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I just had my second dietician appointment. I have like 2 more and then whatever else I need done. I'm a bit excited about surgery but I want to know from where all do you lose weight and inches? I know it's a stupid question but does your ring size get smaller? What about your shoe size? And where does it all go? Is it like the alli pill where you (sorry tmi) crap it all out or is it different?

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Luckily, VSG is not like the Alli pill! :D Since you will have a smaller stomach, you eat less and your body uses stored fat for energy. These storage areas are throughout the body. Yes, my fingers are smaller. Yes, my feet are smaller. So is my rump, my stomach, my face and basically my entire body.

I highly suggest you read much of the research available online about the surgery and what your body goes through before you have this. You need to be educated about what changes to expect physically and psychologically.

Good luck!

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I have lost inches from pretty much every part of my body. I have been measuring every month, so I know exactly how many inches. I don't know about my ears, lol. My hands look thinner, I am wearing shoes in my closet that used to feel uncomfortable, my face is noticeably thinner, I can see more of my ...uhm female private part because my hanging belly is smaller etc etc. I can go on all day and I am not even half way to goal yet! Not to mention the emotional well being and energy! :-)

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I'm losing weight from every part of my body most noticeably my thighs, hips and waist.

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I didn't "see" the weight I was losing until I started taking pictures. I used to have a shelf above my butt. Now I don't! :) I've also lost weight everywhere else, face, hands, legs, stomach, and (sadly) breasts. My wedding rings actually hurt to wear now because my fingers are shrinking and they are too big.

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My wife got my wedding ring out for me and I put it back on, (we had taken it off for the operation). It is just barely staying on, another 10-15 pounds and it will be falling off.

My belt, which I had to put another notch in because the regular holes didn't allow enough slack, is now too big. I went through all the notches quickly and will have to drill again or get a new belt.

My watch was painful to wear and left marks when I took it off, now slides up my arm and I can easily put a finger between the watch and my wrist.

All my shirts are either too big or fitting fine. I can now shop somewhere besides Goodwill.

I think the fat is coming off everywhere. The belly is the last to go because there is just more there.

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I'm 4 lbs. from goal and I have lost weight everywhere. Shoes, bracelets, and rings are all too big. I'm down to a 6 or 8 in women's and a 7 or 9 in juniors from a tight size 20. My bra size has gone from 40D to 34 D. I can wear necklaces that were too tight around my neck before. My gloves are bigger on my hands. I went from a size 10 panties to a size 7.

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I just had my second dietician appointment. I have like 2 more and then whatever else I need done. I'm a bit excited about surgery but I want to know from where all do you lose weight and inches? I know it's a stupid question but does your ring size get smaller? What about your shoe size? And where does it all go? Is it like the alli pill where you (sorry tmi) crap it all out or is it different?

I haven't had anything done yet, but from experience of gaining weight...Yes, your ring size will get smaller. It may only be a 1/4 size or a full size. It depends upon how much fat is in your fingers (some people's fingers are boney, mine are pretty padded like baby fingers, lol).

My feet a little wider but not longer. However, I have flat feet and always have had flat feet. Some people experience their arches falling with weight gain. With weight loss their feet kind of spring back and they might be shorter. (Your feet actually flatten out a bit while running which is why they reccommend buying shoes with some room in the toes, the same principle applies with weight gain--more pressure on the foot means they flatten out).

The sleeve is basically enforced anorexia. You will only be getting a few hundred calories during the first part of your post-operative period when your stomach is healing. Whenever you drop below 50% of your BMR in calories, you body will respond by burning excess fat and muscle. In obese people, the primary loss is in fat and very little muscle. Most obese people already have quite a bit of muscle from hauling their large bodies around (let's face it, our 100lbs backpacks do make us strong). This is how are bodies are supposed to work--we store energy as fat when we get extra food and we burn it off when we aren't getting any. That is how the sleeve works. There is no malabsorption of fat like alli, where the fat is blocked from being digested and comes out in your poops or uncontrollable farts.ick.

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I went from a (tight) size 13 ring to a size 10 - which is now loose again a few months later :) I almost lost my wedding band after it just dropped off my finger while I was standing there.

My shoes are loose too. I went from a size 52 pants that were nearly cutting me in two they were so tight to a loose size 36. I wear a medium shirt when I can ones that have long enough sleeves, and I have to wear long sleeves 90% of the time as I am always cold now. If I can't get the sleeves long enough I go with a large top and they're terribly baggy. Amazingly for the first time EVER when I got my eyes examined they actually IMROVED by 2 powers, the eye doctor was really surprised by that and attributed it to undiagnosed diabetes that I no longer had.

The sleeve has been the BEST thing EVER in my life.

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I have gone down in sizes. I started with a size 18 women's. I am in a size 8 slack now. I can't believe how small they look. ;). My rings have been falling off too. My shoes not so much. I went from an 1x womens tope to a medium. Now one of the medium is getting a little too big. I have hardly any cloths. I don't want to buy until I start maintenance. I love my sleeve. ;)

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I just want to point out that the sleeve is absolutely nothing like anorexia - not even close to the same ballpark.

People who have anorexia will attempt to live off of as little as possible (1/2 of an apple and gallons of Water each day) in order to become 'thin' despite the fact that they are typically already hideously thin. It's Body Dysmorphic Disorder.

The sleeve forces you to eat LESS, but not nothing. Most sleevers maintain their weight by eating anywhere from 1000-2000 calories per day. Someone with anorexia would be horrified at the idea of eating more that 100-300 calories per day.

The two are nothing alike.

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Hello, just wanted to clarify, by anorexia, I was meaning the the dictionary term of loss of appetite and inability to eat, and not the clinical term anorexia nervosa, which is an eating disorder. Sorry if that was not clear.

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I just want to point out that the sleeve is absolutely nothing like anorexia - not even close to the same ballpark.

People who have anorexia will attempt to live off of as little as possible (1/2 of an apple and gallons of Water each day) in order to become 'thin' despite the fact that they are typically already hideously thin. It's Body Dysmorphic Disorder.

The sleeve forces you to eat LESS, but not nothing. Most sleevers maintain their weight by eating anywhere from 1000-2000 calories per day. Someone with anorexia would be horrified at the idea of eating more that 100-300 calories per day.

The two are nothing alike.

I sure don't have anorexia. I never minded being a fat guy except for no energy, no breath, ill fitting clothes, diabetes, high blood pressure, and various other health issues. But the fat hid my wrinkles. :)

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