Question:
Why do they have to make such a small stomach?

If the pouch was say 5 oz , wouldnt it still promote weight loss just longer? Seems like you would not throw up so much and getting nutrition would be easier. The intestine makes sense to shorten for less absorbtion.    — mary S. (posted on September 9, 1999)

September 24, 1999
For some of us, even 2-3 oz. is too big. Our metabolisms horde every calorie, and we don't lose very well.
   — Margie V.

October 2, 1999
any size is better than the size we have now...anything would be a drastic measure. No emails accepted...IM me anytime...WDPLM on aol.
   — Kathie S.

December 19, 1999
I agree with Margie. I need a very small stomach because it doesnt take much for me to maintain my weight. Some people just have slow motabolisms. Id be concerned that a 5 oz. stomach would just be too much. You also have to remember that the stomach stretches over time to twice its beginning size. I have a 1 oz. stomach which will stretch to 2 oz. over the first year and even with that I plateau once in a while. Im just too inactive to think that my body would burn off the additional calories Id get in with a larger pouch.
   — [Anonymous]

December 25, 1999
Small pouches (about 1 oz.) have been shown to cause the most consistent long-term weight loss. I tell my patients that a larger pouch will not produce reliable, sustained weight loss.
   — Jack B.