Maximum weight loss???

[Humming Bird 275]

Of course everyone will be different with weightloss. There are many things to consider like male/female, hormones, lapband/gastric bypass, activity levels, and so on. After thinking about this thread, I had to do the math. In my case I was 44 yrs. old when I got the band.

I was morbidly obese. My metabolism was shot from yo-yo dieting. My hormones are a mess because I had a hysterectomy at a very young age ........

Here are the numbers after the first year of being banded. Keep in mind I do not exercise and do not count calories. My weightloss for the first year has been 90% all lost by just having the band placed and getting proper restriction. I would say the other 10% is food choices.

I lost 88% of my excess weight

I lost 38% of my total body weight

I went from a BMI of 41.3 (morbidly obese) to 25.7 (almost normal)

I will have to be more active to get the last 14 pounds off, but that's not a hardship considering the first 100 came off with little effort. I would say I am living proof the band works and it works much better than this Psychologist is telling people.

[Kira Helene 0]

Ignore her and go by what your surgeon says. Mine want me to lose 150 pounds... DEF more than 20%!