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I know hard to believe but hear me out. I do not eat a lot. Never have. Not a binger or a stuffer or whatever. I just cannot lose weight. I eat less than 1000 calories a day - sometimes as low as 600. If I ate a lot I would just Bypass or Sleeve and shut up. But I have never been a big eater. But I have been gaining weight at an alarming rate since I herniated a disc 6 months ago and have put on 35 pounds... UGH. I had lost that a year ago before I hurt my back. I was almost human at about 185 but now feel like a monster. Sorry for the negative terms. But I just do not want to do this surgery and then find out I am not going to lose any weight. I may have some gut issues, or metabolic issue - yes I take thyroid meds and T-3 extract but am still falling asleep during the day and lethargic. I have a slow metabolism - around 1100 a day... I lost weight last year on 3 shakes a day and tons of exercise - walking, classes, dancing, squash - but now I can hardly walk.... Ome doctors say my metabolism will change as will how my stomach processes food. Others say no it is just a restrictive surgery... I want to believe that by doing the sleeve my stomach will change the bacterial content, and the metabolic process and it will help - but I sure don't want to go through this if these things don't happen... did that make sense? Thank you

Hi Pete - thanks for the reply. Would LOVE to kick start my metabolism - but with a herniated disc and a slightly ruptured one there is not much I can do. I walk but with under-active thyroid and my back like this I am dead in the water so to speak. I lost 30 pounds a year ago with constant exercise and 3-4 shakes a day which was about 800 - 1000 calories a day with TONS of exercise - so that kind of shows how slow my metabolism is and what it needs to get moving. I am trying to stay positive and think about how positive the sleeve could be...

Hi Michelle - you are making a great point. I really do think that there is something about hormones created int he stomach that will change with surgery. I keep reading about bacteria and hormones and think it is more than restriction. Well at least I hope so. I ate next to nothing for three days - 3 glasses V-8, 2 hard boiled eggs and veggies which was about 500 calories so my metabolism is like a dinosaur... but I think point about small means full might help...

Hi and thanks for the replies. Not sure if I am placing this in the right spot... Hunger is not my issue. Not enough exercise from a seriously herniated dis has really impacted my weight gain.I have done a food log and am staying in the 800-1500 most days - and sometimes as low as 600 if I only have three shakes. I think my body is sick of shakes... I think there is something off in my gut and am taking a lot of probiotics now - funny - thing - have not gained in a week on them... so not sure what that means... I keep hoping that by cutting out part of the stomach you do change your gut hormoes which are linked directly to your hypothalamus... there is research being done on the brain gut connection and then how certain bacteria in your belly can cause weight gain or loss... I keep reading and trying to sort this out... I do knwo that I started gaining weight after a two week course of intravenous antibiotics back in the 90s... I have never been the same since then... so maybe my gut bacterial population is the issue... I think Metabolism is impacted by thyroid as well as gut bacteria. I am talking to my endocrinologist who is a very responsive doctor at Tufts but research is so new it is not main stream... I really appreciate all your input and thank you all.

Hi - my first post! thank you for being kind enough to share this booklet. Would appreciate a copy. Many thanks