Success beyond 2-3 years after surgery, IS IT REALLY POSSIBLE? Are any of you out there?

Hello;

Yes it is possbile. If you are willing to make life changes. The sleeve allows you to lose the weight but maintaining is a matter of not slipping into old habits. While I am at surgeons goal, I am about 10 lbs over my personal goal. Why? Because I graze and eat around my sleeves restrictions.

To newbies - you alone are the master of your own long term success.

I love my sleeve and have no regrets...even at 2 years 10 months out.

Ty for sharing! I wondered the same.

Success beyond 2-3 years after surgery, REALLY POSSIBLE?

abj

i am 19 months post WLS

maintaining my 105 lbs these past 7 months

the way i used to look at it was - why wouldn't i continue my success...............

you must continue your new life/eating/drinking ways for the rest of your life

if you do that - you will be a success story too

please don't even think about possible/maybe problems for the future

you've got enough to worry/deal with now!!!!!! :ph34r:

live in the present

good luck

kathy

I'm three years out. We have a vet board here and have several 2-4 years out that visit regularly.

Your sleeve is what you make of it, so yes, success is possible if you are willing to change.

The sleeve does one guaranteed thing: it removes 85% of your stomach and gives you restriction.

Not even the loss of hunger is guaranteed, and I've seen folks report that it returns the farther out from surgery you get.

Everything that made you obese is still there. Obesity is not just about eating large portions and poor genetics. In most cases it's also a sign of disordered eating, and whatever your particular issue happens to be will still be there even with a sleeved stomach. So it's really, really important to take advantage of that early period where eating is tough and you don't enjoy food as much to learn how to break those bad habits and cope differently.

If you eat around your sleeve, you will regain or not lose or not achieve goal.

If you make permanent changes, not just in how you eat but in how you deal with food, you can have long term success.

This is not about making goal, as crazy as that sounds. The trick isn't losing weight - that's actually much easier with a sleeve than it's ever been for me on any diet before. The trick is learning how to balance real life with good food choices once you're at goal, so that you can stay there.

~Cheri