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I found this online. I have great restriction still at a year out. I'm curious is this a myth or is this proven? Gastric Sleeve Surgery – Will My Stomach Stretch After Surgery?

October 18, 2013

One of the first questions patients ask about food. The surgery has a nice benefit of reducing the hunger inducing hormone Snacks in between meals. Almonds are a delicious and healthy way to feel satisfied in between meals.

  • Get a good book with healthy recipes that are geared for people who have gone through gastric sleeve surgery.
  • DO NOT get discouraged. If you fell off the wagon and binged one or two meals or even the entire previous week. The stomach and the mind is an amazingly resilient thing. Start over and start eating normal meals again. Call your surgeon and ask for help before it gets too far out of hand.
  • Get on the online forums and ask others for help. Don’t be embarrassed to ask for help.
  • So stretching your stomach after gastric sleeve surgery is not a myth. It can happen and it does happen. Be aware of it and prevent it. Remember how hard the surgery and recovery was? Remember what a big decision you made? Its never too late to change your habits and get back on the right track.

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    Who wrote this article? Where did you find it?

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    There is a YouTube video I posted in a thread not too long ago with Dr Wiener explaining that although it may stretch a little, it will never be back to its pre surgery size volume. I beleive it would take a considerable amount of constantly overeating to stretch it out. But I also understand any amount of stretching will lead to eating too many calories and weight gain, even just a little stretching.

    Good article!

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    @@Bndtoslv

    i found it here. http://obesitycoverage.com. I always questions things I find online. Just looking for more information.

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    @@Babbs

    Thanks Babbs. I will look it up

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    You ae quite the cutie Ms. Jenn! Lovely photo!

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    @@Bndtoslv

    i found it here. http://obesitycoverage.com. I always questions things I find online. Just looking for more information.

    Thanks for the link. Just take websites like this with a grain of salt. If you look, most of the articles are written by this Dan Abeling guy who isn't a doctor.

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    Here is the video I was talking about. This guy is great, and he is a doctor. I love all his videos on YouTube.

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    It's definitely proven from what I've found - my surgeon sleeves us patients to about skinny banana size, aiming for a meal-sized small plate" as he likes to say once it stretches normally over time.

    Edited by LadyRouge

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    Babbs I'm with you. Dr. Wiener is awesome. Best WLS videos on the Internet.

    Edited by Dave_2.0

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    Ĥ@ @Shustar

    Thanks, for the compliment. That was sweet.

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    @@Babbs

    Thanks for the video. Good information. On a personal note. He is much easier on the eyes than our Dr. In Boise.....Right?..lol

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    @@jenn1

    LOL!! I wish he was OUR doctor!

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    Whether or not it stretches seems to be debated but I know that studies have shown almost all regain is behavioral and comes from grazing all day long on foods you should not eat. Even with a small stomach, you can eat chips, cake, candy and soda all day long without stretching. That's why I'm really trying to focus on behavioral modification and how I look at food. Here's hoping!

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    @@jenn1

    LOL!! I wish he was OUR doctor!

    For what it is worth my nutritionist said that studies have shown that they don't really stretch yes, they do settle within the first year as part of the natural healing process but if done properly they don't stretch. Regain is from grazing, eating and drinking together, slider foods and other similar behavioral problems. I'm sure though that the degree of skill of surgeon does come into play too and there could be improperly shaped sleeves.

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