I had VBG in 1997. It was and still is one of the best things I've ever done! I had a loss of 130 lbs within 8 months. After 5 years was pretty much settled in at 110 lb loss until 3 years ago when I hurt my ankle really bad. Over the past 3 years I gained 50 lbs which is no fault of the surgery itself. Excerise was nearly none due to ankle pain, and also allowing some bad food choices back into my daily life was the problem. Over the past 3 months I have completely changed my eating habits and cut out all processed foods. It may suprise you as it did me but I have NO cravings at all for junk food! I am currently still down 88 lbs from my starting weight 15 yrs ago.

Hi Effini, I am also hoping to do what you are planning and would like to know if there are complications or negatives also. Thanks for bringing up this question.

 wow sounds like you did great with losing all your weight.  how long did it take for you to reach your goal?  any cons to having the sleeve?

Well time flies!  I have not been on boards for some time, seems like life gets in the way.  Im now a Texas gal up in Ft Worth not in LA but love it up here.  It is strange though because the people here did not know the overweight me.  What they see now to them is the normal me.  Seems like every time I go home though someone will ask if I am still losing and tell me to stop (I have been in the same 5 lb range for almost 2.5 years now)  I do have to watch the junk food.  I seem to crave it when I travel and with the 8 hours between here and home I am on the road a while eveyr 4-6 weeks.  it has been a little bit of a battle this past year keeping myself in check for the travel time.  Early this year I went up to 138 and panicked.  Im back to the 135 lb point again and really want to drop back to the low end of my weight about 132  I look the best between 130-135 but feel better when I have a litte cushion from the 135 although its mostly phycolgical  Life is so much better at goal but I still need plastics.  DH was out of work for 6 months and we moved 2 times in the past year so plastics are not in the budget yet.  Hope in a year or so I can have the overhaul I want but in the mean time at least I look decent IN clothes LOL  (no one but me and DH need to know how the other side of me looks!)

I have one think  its a 26-28  i'm always on the VSG board that is the surgery I  had . let me know been throwing so many things