I'm 41 and need to lose about 100 lbs. Im going through the steps to get cleared by insurance, but I go back and forth? Should I just try a serious diet one more time (even though I've been steadily gaining this weight since my mid-20s and dieting off and on the whole time). Does anyone regret having the surgery?? I know its nerves, but its so drastic to remove part of your stomach...

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.

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.

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*

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

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.

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!!!

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

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"

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

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

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

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

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

Why do you regret it?????

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, 201412 yr by Krystal0528

I regret many, many things in my life. High school boyfriend. College boyfriend. Not going to Europe when I was in college. The horrible female mullet with big bangs haircut in 1990. But I don't regret having lost 90 pounds in the last year. I don't regret that I still have 70 to go and it's getting harder. I would greatly regret still weighing 325 pounds and being flat out miserable. I know the surgery isn't for everyone. It is work. But to image going back and the struggle it was to lose just 20 pounds back then - I can't even fathom it. There is work, no doubt, but regret for me would be never having done it. To those of you searching threads on "regret", think about how you feel NOW, last year, last time you wanted to do something and couldn't. That is regret EVERYDAY. Research every option and educate yourself thoroughly. Don't let any ONE experience (good or bad) influence you. It is a huge decision that you can't turn away from but this is not a one size fits all.