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I haven't been on Lap Band Talk for 3 years. I'm very discouraged. My starting weight was 262. I lost 40 lbs in the first year, since then nothing. I've been to the doctor for all my fills. Even he doesn't know why. He thought that maybe my band was too tight and I shut down my metabolism. So he opened my band a little. and gave my body a rest. happens Then we filled it back up again. I have restriction but still nothing. this is what happens I loose 40 to 50 lbs. then my body stops. I've had my thyroid checked and everything s fine. I even talked to my family doctor and he agreed that my metabolism could have shut down and also maybe one of the medications I was on could have helped me maintain my weight. So we changed it. I did loose the 7 lbs that I gained when the band was opened, but thats all. I was afraid I was going to fail at this attempt too. I said that to the surgeon when I first started and he said that it was impossible to fail. Well I did lose 40 anyway. but I thought by now I would be getting rid of this stomach apron I"m tired of my back hurting every day from it.