Just curious, In 17 days I will have my surgery and I had this thought go through my head last night. Has there ever been anyone that has had the Sleeve done and not lost any weight? That would terrible to go through all of this and not lose anything. Yikes...

I don't think it's possible unless you don't move at all.

If you drink sugar drinks and eat high calorie foods, you will not lose as much I dont think it's possible not to lose anything!

Yikes! I have had nightmares about the same thing. My surgery is in about a month and I thought "what if this doesn't work either?". I am interested to see what folks say.

In something close to three years reading this board I have only ever seen two or three people come here to say they're lost less than fifty pounds. And in every case, there is a definite issue on the part of the sleever. After losing a good amount of weight it's easy to get complacent, but there is no reason even for those people to sit at a weight that makes them unhappy.

This surgery removes 85% of your stomach. You're on a liquid diet for weeks afterward (at least I was) and then you slowly transition into regular foods over the next several weeks. You have a seriously restricted stomach for an entire year, and even at two years out I cannot possibly eat anything even remotely close to my pre-surgery intake.

If you don't lose weight, you aren't trying hard enough. That's harsh, but true.

However, there is no guarantee about how FAST you'll lose the weight. So some people might drop more than 100 pounds in nine months and some (like me) take almost a year and a half to lose that much. But if you do the right things you cannot help but lose weight.

Good luck with your upcoming surgery,

~Cheri

In something close to three years reading this board I have only ever seen two or three people come here to say they're lost less than fifty pounds. And in every case, there is a definite issue on the part of the sleever. After losing a good amount of weight it's easy to get complacent, but there is no reason even for those people to sit at a weight that makes them unhappy.

This surgery removes 85% of your stomach. You're on a liquid diet for weeks afterward (at least I was) and then you slowly transition into regular foods over the next several weeks. You have a seriously restricted stomach for an entire year, and even at two years out I cannot possibly eat anything even remotely close to my pre-surgery intake.

If you don't lose weight, you aren't trying hard enough. That's harsh, but true.

However, there is no guarantee about how FAST you'll lose the weight. So some people might drop more than 100 pounds in nine months and some (like me) take almost a year and a half to lose that much. But if you do the right things you cannot help but lose weight.

Yes, this. You still have to eat right and exercise. Don't be surprised that, after leaving the hospital, you are up a few pounds. I lost 8 pounds om the pre-op diet. The day I came home from the hospital, I gained that 8 pounds back. I was quite puffy from being given IV fluids for 3 days. I'm not worried, I know it will go away - everyone loses at their own pace.