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I'm 16 months out and have lost 74 pounds. I'd like to lose between 32 and 42 more. I'd like to hit my goal by December which will be my 2 year anniversary. I'd like to know how long it took everyone to hit your goal weight.

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I've not hit my goal yet but I'm hoping to be there by Christmas.

So far, I've lost 222 pounds over the last 18 months.

Just remember, everyone loses at their own pace. It doesn't matter how fast or slow you get there, all that matters is that you're losing.

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I've not hit my goal yet but I'm hoping to be there by Christmas.

So far' date=' I've lost 222 pounds over the last 18 months.

Just remember, everyone loses at their own pace. It doesn't matter how fast or slow you get there, all that matters is that you're losing.[/quote']

WOW! Congrats on both of you - that is amazing!

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I'm 16 months out and have lost 74 pounds. I'd like to lose between 32 and 42 more. I'd like to hit my goal by December which will be my 2 year anniversary. I'd like to know how long it took everyone to hit your goal weight.

I will be 1 year next week and have lost between 70-78 depending on the day. I did have a goal of 170 but now think I want to be less than that. I think I will be around 130-140 in 1 1/2-2 years. It took more than a few years to get big so I know it will a while to get thinner.

Staying healthy is very important to me

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I have had and met 2 goals (that I had set)...and continued to loose after each one....

What I had learned is that since this is not a diet that you can turn on or off, and if you are truly utilizing the band, then this is a new permanent lifestyle, with a whole new way of eating both in types of food and in quantity of food that becomes part of you, second nature and not a list of do's and don't s, the body will slowly and continually loose weight and then stop on it's own when it feels it has reached a point of equilibrium....not my goal, but where the body should be for a healthy normal individual........

Just as we slowly and continually gained weight and get fat by eating wrong and too much for so many years, the reverse will happen once the band takes over........

Even though I thought I was at my goal, I continued to loose weight and then settled out...I have not lost, or gained any weight in over a year, without giving it any thought or effort on my part.........

My Dr. informed me at my last visit, based upon my total body fat %, that I have reached a point where there is no longer any excess weight to loose, and that my weight loss journey is complete.....if I were to loose any more weight, it would be a sign that I am loosing something other than fat, a sign I am not getting my daily Protein, and a sign that it would a unhealthy situation...a true starvation mode unlike the unrealistic one overweight people worry about.

The Band truly has changed , and saved, my life.....

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