I lost 100lbs before surgery and I have lost 132lbs after surgery for a total of 232lbs. I've gone from 409 to 177. It has been over 5 years of weight loss and 3 1/2 since surgery. I,m a 6'3" male so I have lost all my excess weight, but it takes time. It took me 40 years to gain it so it is OK to take some time to loss it.