Healthy eating, no weight loss.

First off, as I review the boards every day and I do support those who are having WLS and wish them the best of luck. My question(s) is, has anyone ever not achieved weight loss through dietary measures? I've been an 1600 to 1800 calorie eater, two to three mile a day walker (actually a lot more many pounds ago), under 30% fat eater, lots and lots of water (40 to 80 oz a day) for over 12 years and am now up to gaining about three pounds a month. I've changed physicians twice telling me that "i'm pre-disposed and I have a bad metabolism" My thyroid is a bit low and some more tests are being done, but has anyone had this surgery who was not a big eater and could not achieve any kind of weight loss? My new physician suggested without hesitation that WLS was right for me. (My husband and children are extremely thin, mostly because I feed them and I eat what they eat!) Having 700 calories a day, constantly going back to the hospital, 1 out of 200 people dying on the table, nausea, vomiting, etc. My life now with two kids is great and I work at a hospital which I'm on my feet just about the whole time. Please don't get into stats on those who have comordities as I know who comes into the hospital and the problems faced with people of all sorts of problems. To risk dying on the table now rather than comorditites (i'm almost 40) in the future (none now) doesn't seem to be the best solution for my children and even getting through the surgery would lower the quality of my life if I have to vomit and experience nausea and risk malnutrition and get more surgery, etc. Explain to me, those with children, why this risk is worth taking and if you are a three or four year post-op, how much weight has come back on? Thank you and I don't mean to be a bummer, but just seeing the numbers drop for people isn't enough for me. I'm seeing too many problems with too many people only to gain the weight back. I don't know about you, but I know a lot of old fat people. They've been active and healthy until they've become old. I welcome ALL comments, even those who disagree with me, which I'm sure I'll find! I appreciate it.

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