One of my co-workers stopped by my office and was going on about how much weight I lost. (now, I don't tell everyone at my office but some people I do trust. Eventually I will be more forth coming). Anyway, I trust Cindy. I told her I had weight loss surgey but not the lap band or bypass. Something "new". She guessed right away that it was vsg! She had it done 3 years ago! I knew she had lost a bunch of weight 3 years ago but she claimed it was just exercising. To this day she has not told a lot of people how she lost the weight. She is short, like under 5ft she weighed 186 before surgery She lost down to a size 0. She couldn't find any clothes to fit her so she upped her calories and is a comfortable size 4. She says that I will never gain the weight back as long as I don't graze all day long. She says that her pouch feels as small as it did 3 years ago. She watches what she eats but doesn't exercise. I am very inspired to see her maintain as well as she has. I know I chose the right surgery.

That is a great story, thanks for posting it!

I think a lot of us here have the same fear of regaining the weight because we've all been through this roller-coaster. I did a LOT of research before letting them cut me open, and that was something really important to me -- I want this to be a "for life" fix for my weight problems, not a "for a year or so" fix. Even knowing that all the research points to this being durable weight loss, it's still nice to hear success stories like your coworker's!

That is a great story, thanks for posting it!

I think a lot of us here have the same fear of regaining the weight because we've all been through this roller-coaster. I did a LOT of research before letting them cut me open, and that was something really important to me -- I want this to be a "for life" fix for my weight problems, not a "for a year or so" fix. Even knowing that all the research points to this being durable weight loss, it's still nice to hear success stories like your coworker's!

I just posted some research I found here:

http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/12994-ghrelin’s-receptor/page__pid__111468#entry111468

It talks about how the (rats) body reacts to losing its Ghrelin receptors... Sounds good to me!