male only 400 #'s

[malta760 0]

Anyone out there who has over 150#'s to loose ? I am at around 400#'s and want to get down to 250 or 200 depending on how I feel. My question is if anyone else has this much or had this much to loose ? I get that men loose quicker than the women but am looking to see at what loss does the plateau start.

Any help would be great.

Chuck

[Noturningback15 45]

Getting under 300 has been very hard for me. I have been trying for the past 3 months to get under 300 and I am stil going at it. I feel good about this month though because I decided to cut more carbs out my diet and I lost 5 pounds last week after a gain while being on vacation. I am going to try to do a repeat this week and see will it put me closer to 299! I think the key is switching up our diet after a few months of the same thing if you hit a stall. I am being very realistic about losing over 150 or 200 pounds. I have noticed that most people that start around 400 end up around 240 to 260's. I would consider that successful for the band because it is more than the 50% of excess weight that is expected for the band. I changed my personal goal to around 220 and if I get to the 199 that the doctor set for me than great! I wish you well!

[TKW 501]

yup... I weighed 432 when I was banded 6-29-10. I hit a small plateau in November that lasted about a month but since then I have been a steady 8 - 12 pounds a month and still going strong. Good Luck to you!

[IAmJacksLapBand 5]

I started at 412 on 4/12 of last year. I am almost at 312 and happy thus far. Have hit about 4 plateaus thus far based on my fill level and exercise routine.

Doctor said my ideal is 189. My goal was 265 but we agreed on 220. He said the last 40 will be the most difficult but still doable.

[123crod 170]

I know this is the Men's Room but somehow ended up here reading, Just wanted to say congratulations to all of you. You are all doing great!

Cheri