I'd like to hear about regrets about VSG? I'm 5'5" and about 230. Can't keep the weight off. Medifast 2014 gained all back and then some. Thx for sharing.

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I regret not having surgery sooner

No regrets here.

I regret not having surgery sooner

Ditto

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There were a couple of early days post op where I questioned myself. I think that is gone now. I have optimism for a healthy future.

No regrets !!!!

I regret not having surgery sooner

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Sooooo happy and feel great and it's just going to keep getting better.

My biggest regret is not being diligent in following the plan right from the start. At nine months out, my old habits and addictions are rearing their ugly heads! I still am bad about drinking water.

No regrets.

I'd like to hear about regrets about VSG? I'm 5'5" and about 230. Can't keep the weight off. Medifast 2014 gained all back and then some. Thx for sharing.

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Hi there. I also did Medifast. It's amazing and I lost 70 pounds in less than 5 months. A few months later, I changed jobs and fizzled out on Medifast so that I could be social with my new coworkers. Took a while, but gained back 65 of those pounds. My problem has not been losing weight, but keeping it off. I learned how to lose and gain like a champ, but never how to maintain.

As far as sleeve regrets, I just had mine on 3/29. On about day 4, I had a feeling of "what did I do to my body?!" That has passed, though....at least for now. I think the sleeve will be a great tool for me. I know it doesn't solve everything, but should help keep me in check. Vomiting is something I would like to avoid, for sure. Good luck!

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I regret not doing it sooner, and I regret not changing some of the external stress factors in my life that could have helped me to be even more successful post op.

It is easy to fall into bad habits post op and easy to regain, it is even harder as time goes on. 22 months post op I have gained 8 lbs from my lowest weight and struggling to get back on track, but I am working hard.

Only that I wish I had done this many years ago! You just have to be OK with the sacrifice you're making for the greater good of your greater life.

My biggest regret is not being diligent in following the plan right from the start. At nine months out, my old habits and addictions are rearing their ugly heads! I still am bad about drinking water.

I have trouble with the water part as well

Immediately after surgery I regretted the whole thing but looking back a few months later, if you seriously can't keep the weight off like me, no regrets.

I'd like to hear about regrets about VSG? I'm 5'5" and about 230. Can't keep the weight off. Medifast 2014 gained all back and then some. Thx for sharing.

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Hi there. I also did Medifast. It's amazing and I lost 70 pounds in less than 5 months. A few months later, I changed jobs and fizzled out on Medifast so that I could be social with my new coworkers. Took a while, but gained back 65 of those pounds. My problem has not been losing weight, but keeping it off. I learned how to lose and gain like a champ, but never how to maintain.

As far as sleeve regrets, I just had mine on 3/29. On about day 4, I had a feeling of "what did I do to my body?!" That has passed, though....at least for now. I think the sleeve will be a great tool for me. I know it doesn't solve everything, but should help keep me in check. Vomiting is something I would like to avoid, for sure. Good luck!

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Thanks for your answers. It helps. Saw a photo of me taken today - can't believe how big I've gotten.

I regret not having surgery sooner

No regrets here.

I regret not having surgery sooner

Ditto

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No regrets. Not when the pain meds didn't work, not when I had to suffer the humiliation of being so large that the fire department had to come pick me up off the floor after a fall 3 days post-op because I was too heavy for my mother to lift, not when I had to stand to suffer through awkward social situations when I couldn't eat at conventions and functions, not when I was hospitalized for complications, not even today, when I hit 140 lbs lost and am STILL obese.

Oh, there were plenty of times I shook my fist at the sky, hated how I felt, whined, stomped my feet, cried, etc. But I've never regretted it, not for a single second. No matter how I did mental gymnastics trying to justify not getting the sleeve, it was surgery or die, and that's that.