If you were heavy all your life, are you less likely to reach goal?

I know two people who were normal weight as young adults, then gained a lot of weight over the years and now are back to being small after weight loss surgery. Now, I have been heavy all my life - starting as a child, and having one heck of a time losing anything past 60 lbs, which is about 40 lbs from my goal. Post ops: if you were heavy all your life, did you finally make it to a goal weight, or did your weight loss stop before you got to where you wanted to be? How long did it take to get there? If you were relatively normal weight during your early adulthood, did you get to your goal weight, and how long did it take? (Sort of a very unscientific poll here. My theory is that is that the longer you were heavy, the longer it takes to reach a goal weight, if it ever occurs, even if you were a light weight to begin with.)

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