regret Be honest - does anyone regret the surgery?

[Vixynne 695]

I'm regretting I let myself gain 50 pounds back!!! I dunno why I even did this surgery if it made no difference in my eating habits!!!! I'm so mad right now!!!!

Did you have any sort of pre-op counseling or preparation for the ways that sleeves can/can't make a difference? When you say it made no difference in your eating habits, do you mean it didn't change the things you can eat--or it didn't change the way you feel toward food?

I ask because my surgeon's practice requires pre-op psych counseling--but I know not everyone's does. I knew going in that I'd have to make a lot of "head changes", and they were much harder than having the surgery! You must still be eating a lot less than you did two years ago, though, right?

Don't get discouraged, you can get those extra pounds off if you make all the changes you need to. It won't be easy, but if you push yourself and have a good support system, you can do it. *hugs*

[braunb 6]

Do it. Just make sure to get a great surgeon. Do all the follow ups and you will regret only one thing that you did not do it sooner.

[GetInMyBelly 80]

Do it. Just make sure to get a great surgeon. Do all the follow ups and you will regret only one thing that you did not do it sooner.

not necessarily.

[GetInMyBelly 80]

Thanks for the reply, I suggest the pre op counseling! I did not have that n should've done that.

I'm regretting I let myself gain 50 pounds back!!! I dunno why I even did this surgery if it made no difference in my eating habits!!!! I'm so mad right now!!!!

Did you have any sort of pre-op counseling or preparation for the ways that sleeves can/can't make a difference? When you say it made no difference in your eating habits, do you mean it didn't change the things you can eat--or it didn't change the way you feel toward food?

I ask because my surgeon's practice requires pre-op psych counseling--but I know not everyone's does. I knew going in that I'd have to make a lot of "head changes", and they were much harder than having the surgery! You must still be eating a lot less than you did two years ago, though, right?

Don't get discouraged, you can get those extra pounds off if you make all the changes you need to. It won't be easy, but if you push yourself and have a good support system, you can do it. *hugs*

[Kjcasegreg 1]

Today I went and got weighed in loosing 70lbs. In 8 months. This isn't good enough for me. I am hard on myself. Especially when I hear I could only loose for one more month if lucky more. How long did everyone loose to? I haven't lost my goal weight. Then I think would I want to carry that extra weight around. Absoutlouty not

[Vixynne 695]

Today I went and got weighed in loosing 70lbs. In 8 months. This isn't good enough for me. I am hard on myself. Especially when I hear I could only loose for one more month if lucky more. How long did everyone loose to? I haven't lost my goal weight. Then I think would I want to carry that extra weight around. Absoutlouty not

Kjcasegreg--

I have only been sleeved since last July 1st--I'm not at a year yet, and I'm definitely not a 2 or 3-year veteran, but even with that being said, I honestly believe you can lose weight past the 9 month mark.

It gets harder, because your body is smaller and takes fewer calories to function than it did before surgery (or even back in those early weeks when it just seemed to melt away on its own). But according to my dietician, if I keep burning more calories than I take in, slowly but surely the weight will keep coming off. Maybe only a half pound per week, maybe a pound or two in a month, but it WILL come off. After the 6 to 9 month "honeymoon", it turns into more of a willpower battle; you gotta fight for it; at least that's been my experience so far, and I'm almost at the 9 month mark.

[LivingFree! 478]

I was sleeved at age 59--three years ago. I was obese my whole life (by at least 100 pounds most of my life). I suffered from , unspeakable ridicule from the time I was 10 years old. I was bullied for my fatness from grade 7 through high school. Obesity affected my ability to advance in my career, to find a husband, to have children, to feel like I was worthy to have a place in this world. Yes, to some that probably sounds extreme. It is what obesity did to me. So for me, the chance to be freed from the bonds of a lifetime of shame, how could there possibly be any regret to having VSG?

My life has changed in ways I never knew a person could feel about themselves. I have a lot of "catching up" to do in life--and I am well on my way to doing so.

Good luck with your decision. You will make the right one--you are already asking your first GREAT question!!!

[GetInMyBelly 80]

I'm fatter since my last post. Way fatter. Almost back to the size I was at surgery time. I need help n a kick in the butt!!!!!!!!! What a shame

[val326 36]

I'm fatter since my last post. Way fatter. Almost back to the size I was at surgery time. I need help n a kick in the butt!!!!!!!!! What a shame

Did you have the band or the sleeve!!? I am nervous that you were able to gain all your weight back!? I thought that was the whole point to go to this extreme is to cut out the "yo yo dieting"

[GetInMyBelly 80]

Sleeve . Don't do it it's not necessary

[CrazyJaney 775]

Only regret is that I waited so long. Life is so good!

[sherry24184 253]

Not for one second! would do it again anyday and only wish I had sooner

[GetInMyBelly 80]

Coming up to my 3yr n I still regret it.

[elpasovet 83]

Coming up to my 3yr n I still regret it.

Why do you regret it?????

[Krystal0528 118]

How did u gain all that weight back? How much did u loose before u gained it back? Were u able to just eat? Do u think ur stomach had stretched? When did u start gaining ur weight back? Sorry for so many questions, I was recently sleeved on 5/28 an I'm a questioner! Lol

Edited August 18, 2014 by Krystal0528