I was leaning towards the bypass but the doctor advised right now not to because of my liver disease. He said the sleeve will be the safest right now and down the road if I hit a stAll with losing he will do the bypass. He thinks I will do great with the sleeve and is confident I won't need the bypass. He is worried about the malabsorption. My question can you lose more then 100 lbs? My goal is to lose 150 to 170 lbs. I'm trying to do all the research on sleeve because surgery will be in 4 weeks, I signed the consent for surgery tonight. Please advise. Any information will be great... Thank you.

I don't know why not. I am planning to have the sleeve and have considerably more than you do to lose. I have seen many people on bariatricpal who have lost much more than 100 pounds. I have never heard a weight loss limit in any of the literature I've read and my surgeon has never said there was one.

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Yes you can - I've seen people on here that have lost 170lbs with the sleeve.

Thank you...I feel better knowing more can be lost. Hopefully within two weeks I get my surgery date.

YES

Yes, I've lost 100 pounds in 5 months and am still continuing to lose.

I'm 5 months post op as of this past Sunday. I've lost 108 pounds. So, yes you can. Lol. In fact I lost 5 pounds last week. So, I'm still losing consistently and have absolutely no dought I'll lose my final 30. But, it's not a slam dunk after surgery. I am extremely careful with my diet. I work out 5 days a week. Every week. And, I never ever cheat. So, it's up to you. Good luck!

I was leaning towards the bypass but the doctor advised right now not to because of my liver disease. He said the sleeve will be the safest right now and down the road if I hit a stAll with losing he will do the bypass. He thinks I will do great with the sleeve and is confident I won't need the bypass. He is worried about the malabsorption. My question can you lose more then 100 lbs? My goal is to lose 150 to 170 lbs. I'm trying to do all the research on sleeve because surgery will be in 4 weeks, I signed the consent for surgery tonight. Please advise. Any information will be great... Thank you.

I've lost 146 lbs as of today.

I am almost there.... 6 months post-op. it is all about how much you want it!!!

Thank you so much everyone. Before I started, I lost 11 pounds and have lost another 11, pre op. Everyone is doing so great and thank you for sharing. I'm very dedicated and can't wait for the surgery and getting healthy.

You can absolutely lose more than 100 pounds with the sleeve. I started at 271 and I am currently at 155 at eight months out. I have a friend who has lost 140 pounds at eight months out. It is doable!!

There's no reason you can't lose as much as you want with any WLS. You can also fail with any WLS. You get out of it as much as you put into it. As for my sleeve experience, I only wanted to lose 88 pounds but I lost 100 instead...and kept it off for 7 months and counting.

Yes i had my surgery in August last year and in the past 7 months have lost 73kg which is about 160lb.

Im 5 months post op in a couple of days and yes definitely can lose >100lbs. Im at 104lbs lost and counting