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Hi Barbara47, what can I help with. I'll try to be as helpful as I can so ask away.

It's not magic. You'll still have to follow a sensible diet and an exercise plan. If you do that, you will not gain a lot of weight again. The ones that gain all the weight again are the ones that do not follow the doctors instructions. That's how I gained all of the 35 lbs so far. I'm getting back to running and yoga, and it feels so great. Good luck in your journey.

Laredo, Tx... Sleeved 12/2012. What a ride!

My weight goal was originally to be at 160 lbs. I lost that and more. I was weighing at 140 lbs after about 1 year out. Now at 3 years out i have gained about 25 lbs. so that puts me at 5 lbs over my intended goal. Not bad i think. I think if you follow an exercise program you will lose as much weight as you care to lose. Ive started to run, and I do yoga to help in my running. Happy weight loss. Oh and remember, this is Your life. You make it happen.

Dont know if I answered before, so Ive gained a total of 25 lbs so far since the most lost from being sleeved. Its really alarming, but Im working on it.

Stacey, under the "forums" search filter just type Before and After Photos and there's a bunch of them there. Hope this helps.

For everyone out there that cares to listen; please stop flirting with what brought you to this drastic decision to get surgery as a means to lose weight. Right now you are not able to overindulge, and are probably still losing weight. That's very good but be informed, it will NOT be this way for very long. After a while, you will be able to eat more, and more often. And you WILL start to gain the weight back. Remember, this surgery is not magic! You STILL have to follow a reasonable diet and exercise plan to keep it off. My recommendation is get used to the healthy foods and Snacks right now so when you're able to eat more it'll be healthier and less able to make you gain the weight back. Good luck and may your journey be a pleasant and victorious one. This is YOUR life, live it well.

I always answer the same way. I say, "Diet and exercise, oh and a little weight loss surgery". It always gets a chuckle and also leads to a bunch of questions about the surgery. It's a really great way to let people know and refreshing to answer questions they have.

I've heard that some just cannot process the bread in the pizza, Burger and such. Me on the other hand, was able to eat pretty much anything at about 6 months out. I do mean anything, including donuts and Mexican sweet bread and chips and fig newtons and all that unhealthy stuff. Then I realized and questioned why I was so determined to go back to the foods that made me obese in the first place. So now, even though I know I can eat that stuff I "usually" don't. " USUALLY". The best of luck and good wishes to you.

I'm going to try this. I had not heard of it before. Thanks for posting this, Sleeve 4 Me.

I know how hard it is and my worst nightmare is to gain anymore weight. I've taken up power walking and running to help with further weight loss. I really love it except for the pain I get on my knees and hip. For that I started doing Yoga and it seems to be helping. I try to stay motivated by thinking about how I was before my sleeve. It works.

I'm a 50 year old male and was sleeved 3 years ago this December. I had lost down to 140 and gained 20 pounds. At 160 now and would like to lose about 10 to be at about 150. But it's a real struggle now, definitely not as easy anymore.