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Okay… Don't blow any smoke up my butt here, but I need to know something. Has anyone ever not lost weight after the sleeve? Is it possible to fail?

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Everyone goes through stalls, but i haven't heard of anyone who has not lost weight. :)

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Not reached goal - yes. Gained - yes. But not lost any weight - like the poster above, I've never encountered that one.

Okay… Don't blow any smoke up my butt here, but I need to know something. Has anyone ever not lost weight after the sleeve? Is it possible to fail?

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I think everyone will lose some weight, as there is only so much you can fit in your gullet after surgery, how much is up to each individual. You have to alter your ways and incorporate a healthy diet and a healthy life style.

The sleeve is a tool that assist you in the fact that the hunger generating hormone area of your stomach is removed, so for the majority of people this is severely altered. Head hunger and issues with food and socialization around food, which often translates to physical hunger is still there.

A person that changes their diet to a healthy nutrient rich diet and consumes lower calories will lose weight. A person that does not change their diet and continues to consume a high fat, processed food, sugar laden, high calorie diet and will not lose weight. You've only so much space in your stomach after being sleeved. How you chose to fill your gullet, with crap or with healthy nutrient rich choices, will make all the difference. Additionally if you are sleeved, but live a sedentary lifestyle along with a continued diet of crap, it will be much more difficult to lose weight and keep it off. The sleeve is a POWERFUL tool to assist in getting yourself to a healthy weight.

Each person has the power to control their weight destiny, it is all in the choices we make. We all have come to the point of considering or getting the surgery. What you do after and how you live your life, determines if you will be successful with your weight loss and keeping it off. And, success is measured individually also.

(Of course there are medical conditions to consider for some, but...)

That is my two cents.

One Love.

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there have been times that I have stalled and then the weight starts coming back off again. I have totally changed the way I eat. no fast food, fried, high calorie/fats. It was the best decision that I have ever made

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Yes there are people for whom this surgery does not work or is not fully effective. The percentage is small, and there is usually an initial weight loss of twenty or thirty pounds but despite doing everything right, further weight loss does not occur. These people need the addition of a malabsorption component to make a greater change in their metabolisms. However, if you get a sleeve and cannot lose weight despite adhering to all the rules, a biliopancreatic diversion (or DS, duodenal switch) can be done. I don't know of anyone who hasn't lost after a DS, but it is a much more drastic surgery and malnutrition is a real risk.

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