WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY

Explain the window of opportunity???????? Am I finish with the weight lose? I am almost 8 months and I have only lost 80 pounds. I say only because I feel like I have done everything to the T including excercising 5-6 times a week for an hour and ten minutes. I follow the eating plan protien first, then 2-3 tablespoons of veggies. I try to eat between 600-750 calories a day. I haven't eaten sugar, bread, potatoes, rice, pasta in 8 months. I read the boards daily to look for information. I am happy to see so many people successful. I read people losing 80 pounsds in four months(and they do not weight more, many are around my weight and height). I started at 256, 5ft 2 inches. I am angry, disappointed and mad. I'm happy about the 80 pounds, I wear a size 10 confortable and can wear a tight 8 but I do not get get, why isn't the weight coming off. Please repond, I need help!!!

Most people say the window of opportunity is 18 months.

Ok here is the thing about the window of opportunity. Its a pretty much a falsity. In reality you could lose as much as you want, however after a certain amount of time after surgery it will be a bit harder. They usually say that the first 16 - 18 months the majority of the weight you lose is because of the procedure its self. However to keep losing weight you will have to keep up your exercise and portion/selection control. Eventually probably even have to up the activity. It boils down back to the same old input/output quotient. You have to burn what you put in. If not then you will either sustain (if the input/output are equal) or gain (if the input is greater than the output). The surgery was just a tool for you to make the changes needed to lose the weight and keep the weight off. *huggles*