Periquin77

Hi everyone. First I have to apologize for my english, I'm Spanish and I'm doing my best writing this in english :blushing: I don't have a story myself at the moment, at least I don't have it regarding being sleeved, because I'm not. I am 32 years old, and I weight 145Kg (about 319 pounds), and my height is 1.76cm (about 5'9" if I am not mistaken :thumbup:), so my IMC is about 46%. For at least three years I've been strugling with the idea of the surgery, because I've been dieting my whole life and I recover every pound lost, and then some... What can I tell you about that, it's an everyday story here :crying: But I can't make up my mind, I'm too frightened, or concerned about the long term issues that it's begining to be a real headache for me! I know that I shouldn't be worried because the issues that I will get being obese are bigger than those that I'd get with the surgery... but... i don't know why I keep thinking about that. In this three years I've read every study that I got handed on, no matter what the surgery tecnique was... VSG, RnY, DS, band... I think that my option would be VSG, just because the band is not an option for me (too many re-intervention probabilities and the "thing" being inside forever :S) and the malabsorption scaries me in the long term. But I really don't know if the VSG would work for me since I have an excess weight of 150 pounds. And plus i have a family member who has more weight to lose than me who is considering the same surgery as me (VSG), and I don't know if it would also work for him (though he says that he should be happy even resulting overweight with the VSG rather than morbidly obese). Another concern for me is that my intention... or my desire if you have to name it, is to start training at the gym after losing some pounds (a lot of them actually :biggrin0:), and... if I can... try to train my muscles a bit and do a lot of cardio. So, Why I'm telling that's a concern for me? Because I think that when/if I'll be in my weight and training I would need a lot more calories and Proteins that I would be able to eat because of the surgery. Maybe it's an impossible desire, maybe it's the surgery without gym at that level or no-surgery and being obese (I'll take the first :wink0:) Do you know if iit's possible to train at that level with the surgery done? Tha's my concern (sorry for the letter...) I think that's all, and I think it's enough for a presentation hehehe If some of you have understood what I wrote (sorry again for my english :blushing:) I'd appreciate some answer, or some experience... Thanks to all

I think you misunderstood me :S. I agree completely with you, but I was talking about after the weight loss. Once I'm in the plateau I intend to train to build muscle (not much, I don't want to be big, just fit) and that's when I'm saying that I will need more calories... with no fat to burn. In theory there will be more muscle than now, but no fat, so my body will require a lot of calories... and that's my concern :S Obviously, as you said before, when I'm losing weight my energy will come from the fat stored... but after?

No, I wasn't aware of that. Thank you really much!. Another reason against malabsorption for me :confused1: Well, you burn more fat because you have more muscle, and if you have more muscle, you need more energy just "to be there". Your basal requirements of energy are higher, so you need more calories in your diet. That's why most of sportsmen eat such a big plates of food, usually Pasta because of their carbs. That's what I think...

Thank you all for your support :biggrin2: I really appreciatte your help and your comments, because they come from experience! I think that I need some more time to think about this surgery... I still have second thoughts about the long-term of the VSG. Will I be able to maintain the weight loss without the malabsorption? True! But it' continues :confused1: "... and the more fat you burn the more calories you need to take". That's the part that concerns me... I've been obese my whole life (as the most of you, I guess), and I know that if I could be "near" my ideal weight i would train hard in order to be the fitter that I could. But for that, the surgery has to work for me.... and, well, you already know what my concerns are :biggrin0: Another issue is/will be the skin. But that's what it is and only time will tell... Thank you again.