Any sleevers start at or close to 500lb?

[bigjim1 7]

Anyone a year out or longer start at 500 lb?

Edited February 7, 2016 by bigjim1

[bigcurt 9]

Sorry to bump such an old topic, but this is good to hear. I was worried about being able to lose as much weight as I would like on the sleeve, given my starting weight of 500+. Anyone else have good results around that mark?

[MeanSleevedMachine 277]

My heaviest was 489. I was 477 the day of surgery on 5/10/2018.

As of today, roughly 4 months later, I am 359. The weight has just melted off. However, I workout five days a week with weights and walk 7 days a week. Make sure you eat plenty of Protein and get plenty of Fluid. It will be like a blink of an eye and you'll wake up and be thinner.

[LaurynLove 12]

Hello everyone! I have yet to get my surgery. I have one more nutrition appointment and blood work. I'm currently 495 ( man I've never written nor said that out loud) Any advice post and pre op would be greatly appreciated.

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[FancyChristine15 810]

My highest weight was 463. I weighed 405 on my surgery date, which was 3/20/18, and I now weigh 308.8. I’m only 6 months out, so I can’t say how affective it is long term, but it’s working so far!

[Thucydides 250]

I had sleeve surgery in November 2015 and started out at 518 lbs. Before surgery, I could not walk a block without losing my breath and I needed a handicapped tag for parking. When I taught, I had to give my lectures sitting down because I could not stand for 50 minutes at a time. Everything hurt and my health was in really bad shape. Fast forward just under 3 years, I'm in complete remission from diabetes, take no medications, my weight has remained consistent in the 225-230 lb range, and I have no trouble running 4 miles a day. Four years ago, my wife and I took a cruise where I did not bother to get off the boat at most of the stops because I could not walk during any of the shore excursions. Yesterday, I just came back from a hiking trip in Iceland where I climbed and hiked a glacier.

If I can do this, you can absolutely do this. There is nothing special about me. One important thing: the surgery is a help, but it is not a silver bullet. I still have to consistently make time to exercise (which has forced me to make it a priority) and I still have to watch what I eat and count calories. Temptations are still there and it is absolutely possible for me to overeat and gain weight if I am not careful.

[bigcurt 9]

@thucydides Just what I needed to hear. I worry that I am limited to around about what my surgeon says I should lose...which was just not enough overall.

[Frustr8 7,886]

And how are you guys doing now?Have your weight losses been what you hoped they would be? Have any of you since then had to goon and have a further revision to RnY or. DS?