Dont let others experiences discourage u. This journey is different for everyone. Some have complications and some dont. Some loose fast and some loose slow. I am 8 weeks post op and since i started my pre op diet 9 weeks ago, i am down 29lbs. Not as fast as id like, but it is going! U might sometimes feel hungry and sometimes not. Also stomach acids can cause what feels like hunger and u can take a pill like omeperozal twice a day to help with that. The choice to do this surgery depends on weighing out the good and the bad and deciding if the good will out weigh the bad in the end. U can never be sure how the outcome will be, just decide if u wind up having any complications its worth the the opportunity to be healthier in the end.