Hello all,

I am new to the forums here. I was wondering if there is anyone that might be able to help me out. I am trying to decide between full gastric bypass and gastric sleeving... I know that gastric sleeving has less weight loss than gastric bypass does. However, I know that gastric sleeving does not have the dumping syndrome. Here are some things about me... I am about 6' tall around 330lbs with a bmi 44.75. I have always been a larger build man. My thought is that an idea body weight for me would be about 250lbs. As I have a large build body with broad shoulders etc. My wife has had gastric bypass with several complications and she doesn't want me to do that in fear of same happening to me. Anyhow sorry for rambling on and thanks if your stil reading.

If anyone can help give me an idea of how much food you can eat now?

How long has it been since your surgery?

If anyone has received approval from UHC?

How much weight you've lost and over how long?

Has anyone had success with Barix clinics doing sleeve in Groveport, OH?

Anyone have any regrets, ie wish they would've gone with full bypass?

Thank you for your time!!!

Do a search on this site to look for this topic, it has been asked often. You will find the answers to most of your questions. Of all that i've read, people are overwhelmingly happy with their sleeves.

The Gastric Bypass is more evasive and it tends to be for people with a higher BMI than you have. I think I speak for most when I say I'm very happy with the sleeve. It is only a tool however and you have to get right in your head to be successful with it.

250 pounds sounds a little high for your height. That would give you a BMI of almost 34. At 6', I'd be looking more around 200, based on your build description. I'm 6'4" and now weight 185, starting from my high of 427, and lost that over the last 16 months. However, you need to measure yourself against only yourself and not what others do. As far as food, I can pretty much each whatever I want but I still watch that I don't fall into bad habits (sweets, etc). I do triathlons so I have to consume more calories than most and that means pretty much eating all te time leading into a race in order to get enough calories to sustain me for 8 hours of exercise. I can consume maybe 5-6 oz of Protein (fish or meat) and 1/2 cup of vergetables at a sitting.

I have uhc and they processed my surgery approval in 1 day! Whether it's the sleeve or bypass its ultimately up to u I have seen ppl w surgery fail and still be overweight... My surgery date is July 24th can't wait to be a loser