Hello everyone. I have been lurking for a while but this is my first time posting. Sorry kinda lengthy!!

I have a question and wanted to see if anyone could give my any insight. To give you a little bit of history-I was banded 2 years ago. I initially lost about 55 lbs. over the first 4-5 months. I then got an adjustment that resulted in me being too tight, learning to drink with my food just to get it to go down, then drinking all my food down. I maintained my weight loss for several months, but eventually over the last year have gained back about 30 of the 55 lbs.

After researching VSG, I am very impressed with both how happy people are with their sleeves and the amount of weight that is being lost.

My main question is this, over the last 5-6 weeks I have been trying to lose the weight that I had gained back on my own. I have been eating the band/sleeve/low carb way, with mainly Protein and occasionally some vegetables with one of my meals. I have eaten between 900 and 1200 calories and exercise on the elliptical for approx 50 mins 3-5 times per week. I lost 10 lbs in the first week and a half and nothing since. I am worried that through all the years of yo-yo dieting and then the band that I have made myself weight loss resistant!

Has anyone had extreme trouble losing weight on their own or with a band and then had success with the sleeve. I don't want to go through the risks etc of another surgery just to fail again?!?!?

I can't help you with your questions, but wanted to welcome you to VST and wish you luck on your journey! I don't know if you've checked out the revisions forum, but we have quite a few people that had difficulty with the band and have found success with the sleeve.

Thanks DeeDee. I will post my question over there.

As I have been reading/researching over the last few weeks, your weight loss has been such an inspiration!

Thanks for the welcome!

Kat - I don't know anything about the revision, because I am just getting my sleeve on March 8th and haven't had a band, but having done low carb many times, it is not unusual to have a stall within the first few weeks. If you've done low carb before it seems to be worse the second time. I have had that happen my self and have seen posters on low carb forums post on the same thing.

Have you been tested for insulin resistance?

I did low carb, with heavy working out several times over the last few years. I'd losee 30-40 pounds then stall. My body needed more restriction.

I lost initially with the band, but once I lost restriction, I gained. The sleeve gives instant restriction, and if you follow the rules during the honeymoon phase, I truly believe the sleeve can get most patients to goal.

Usually there is a metabolic issue that would cause a patient to be "weight loss resistant" it's more than just stalling out while dieting.

Welcome Kat! Can't help you with your questions, but am glad your here, the more the merrier!

Thanks for the info Tiffykins.

I really think that is what my problem is too. I would do low carb loss 30-40 lbs then gain it all back and then some. The same with the band, as soon as I learned to eat around it then I did.

After reading and researching hours and hours over the last few weeks, I feel like the sleeve is the way to go-now I just have to convince my dr.-right now, he thinks that since there is nothing "wrong" with my band that we should try to get me adjusted properly and see if we can make it work. I appreciate his honesty and caring bed-side manner-he really is trying to do what is best for me and not just make money off of me with another surgery. The problem is that I think it is basically just prolonging the inevitability of eventually having a revision anyway.

I am just terrified of failing again!

I do now truly understand what you mean by the "honeymoon" phase, and plan to take full advantage of it to try to get to goal quickly and then work on maintaining!