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Hi I am new. I really want to get the sleeve and I would have to be a self pay. My BMI isn't huge but I wanted to get it as a tool to stop yoyoing. Can you guys with experience tell me the good and bad? Like really BAD stuff - I can see the good. Downfalls. I keep looking online for someone to have a blog on why they regret this decision, but I can't find it. There is a part of me that thinks - why isn't everyone getting this then, there is a part of me that thinks - can you go out again and enjoy a meal with friends? (food is not my thing at all. I have always just been a chunky girl. I was told when I hit 10 I just went from thin to chunky and stayed that way). thanks for the help. 

Hi 

Post this on the Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy Forum (VSG) to reach out to those that have had the same surgery type you are interested in

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On September 14, 2015 at 2:01 PM Pacific Time, blu2020 wrote:

Hi I am new. I really want to get the sleeve and I would have to be a self pay. My BMI isn't huge but I wanted to get it as a tool to stop yoyoing. Can you guys with experience tell me the good and bad? Like really BAD stuff - I can see the good. Downfalls. I keep looking online for someone to have a blog on why they regret this decision, but I can't find it. There is a part of me that thinks - why isn't everyone getting this then, there is a part of me that thinks - can you go out again and enjoy a meal with friends? (food is not my thing at all. I have always just been a chunky girl. I was told when I hit 10 I just went from thin to chunky and stayed that way). thanks for the help. 

If food is "not your thing..." .. Why do you need WLS? Of any type?

Most of us MO or SMO are foodies...we like to eat. And we could eat a lot. And we wanted to eat a lot... At least some of not, most of us. 

I just don't understand why you need any WLS?  

No Food is not my thing. I wasn't trying to imply or say anything about people who are foodies at all. I believe in my case it's genetic. I was told when I hit 10 my hormones kicked in and bam - i was chunky ever since. I can't stand that I battle my weight ALL the time and YOYO - I don't need approval and honestly wasn't asking permission- I am doing this for ME, just me... I just wanted to know your experience. 

Do not judge me please, many people have been judged in here and I am asking for same curtiously. Thanks. 

ouch - you are sensitive... 

but we ask because you did not explain what is your issue... 

You can't lose weight and maintain because you eat too much? not the right things?  

with the "too much " - WLS surgery can help you as long as you eat the right things... but the junk food issues...no surgery will help will that.

If i chose to - I can eat junk food all day and a lot of it...and I will gain weight even with my WLS. 

but post op WLS- if I am on correct low carbs - high protein diet - my WLS allows me to limit qty so I can lose weight or just maintain...

Ditto what Hala said.  If food isn't your thing and your BMI is not high, you should be able to lose weight without surgery.

Surgery will not stop you from choosing the wrong foods.   If you are a yo yo diet girl,  you diet and eat right until you get to a certain weight, and then backslide until you regain it all.   Surgery will not fix that.  Even with surgery, if you don't change everything about the way you relate to food, you will regain weight and go right back to the yo yo dieting.  

With surgery you have to have the discipline to eat a certain way for the rest of your life. Surgery is not a magic fix, it's hard work.  We have to be mindful of everything we put in our mouths.  We have to weigh and measure EVERYTHING to make sure we don't over-eat.  We have to choose to not eat bread, pasta, sugar, chips, crackers, rice, potatoes, etc. or we risk regain.  We have lived in morbidly obese or super morbidly obese bodies and know that we would die without surgical intervention.   We take the surgery VERY seriously. 

I'm not sure what you mean by the food is not my thing comment. If you're considering wls then food is your thing. You'll have to think very hard if you want & are ready for wls. It seems like your post is you trying to convince yourself if you really need wls. You're looking for blogs of people *****gretted getting surgery, that your bmi isn't huge, that food isn't your thing, etc, etc.

Please, plz,plz think about if you really want the surgery & the reasons why you want it. Surgery won't stop yoyo dieting. It's a huge change & a big commitment. Different strokes for different folks. Wls isn't for everybody & the different kinds of surgery fits different people. Some find a good fit, others not, & others revise to a different surgery to find a better fit.

With that said I chose the vsg & am very happy with my choice. Do all your research, you'll find your right fit, whether it be wls or not. Good Luck to you.

Go up to the Forums Link, and look for "WLS Regrets" as well as the one for revisions (that's what happens when they either don't get the results they hoped for or something goes wrong).  There's plenty out there.

blu2020,

  You state you don't have a high BMI and that food isn't your thing. That you were told when you hit 10 you went from thin to chunky.  Well, something made that happen.  We don't tend to expand for no reason (ie medical condition, over eating, eating the wrong foods, not enough activity in a day, etc.).  Now you didn't mention what your BMI is only that it isn't hight but apparently that you're chunky.  The first thing I would do is start tracking what you eat on Myfitnesspal.com  See how many calories you are consuming a day.  This helps you to be honest with yourself and truly know what your calorie consumption is on a daily, weekly, monthly basis.  The other thing this will do is let you see where you are eating the most calories in a day.  Make sure you track EVERYTHING!  Once you have done this then you might be able to see where to cut things out (ie. cookies, brownies, chips even too much fruit).  Until I started this process, I didn't realize how much I actually ate, I thought a "normal" piece of meat (serving) was 6-8oz like what you order in a restaurant, well guess what a "normal" serving of meat is only about 3oz. (crazy I know but true).  Potatoes, pasta, bread things like that...  They will put weight on you faster than you could imagine (stay away from it).  What type of calories do you drink?  I know right, you have to think of that too? CRAZY but sadly yes even calories you drink can add weight.  What type of exercise do you get?  Do you burn enough to burn off the calories you took in for the day?  Sadly, the answer is probalby not or at least I didn't but nor did I realize it till I started tracking it.   Anyways, just a few thoughts to help you out.  Good Luck, I truly hope you figure it out.

For a support GROUP i am really shocked. Wow. Yes, I am doing research to make sure this is the right choice for me. I did not intend to come on here and ask what you guys thought of my decision. I love the advice about what I should do with my life, really I do.AMAZING A SUPPORT GROUP THAT JUDGES. LOVE it. MY BMI is 31 so ROLL YOU EYES and tell me to just eat right and exercise. NICE... Way to go...