Today is my 1st bandiversary

[Gus'sGirl 0]

Hi, Today my band is one year old. So far I

have lost 85 pounds. It seems like after I lost 70 pounds

everything slowed way down. It takes forever to lose a pound now. Does anyone have any tips? I eat between 1200 and 1300 calories a day and swim laps and walk 2 or three times a week. I used to try to exercise 5 times a week but it did not seem to make a difference. I try to keep my daily carb intake below 50.Thanks for any suggestions you may have. Denise

[kimaly 57]

Today is my Bandiversary also. No advice because I'm in the same boat. Hit the 70 mark and seem to have come to a wee crawl But looking forward to it picking up again. Any how just wanted to say congrats!!

Edited July 22, 2009 by kimaly

[nursejess 0]

Congrats on your progress! I had my band one year in May. I lost 70 lbs in 7 months then nothing...then found out my port was flipped a few days before my anniversary...had revision and doing well but lose and gain the same 5 lbs over and over. My original goal was 80-90 lbs....I have done well adhering to the rules....sorry you are in the same boat, but glad to know it is not just me. I am open to suggestions please and would love to hear from those that have had their band more than one year and if this happened to them too and what they did to get the scale going down again. Thanks!!!!!!

[AirKuhl 1]

The average loss after one year is 50% of your goal. You are still way ahead of average. It's natural to quickly lose at first and those last few pounds are always the hardest.

Lot's of things to try.

Pretend you just got the band and go through the liquid/mushy/soft stages again.

Make sure you REALLY are only eating 1300 calories a day, that's pretty close to maintenance intake and if you are missing accounting for a 100 here or there you won't lose.

Try a different meal plan for a couple of weeks. Go on the South Beach diet or something like that, just to kickstart things again.

Increase your activity. I have no idea what excercising 5 times a day means. Is that a full hour where your heartrate stays above 125 the entire time or a leisurely 10 minute stroll around the neighborhood, or somewhere in between?

I started working out pretty hard the last 2 months and I have lost less than 5 pounds. BUT, I have gone down 2 inches in my waist and my arms and legs are noticably more muscular, so I know that I probably lost at least 10 lbs of fat.

Gotta fight for every pound near the end. Keep it up!

[Gus'sGirl 0]

Airkuhl, thanks that is a good idea tomorrow I am going to pretend my band is new and start on liquids. when I get back to solids I will stay between 900 and 1000 calories a day.I will let everyone know how I do.

[amonroy 0]

I've had the same problem, first 70 went pretty quickly, now i'm at a crawl. My doctor said as we get closer to the weight we need to be for our body it will start slowing down and we have to work out much harder to burn more calories as our bodies have become more efficient. Glad to hear someone else experiencing the same thing, I was getting a little frustrated!