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I've also been enjoying a "few last meals" but I've been paying for them elsewhere and watching quantities. I *WILL* succeed this time. I am SICK of the weight-loss roller coaster.

By all means, get all the information you can, and make the decision that's best for you. I'm scheduled for July 24th and have lost about 35 pounds since February. This is my third *major* weight-loss episode, and I had begun to wonder a few weeks ago whether I COULD in fact do it by myself this time. What I was reminded of by responses to my similar-to-yours question in this forum was the stress that life tosses our way. The last two times I lost a lot of weight, it was coping with external stress that undid all my hard work. I believe that the sleeve will be the tool *I* need to succeed.

I'm scheduled for surgery on July 24th but I'm having second thoughts about going through with it. I am 50 years old, have struggled with my weight all my life, which sounds like I definitely SHOULD get it done. BUT, I have learned a lot about nutrition these last few years, and especially the last six months. My all-time peak weight was 330 and I currently weigh 260. I watched my weight slowly drift up to 320 until 2002, lost 50 lbs in two years, watched it drift up to 330 again until 2009, and then lost 60 lbs.the following year After that it drifted back up to about 295 by February of this year, when I started on this journey. Every other time I've lost weight, I was not doing what I'm doing now, which is high Proteins and low carbs. Yes, I'm hungry a lot of the time, but not unbearably so like the last two times. I am wondering if I have finally slayed the obesity monster this time, or will I relapse like before? I realize this surgery is not a magic bullet, and is not complication-free, thus my concerns. Will I be inviting avoidable hardship? Thanks in advance for your thoughts and opinions.

SV2, you're right about that! Time to move forward... If you ever fly throught Fort Worth Center, I'll keep an eye on you!

Thanks, Webchickadee and Livinglifeout, that's exactly the sort of thing I needed to hear. Last time I lost the weight, I had *some* good nutritional information, but not what i have now. Nonetheless, life also got in the way, I kept telling myself, "I can afford to eat this, I'm still below 275/280/285/290..." This brings me back to the original decision to get the sleeve, to, as you say, "hav(e) "built-in" portion control." Something to combat the inevitable stress in my life. I have not been anywhere CLOSE to an ideal weight for 30 years, and I WILL succeed this time! Case closed. No longer questioning my decision.

Thanks for the comments. I'm an Air Traffic Controller, so I make hundreds of decisions every day, yet I anguish over long-term ones like this. I kinda doubt I will back out, but I felt the doubt was worth exploring to see if it well-founded or simply fear talking.