Originally Posted by
fuego
Serious question. No attempt to trivialize, etc, this decision. If one knows after the surgery that they are going to HAVE to eat much less because the stomach is smaller, then why not just make a decision to eat like that anyway and skip the surgery? I was 370 and lost over 100 lbs. I did it by exercise and changing how I ate and cut back. I mean it is doable without the drastic measure. I just hate to see you have to resort to surgery. I know people have this surgery, then start eating more little by little and stretching their stomach back out and gain the weight back. So the discipline has to be exercised either way.