VSG-Longevity

[happy1957 138]

I am seriously thinking of having the VSG and am looking for the good, the bad and the ugly. I would like to find the patients that have had this surgery the longest, what the drawbacks are and how have they held their weight off.

[Tiffykins 672]

I'm almost 23 months out, and while I am by far not the furthest out, I had maintained my weight loss for a year until pregnancy.

As for long term vets on here, go to the Member listing at the top, go to the "L" and look up the member named Luck.

I have maintained my loss by making best food choice, not grazing, and eating Protein first, but I do not diet. If I want potatoes, I eat potatoes. I am not strict with my intake of any particular foods, I eat what I want, just in smaller quantities.

I recommend you visiting obesityhelp.com as there is a VSG maintenance board with some 3-5 year out patients with longer term stats than mine.

[StacyS 20]

Tiff, you said something about 4:1 Protein vs carbs. Does that mean if you times the carbs by 4 it should be less than the protein?