I've read a few books (Successful Habits of Weight Loss Surgery Clients/ Life after the Gastic Lap-Band/ Weight Loss Surgery for Dummies/ Before and After) and I noticed one really interesting fact.

As weight loss patients, we have this amazing window of opportunity that ranges between 7 and 10 months for us to maximize our weight loss goals! The books say that after that, the chance of meaningful weight loss like that experienced just after the surgery is greatly diminished.

That information is all I need to keep my butt in gear! I actually can't wait until Monday, so I can finally get back on the recumbent exercise bike :thumbup:

Good luck to everyone on your amazing journey.

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.

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.

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!

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