Stretching your sleeve out

[GSleeve822 394]

How does this happen when we have such restriction? I have onviously heard of ppl gaining all of their weight back but i am curious as to how this really happens.. has this happened to anyone or do you know how to avoid it? Do we actually atretch it back out?

[heidikat72 935]

Most people who regain seem to do so by eating high carb slider foods and grazing all day long.

[KristenLe 5,979]

People can easily gain their weight back by tricking their sleeve - eating high caloric drinks, grazing and snacking continuously, eating high carb diet, etc. Whether the sleeve can actually stretch is a topic that has been debated. I have been told by my Team that over time it is possible.

You avoid it by following your plan, measuring your food portions, eating Protein first and then produce, drinking non-caloric drinks (don't drink your calories), exercising, drinking plenty of water/fluids, and not grazing.

[LipstickLady 25,682]

Oh dear lord....

(That was not aimed at YOU @@GSleeve822 , but at the discussion I can feel coming on.)

If your surgeon does your sleeve properly, he/she should leave behind very little fundus or the stretchy part of your stomach. The muscle part of your stomach does not stretch, so really "stretching" is minimal.

This is MY opinion and the opinion of several surgeons I spoke with when I researched my sleeve 4 years ago.

Now, you will get plenty of people who will tell you that carbonation, fluids, and frog swallowing will stretch a sleeve and they know it because they heard it happened to their friend's mother's sister's cousin's neighbor's dog's Great Aunt Suzi. AND, they know it's true because they read about it on the Facebook.

Regain is caused by eating the wrong foods in the wrong amounts on a very regular basis. It can also be regained by drinking your calories. Grazing is a culprit for some and for others, it's simply not changing their old habits.

Regain is real, stretching is not.

[Bufflehead 6,358]

Agree with @@LipstickLady -- what you (and any other sleever) needs to worry about is not physical damage to your sleeve but your own emotional/psychological commitment to eating healthy food in appropriate amounts for the rest of your life. Without that commitment, having a sleeve, or almost any other weight loss surgery, is pretty meaningless.

[jaxmom 644]

Oh dear lord....

(That was not aimed at YOU @@GSleeve822 , but at the discussion I can feel coming on.)

If your surgeon does your sleeve properly, he/she should leave behind very little fundus or the stretchy part of your stomach. The muscle part of your stomach does not stretch, so really "stretching" is minimal.

This is MY opinion and the opinion of several surgeons I spoke with when I researched my sleeve 4 years ago.

Now, you will get plenty of people who will tell you that carbonation, fluids, and frog swallowing will stretch a sleeve and they know it because they heard it happened to their friend's mother's sister's cousin's neighbor's dog's Great Aunt Suzi. AND, they know it's true because they read about it on the Facebook.

Regain is caused by eating the wrong foods in the wrong amounts on a very regular basis. It can also be regained by drinking your calories. Grazing is a culprit for some and for others, it's simply not changing their old habits.

Regain is real, stretching is not.

Heeeeeeeeee!!!!! I'm so glad someone brought this up. I eagerly scrolled through looking for your response.

As usual, priceless.

Frog swallowing... Heh.

Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou LipstickLady. So fun. :)

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