I want to lose weight, but I am afraid of losing too much...

I am 260 (and rising probably) and I should be 140 according to the charts of height/weight... I want to get the DS because I think I could live with the post-op lifestyle better than RNY. I have seen a few pictures of people who have had different types of weight loss surgery though and.... no offense to anyone, but some look really horrible because they seem so thin. I think this person had something like an Illeum bypass? I know distal is distal and DS is always distal, but I don't want to get scrawny... I would be pretty happy with 150 to be honest. I have seen the stats on how much of your excess weight you lose... like 85%, and if that's the case, then that's good. Is this silly? Am I just worrying for nothing? I just don't want to turn into a bag of bones. Thanks for the input.

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