From Lap-Band to Sleeve......

[Crybaby 2]

Hello my fellow sleevers.......I am looking for someone out there that has converted from the Lap Band to the Sleeve, and is struggling losing weight. I was originally banded in 2010 and lost 100lbs before I started having complications. I made the decision to remove the band and have the sleeve done in December 2014. My surgery was a success and almost pain free; but since then I have not been as successful as I was with the lap band. I am wondering if anyone out there is having the same struggles??? Since surgery (6 months) I have only lost 45lbs and I constantly plateau. If anyone has any advice or feedback please chime in!!!!

[Bndtoslv 292]

Hello my fellow sleevers.......I am looking for someone out there that has converted from the Lap Band to the Sleeve, and is struggling losing weight. I was originally banded in 2010 and lost 100lbs before I started having complications. I made the decision to remove the band and have the sleeve done in December 2014. My surgery was a success and almost pain free; but since then I have not been as successful as I was with the lap band. I am wondering if anyone out there is having the same struggles??? Since surgery (6 months) I have only lost 45lbs and I constantly plateau. If anyone has any advice or feedback please chime in!!!!

Hi there. I'm doing this surgery soon. Was your starting weigh lower this time?

[NewMrsSmith 12]

I had the lap and too and was sleeved this April. So far I am around the weight I had originally lost with lap and but I have heard that once you have had one procedure of weightloss that it is a slower longer time with loosing weight because your body has made adjustments already to first surgery. ????

[Crybaby 2]

I had the lap and too and was sleeved this April. So far I am around the weight I had originally lost with lap and but I have heard that once you have had one procedure of weightloss that it is a slower longer time with loosing weight because your body has made adjustments already to first surgery.

Thank you New Mrs Smith. Do you mind me asking how much you lost with lap band?? Any tips you can give me on what your doing now to loss the weight!!!

[Crybaby 2]

Hello my fellow sleevers.......I am looking for someone out there that has converted from the Lap Band to the Sleeve, and is struggling losing weight. I was originally banded in 2010 and lost 100lbs before I started having complications. I made the decision to remove the band and have the sleeve done in December 2014. My surgery was a success and almost pain free; but since then I have not been as successful as I was with the lap band. I am wondering if anyone out there is having the same struggles??? Since surgery (6 months) I have only lost 45lbs and I constantly plateau. If anyone has any advice or feedback please chime in!!!!

Hi there. I'm doing this surgery soon. Was your starting weigh lower this time?

Yes It was my weight was lower at the point of converting from the band to the sleeve.

[Bndtoslv 292]

Hello my fellow sleevers.......I am looking for someone out there that has converted from the Lap Band to the Sleeve, and is struggling losing weight. I was originally banded in 2010 and lost 100lbs before I started having complications. I made the decision to remove the band and have the sleeve done in December 2014. My surgery was a success and almost pain free; but since then I have not been as successful as I was with the lap band. I am wondering if anyone out there is having the same struggles??? Since surgery (6 months) I have only lost 45lbs and I constantly plateau. If anyone has any advice or feedback please chime in!!!!

Hi there. I'm doing this surgery soon. Was your starting weigh lower this time?

Yes It was my weight was lower at the point of converting from the band to the sleeve.

That probably is why you are taking longer to lose this time. I know that there is a thought out there that revision patients lose more slowly but as long as the surgery is done correctly I don't see why it should. Your BMI must have been below 40 and if you have lost 45 lbs that is pretty great - almost 8lbs a month! Why do you think that losing is harder with the sleeve? I worry that I learned really bad eating habits with my band - like ways to cope with not being able to eat healthy food so I wonder if that will happen to me.

[Crybaby 2]

What you are saying makes sense....with the band I couldn't eat anything without vomiting. I was either too tight or no restriction, I never really had the "sweet spot". My health started deteriorating and that's when I decided to do the revision. I love the sleeve but it really does force you to be accountable. With the sleeve I can eat almost anything but my portions are small and I do get full fast. I think my body is almost in shock because I went 4.5 years with no food lol. I feel healthier with the sleeve. Honestly I need to stay off the scale and only weight myself once a month.

[LSF 264]

I find if I log my food in My Fitness Pal , eat healthy and exercise I do well. When I don't log, I tend to go off track and then don't lose weight.

[NewMrsSmith 12]

I lost maybe 30 pounds. I was very similar to you. I had nothing but issues with the band and never got my sweet spot. I was always either too restrictive or seemed to always throw stuff up. I hated food. Now I feel like for the most part I can eat what I want and it's in proportion. I try to always keep high Protein foods around me at home and work. I watch calorie intake but mostly protein intake and exercise 4 days a week or average. They helps me look at how long it takes me to burn a certain amount of calories and helps me stay focused on making better food choices. I still allow myself to cheat but I try to eat healthy all week and when I do eat out I watch for healthy protein meals/calories and always ask for dressings to be on side. I do also cut my proportions when I get my food and put the rest on an extra plate until they get me to go box. I use the lose-it app and log my food and exercise! ????

[Crybaby 2]

NewMrsSmith....we are two of a kind!! we do everything the same from the exercise to boxing the food at the restaurant immediately. I have been struggling with Water intake so that is my main focus is drinking at least 64 oz a day!!! I am staying positive and only weighing in once a week. I will do this, thank you for your support.

[NewMrsSmith 12]

Yes my biggest struggle is Water as well! I have good days and bad. I gave a scale that measures you dehydration. I'm always short of expectation for female but as long as I keep focusing and loosing weight I guess I will b good! Thank you as well for support! ????