I'm wondering if anyone is getting the same feedback as me? Some of my family members and some of my friends all tell me I don't know why you had it done, you look just fine the way you were. They are all thin and some of them I might add sometimes made me feel uncomfortable because of their comments of what I ate when I was 245.

My family is trying to talk me out of mine...

They tried to do the something with me

. My doctor had my file for four years cause I let everyone talk me out of it. Till finally I said I'm doing this for me and I had it done. My only regret is that I didn't have it four years ago. I just hate the dumb comments they give me now. Like if you have to be on a liquid diet then maybe you should of done that a long time ago without paying money to have the surgery.

Sorry U having to deal with that....my folks & friends are fussing about..why are u wanting that done- my response is because i want to...just live your life & stand firm on whats GOOD for U! I wish they was more supportive but, i'm dealing with that too & havent had surgery yet!

I weight 227 and my dad is the worst when it comes to comments and jokes. I just politely excuse my self and go home or outside. I am opting not to tell my family about my surgery because of the negativity they all have towards EVERYTHING... I wish you the absolute best and you keep your head high and stand your ground darlin.

My previous post was supposed to say my friends are trying to talk me out of it sorry

I still have approximately 40 lbs to lose and my family have started telling me that I look fine now. Even though I'm still 40 lbs overweight. I think they have kind intentions and my husband truly thinks I look great. I am more focused on my health. Looking better has been a bonus, but, being healthier is invaluable!

Thank you both. I wish you both luck. I think I will do that just smile and say excuse me and walk off.

Exactly! !!!!! That's what I tell everyone I didn't do this for my Jean size and cause I want to be showing off. ..I did this cause I want to be able to be there for my husband, my kids and any future grandkids.

My doctor gave me a fabulous statistic, that for me, really puts things in perspective, and helps calm the nay-sayers:

"Stunkard and McLaren-Hume's 1959 study of 100 obese individuals, which indicated that, 2 y after treatment, only 2% maintained a weight loss of 9.1 kg (20 lb) or more (1)" Source: http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/82/1/222S.full

I personally have one hundred pounds to lose. If only 2% of dieting folks are successful with 20lbs, how successful do you think I would be at losing 100lbs??? Do those people think I am magically in the top 2% percentile of weight loss capability? Um yeah, probably not.

One more statistic on why this will work -- from Wikipedia:

"In general, the malabsorptive procedures lead to more weight loss than the restrictive procedures; ... A meta-analysis from University of California, Los Angeles, reports the following weight loss at 36 months:[5]

Biliopancreatic diversion — 117 Lbs / 53 kg

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) — 90 Lbs / 41 kg

Open — 95 Lbs/ 43 kg

Laparoscopic — 84 Lbs / 38 kg

Vertical banded gastroplasty — 71 Lbs / 32 kg

The maximum weight loss occurs in the first 10 months after surgery. More recent studies have demonstrated that the medium (3–8 years) and long term (> 10 years) weight loss results for RYGB and LAGB become very similar.[23] However, the range of excess weight loss for LAGB patients (25% to 80%) is much broader than that of RYGB patients (50% to 70%). Data (beyond 5 years) for sleeve gastrectomy indicates weight loss statistics similar to RYGB."

.. So there you have it. I'm not doing this because its easy. I am doing this because it will work. I am doing this because I don't want to putz around for the next decade trying to diet and winding up as a failure. I've already lost/gained 50+ lbs two times in my life.

I want my life back and this is statistically the best option I have available to me.

Tell them these statistics. Maybe that will click with them.

-Beth

Thanks Beth that's great info I'm going to share when they start with their criticism.

My doctor gave me a fabulous statistic' date=' that for me, really puts things in perspective, and helps calm the nay-sayers:

"Stunkard and McLaren-Hume's 1959 study of 100 obese individuals, which indicated that, 2 y after treatment, only 2% maintained a weight loss of 9.1 kg (20 lb) or more (1)" Source: http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/82/1/222S.full

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I can't believe your doc can't get more recent stats than one over 50 years old.

I can't believe your doc can't get more recent stats than one over 50 years old.

There were others she quoted. The 2% stat stuck with me. When I looked it up to see if I remembered it right, this was the study date I found. Sorry if it doesn't work for you. Maybe it will work for some others though.

I was under the impression from your post that your doc had quoted a decades old study - that concerned me thinking he/ she is not doing more up to date research. That's what "didn't work for me."