I have been to 2 consultations with different surgeons. The first one said they take out 85% of your stomach. The second surgeon is the one I like better but he said they take out 75-80%. To be honest, my main concern is that they will not take out enough of my stomach. This may seem like a dumb question but I am self pay and I don't want to go through all of this just for them to not take out enough to matter. I know that I will be working at this but I want the biggest advantage. Anyone have an opinion on this?

I think it's different for every person because our stomachs are all stretched to different extents. So leaving behind 25% of a 5-liter stomach wouldn't do too much for weightloss, for example, while leaving behind 25% of a 1-liter stomach would. I would ask how they calibrate it instead, because most surgeons will use a bougie to calibrate the end size of the stomach. A taller person's stomach will end up bigger because of its greater length, so this still takes into consideration your body's individual energy requirements. If the surgeon is not calibrating the stomach with a bougie or some other tool, it's hard to predict results, as that's what they often use for research studies.