It was hard at first especially once all my co-morbids I had stared coming back and one by one I was started back on medication, diabetes ,high blood pressure, and my cholesterol all came back and im back on meds and now insulin. I will be glad when I get my sleeve July 13. Although im not at the 298 I started out with when I got my first band and lost 115lbs. I'm at 260 and my second band was removed 2012 when I was at 230.