, I am still going to work as hard as I am now to get there. I already have accepted the fact that it will be harder but I will get there.

[donnabarney 0]

My trainer told me that the last 20 pounds could take a year to loose. the last 20 is the hardest. it took me one month to loose 2 pounds.

[slim2be 0]

Well, it has more to do with lowering levels of Leptin than anything else. It's not all about motivation or Fluid levels in the band, unfortunately. The other bad thing is that there's not much you can do to raise Leptin levels either, but it is a subject of intense study.

Battle Of The Bulge: Low Leptin Levels Undermine Successful Weight Loss

What's Leptin? I've never heard of this.

[laurigee 545]

I must be the odd man out, I lost most of my weight after the first year. My whole process has taken 2 1/2yrs so far. And I am still 10lbs out. I'm 5'10" and weigh 165, and wear between an 8-10. My bmi is normal. I personally wouldn't panic if I were anyone. I'm glad I didn't hear that statistic a year ago or I may have sabotaged myself with self doubts. I can say that slow weight loss does have its benifits, no loose skin for me. I think when any of us set our minds to it we are unstopable. So for any of you out there that don't lose as fast as others, don't be discouraged. It doesn't matter how fast you get there, it's just important we finish the race. Good Luck Everyone!

[terilynn112 1]

I'm relatively newly banded (nearly 2 months), and will not let this 6-9 month issue get me. I plan to get where I'm going (with no formal goal- just to be comfortable in my own skin) in a undetermined amount of time. It will happen. It took me years to get this big... it'll take years to get it off.

Teri