weight loss after band to sleeve

[trenya07 6]

I had my revision 4/22. I've heard that weight loss after revision is much slower. Curious to know what others progress has been...

[sugarmoma 11]

me to mine has been slow but people keep giving me a reality check pre pre op diet i was 217 day of surg 211 and today 195 and i was sleeved on 3/19/13 so i dont know well as they say rome was not built in a day but this time i am determine to enjoy the weight loss as i go and enjoy cleaning out my closet and saying goodbye to clothes i never did even with the band even when they were to big i feel like this is the real things this time so just enjoy the ride and embraced each lb each ounce lost and when the scale stop enjoy inches gone forever

[dparonyan 4]

I had my revision 4/22. I've heard that weight loss after revision is much slower. Curious to know what others progress has been...

Hi

I had my revision Dec. 11, 2012

I've lost about 50 lbs

My LAPBAND had moved up to my esophagus and had started heart complications. I was very lucky to have figured it out after years of trying to adjust my band and couldn't keep Water down until past 1pm.

I am very happy with my decision. I love my sleeve. I've stalled sometimes but I believe that's normal. My nutritionist recommended I start liquids again. I've noticed sometimes I do get back into bad habits if I don't have my food planned and ready to eat. I have a very busy day usually on the go and I tend to fall off the wagon and then hate myself for it. Today is a new day and I plan on trying to do my liquid only day.

[CowgirlJane 14,260]

My losses have been excellent - according to my surgeons office exceeded expectations considering my high BMI.

Here is the trick - don't use the lapband tricks you learned to try to trick the sleeve (ie no sliders, no grazying!!!)

Instead use the lessons from the band to reflect on any contribution you might have made to not being so successful. What I mean from that, own up to your part in it and learn from it.

To me the sleeve has been amazing and I have had great success compared to quite poor success with the band.

[Ms.AntiBand 2,984]

I guess I'm just not able to grasp the logic of this.. It should all be the same as a nonbanded person. Everyone's loss differs, but it has nothing to do with whether you were banded before.

[MindfulWeightLoss 19]

If you had a lot of scar tissue from the band, they may have left more stomach to be safe which would cause a slower weight loss because you can eat more.

[Kristina J. 581]

I have also heard that for some, they believe the band causes people to be "slow losers" but I honestly think that everyone loses at their own pace, it just gets blamed on the band in a revision patient. I have spoken to so many revision sleevers and it seems to be about the same ratio of fast to slow losers as "virgin" sleevers.

And going back to what CowgirlJane said, I think ANY weight loss surgery is going to be what you make it. Yes, the band was a flawed system that made it so much harder to eat the healthy foods... however, I know for me personally, there came a point with my band that I gave up trying to find my "sweet spot" and resorted to sliders. I had been through so many fill adjustments that my patience and, as a self pay, money, were running thin.

I resorted to sliders to get through and it was a very easy and familiar way of eating, so I stuck with it, instead of continuing to try and get the most out of my band. Do I think that everyone can be successful with the band if they just try harder? No, of course not (myself included), and I don't think anyone should be expected to go through the insane number of adjustments it would likely take to actually find a "sweet spot" for a lot of us. But, I do agree with Jane that part of the success with the sleeve, at least for me, will really come from evaluating where I made poor choices with the band. And honestly, in a lot of ways, I am thankful for my last 10 years with the band... as much of a mess as it was, I feel like it's put me in a good place mentally to adjust to a sleeve and be committed to the program I need for long term success!!