i am 5'4 and am 273 and have been over wieght all my life.........

i am going to have my first dr's visit with the surgen may 5th i have been on this site i swear for weeks reading everything i can getting as much info as i can do you really lose all the weight???and do you keep it off 3 years down the line??? because i don't want to put myself threw all of this discomfort and change my whole life just to turn around and put the wieght back on!!! will i have to be really strict forever or will i be able to eventually live like most thin people???

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