Hey everyone I'm really intersted in hearing how you VSG patients with a low BMI are doing?

As for me I'm 5'7 tall and weight 229 my bmi is around 35 I would like to lose about 75 to 80lbs...I guess my question is would you do it again if you had less then 100lbs to lose?

My surgery date is scheduled for 26 Sep and I start my pre-op diet tomorrow...I'm just really super nervous ...excited....scared...and happy so many mixed feeling...

Thanks!!!

I am scheduled for tomorrow.. I am nervous but so happy that I won't have this issue anymore...

Yes and yes, I was 240, 5"6 and I did my research and I told no one, got my surgery done and I keep it a secret till I die I guess lol. I am 148 now, surprisingly I am 5'7 now. I am a size 4 and I am happier than even. You can do it, just write down all the reasons why you want to be healthy

You bet! I am 5'5, started at 217 and was sleeved three weeks ago. Now I am 196,so 21 pounds in three weeks. Last time I lost around 20 pounds it took me 5 months and then I gained it all back. I also did this on the proverbial down low . Love my sleeve!

Damanda, dowlow is the way to go! Spare you of negativity, hatred, grudges. I got one answer for everyone who asks: high protein , low cal, low carb, it's not a lie after all

Amen!

I have the same stats as you and was sleeved Aug 6. I've lost 15 lbs in 5 weeks. It's slower than I had hoped but worth it. I'm never hungry and that is very freeing!

Thanks for all of your input feeling much better about my descision to get the sleeve...and yes I'm going to keep my sleeve on the down low to :ph34r:

My bmi is 32. I am 5'8 and weigh 210 and am scheduled for Nov 16th. I have diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidemia and I so hope that this sleeve can help me do what years of yo-yo dieting couldnt.

I'm 5'4, had a starting bmi of 36 at 93kg or 204lb. I'm now exactly 1 month out today and am 76kg or 160lb. Weight loss includes pre-op diet. No1 will ever know about my surgery. Work mates think I was off work for 2 weeks with a horrendous gastro bug and I'm now working hard to keep the weight I lost off. I've been overweight for 2kgs and hope to have a bmi in the healthy weight range by Easter, if not new year.

I am 5'8 @238 lbs...my bmi is 36. I want to have the surgery done in Dec. I would like to about 70lbs. I wondered the same thing. I go back and 4th with feeling guilty since I have less than 100lbs to lose but then I remind myself I have been trying to lose this weight on my own for years now. I have mastered losing some and re-gaining more :/ I haven't told anyone besides my husband, mother, & sister. I am just not in the mood to hear any negativity about or opionions on how they think I should lose it. I am also going to have to self pay so I am going to Mexico (i really dont want to hear my family and/or friends opinions on that either). I am really nervous tho.

My stats are close, I am 5'4, 240 with a 40 bmi. But I am a big blab and told everyone! I am sure I will regret that, as I do most things come out of my mouth! but I thought I needed the support of my friends and also thought if they knew maybe I woldn't have to explain later, they would just accept me. PLUS, I have a friend who lost a lot of weight fast and looking back I KNOW she had to have had this done and she told me it was diet and exersize and I think that is fine to tell a thin person but when your friend, who is fat and struggling with their weight asks you, I thougth she should have told me. But thats just me. I wouldn't have thought one bit less of her! My surgery is 9/17

I am sure I will tell more people (especially my family) after it's done. That way they will just have to accept me and my smaller stomach

I am just keeping quiet before hand so that I can make my own decision without everyone chiming in...

Sleeved aug 13th one month out down 29 lbs. 5'3" started at 204, bmi 35 down to 175 today ! I told everyone and everyone was supportive!

That's great! How are you doing with the transition? Are you able to tolerate good yet?

Oops I meant food!