help?

[cole1 2]

Anyone here 5'6" and starting weight 220 lbs? I am asking cause i am about to start the process but people keep telling me that i just need to diet and exercise but they have no idea what i have been through and its not that easy. I was told i didnt weigh enough to have surgery just diet and exercise. Has anyone gone through this and how did you handle it, cause my mind is made up about the surgery.

[Shari71 85]

I'm 5'5 and my weigh in was 210 at the surgeons office. And when I got the sleeve 12/10/14, I weighed in at 208.9. I far as I know. You need to be 210lbs. That's because you BMI has to a certain #. I can't remember what it is. Hopefully someone else can elaborate that question. So are these people that are telling you don't need surgery are your friends/family? I can't see the Bariatric physician telling you that. I wish you luck though! Have you went to the seminar yet? That classe answers ALOT of questions.

[CharlotteWebb 275]

I was 5'6" I shrank 2 inches due to Rheumatoid Arthritis. I weigh 265

[CharlotteWebb 275]

The typically like for patients to be 100 lbs overweight for surgical intervention. Comorbities may change that requirement some. I am unsure.