Alie

I had tried over and over and failed to keep any weight I lost off. So once I saw that I weighed nearly 500 lbs I got depressed even more and went on an eating binge before trying again. I felt after losing 200 lbs that I had still failed because I was regaining quickly again. I finally went to my Dr and asked for help thinking I would get some diet plan and if I was lucky a prescription. But he immediately recommend WLS surgery and my thoughts were that I had completely failed if I was "that big" I felt I could have tried harder up until the week before my surgery when I realized that I needed this to change the size of my stomach so I would stop feeling like I was super hungry all the time. I realized I couldn't shrink my stomach any faster than I could shrink the excess skin I have. So having it surgically "fixed" made the most sense to me. Only you know what's right for you best wishes no matter your choice. I'm certainly glad I made the choice to have the gastric sleeve in 2011. Sent from my Z981 using Tapatalk

I had the gastric sleeve in 2011 and had already lost 200 lbs on my own. I have been told I shouldn't have had the surgery because of my loss but I was still 278 lbs on my surgery day. I've told those who I feel are genuinely concerned and not just being jealous ( that is a big part of why we get asked these things as well) I yo yo dieted since age six at 27 I took control and fixed my damaged stomach. I was always hungry and couldn't get below 275 lbs without surgery but with it I've maintained a 300 lbs weight loss in all. People havetheir reasons to ask many are curious because they see you and think they are bigger so why are you getting this when they can't or are too afraid. Sent from my Z981 using Tapatalk