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So I finally had my sleeve surgery 3 weeks ago and while there has been weight loss, it hasn't really been what I expected.
I don't have unrealistic expectations, but I expected to lose more weight than if I just did it on my own without the surgery with little calorie intake and some activity like with doing Optifast prior. Or just eating healthy (which I wasn't doing) and going for a walk everyday.
Perhaps it takes a month to really get things going, but I am hardly really eating anything when compared to the 4,000 calories+ a day I was eating that got me this way. I do eat a breakfast, lunch and dinner, so I am not starving myself - but I am not yet in the solid food phase yet.
I have sort of reprogrammed my brain and I am not really craving the things now that made me obese. Now granted I know I JUST had the surgery and don't know how things will be 4 months from now, but I am just sort of wondering in the back of my mind if the surgery was really necessary in the sense that I maybe could have lost the same amount of weight if I finally just stuck to living a better life when it comes to food and my health.
I would appreciate any feedback from anyone else where weight loss started a bit slow even with having a smaller stomach now or feedback in general.
Thanks!
FW
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on 4/15/23 9:43 am
Hi jule,
Welcome back, and congratulations on your revision!
I'm not a long-term person but wanted to let you know that the most active board on here is the RNY board. They welcome folks with any surgery type and there are a couple of sleevers who participate.
If you're interested in support, there's a pretty active daily menu thread people post to. A good number of folks there are 5+ years post surgery and give great feedback and advice.
Wishing you well!
HW 282, LW 123.4 (8/29/23), CW 144.4
Pre-op-33, M1-12, M2-17, M3-14, M4-11, M5-14, M6-5, M7-6, M8-5, M9-22, M10-6, M11-5, M12-2, M13-2, M14-5
