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

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Crybaby    2

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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!!!!

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Bndtoslv    292

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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?

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NewMrsSmith    12

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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. ????

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Crybaby    2

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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!!!

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Crybaby    2

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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.

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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.

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Crybaby    2

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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.

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LSF    264

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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.

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NewMrsSmith    12

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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! ????

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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.

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NewMrsSmith    12

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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! ????

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      Hey everyone. I'm new here so I thought I should introduce myself. I am 53y/o and am scheduled for Gastric Bypass on June 25th, 2025. I'm located in San Antonio, Texas. I will be having my surgery in Tiajuana Mexico. I've wanted this for years, but I always had insurance where bariatric procedures were excluded. Finally I am able to afford to pay out of pocket.  I can't wait to get started, and I hope I'm prepared for the initial period of "hell". I know what I have signed up for, but I'm sure the good to come will out way the temporary period of discomfort and feelings of regret. I'd love to find people to talk to who have been through the same procedure or experience before. So I look forward to meeting you all. Hope you have a great week!
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      1. LeighaTR

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        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

    • Alisa_S

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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