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I am pretty sure my sleeve looks like the one on the right already. I swear my sleeve was never small enough to begin with.

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Wow!


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This is very interesting.

But, when anyone talks about a "stretched" sleeve, I immediately wonder what the person is eating and drinking. The fact is no matter what the size of your stomach is, a person can only eat and drink so many calories per day at his/her size to maintain or lose weight. That is a fact. There are so many people that treat these surgeries like they are a cure-all, and they ARE NOT. They never will be. People have to take responsibility for their eating habits and make some changes or they will end right back up where they started.

Yes, I suppose some "stretching" might happen, but, bottom line, people gain weight because of what they consume.

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21 minutes ago, Walter.Sobchak said:

Well said[mention=298683]blizair09[/mention]

Did you have sleeve or bypass?

I know you have had tremendous success.

Sleeve

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I don't think it's a case of not thinking it's possible but not as common as people think. It's the ones that fail to understand that slider foods are easier to eat and think that they've stretched out their sleeve in a matter of two days.

I'd be curious to hear more about your story should you be willing to share. Did they not remove enough of the stretchy part when you first had your surgery? If you stretched it was it never seriously painful or at least cause serious discomfort eating so much to stretch it? I freaking hate eating one or two bites too many and feeling blah for the next hour so it's a bit hard to imagine eating enough to truly stretch it out.

Well I was told by my surgeon the previous surgeon didn’t make it to tight. He wasn’t bashing the previous doctor but just making appoint that 5 years ago the doctors were more cautious because the procedure was kind of new! However now they are making them tighter. Truth is after my surgery this time the new doctor stated I had stretched my stomach almost back to its original size!!! Believe me I knew it because I was eating as much as non sleeved people and felt no restrictions


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This is very interesting.

But, when anyone talks about a "stretched" sleeve, I immediately wonder what the person is eating and drinking. The fact is no matter what the size of your stomach is, a person can only eat and drink so many calories per day at his/her size to maintain or lose weight. That is a fact. There are so many people that treat these surgeries like they are a cure-all, and they ARE NOT. They never will be. People have to take responsibility for their eating habits and make some changes or they will end right back up where they started.

Yes, I suppose some "stretching" might happen, but, bottom line, people gain weight because of what they consume.

Absolutely I take full responsibility for stretching out my stomach! I made poor choices in year 3,4,5 and totally regret it! I did have some serious life issue come along the way but in the end it was all my fault! Just want people to know it can happen if your not careful. Measuring and tracking is vital!

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Absolutely I take full responsibility for stretching out my stomach! I made poor choices in year 3,4,5 and totally regret it! I did have some serious life issue come along the way but in the end it was all my fault! Just want people to know it can happen if your not careful. Measuring and tracking is vital!
Ladydeenj



I commend you for coming back and recommitting! I wouldn’t be so brave. You got this! Cheering for you!


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very cool. thanks for sharing!

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I commend you for coming back and recommitting! I wouldn’t be so brave. You got this! Cheering for you!



Thank you! That means a lot ! Along with regaining comes a whole lot of beating myself up! So to hear a cheer- my first cheer feels good !!!


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very cool. thanks for sharing!


Thank you


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This was a great video. All the eejits that try to eat pizza at two weeks need to see this!!!!

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This was a great video. All the eejits that try to eat pizza at two weeks need to see this!!!!

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This was a great video. All the eejits that try to eat pizza at two weeks need to see this!!!!

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This was a great video. All the eejits that try to eat pizza at two weeks need to see this!!!!

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