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Bye bye betty blue. Hello F6.

With any luck they'll bring out a waterproof case that takes it deeper than 10m. But looks sweet none the less.

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Woo Hoo! So close to being under 140Kg for the first time in 8 years!

I've gone from 155Kg (14 days ago) to 140.4kg today

I had Gastric Sleeve surgery (removal of 80% of my stomach) on July 6th, best decision I've ever made - I feel no hunger what so ever.

I have boundless energy now due to my body no longer being insulin resistant.

Recovery from the surgery was fairly easy & I'm healing well, although I'm limited to walking only at the moment.

I'm still on a liquid diet but being inventive prevents it from being boring.

Looking forward to being able to work out properly & hitting my goal of 90Kg by Christmas

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Apart from being on a liquid diet, with that type of surgery (not getting hungry, 80% of your stomach gone etc). Is it reversible? Can you enjoy a good feed ever again in your life, when you return to a typical weight?

Or is that it for ever? Eg: Your Christmas dinner is going to be 2 slices of Turkey and maybe a mince pie.

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My stomach capacity once I'm fully healed will be approx 150-200mls, the average persons stomach is about 1000mls.

The surgery is not reversible, my stomach is like this:



The sleeve can be forced to stretch over time but forcing food down is VERY painful - the pain is a reminder of your limitations (and is caused by the titanium staples) & partly why the sleeve is so such a successful weight loss tool - it cannot be cheated like a Lapband can be by eating small amounts continually as there is no capacity to store the bulk.

It's a tool that helps you re-learn portion sizes & limits how fast you can eat food.

Currently it takes me about 30 minutes to consume 100ml of soup comfortably - my stomach is still swollen internally & has a capacity of about 50mls at the moment.

I won't be starting solid food for another 3 weeks yet, the stomach takes quite a while to heal.

Once I'm fully healed a full meal for me will only ever be entree sized, also you can't drink & eat at the same time due to the capacity limitation.

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My wife had the same op nearly 2 years ago. She lost 50kg in the first year, before getting pregnant again. Was the best thing she/we ever did. It has totally transformed her life for the better, wish we'd done it years ago.


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Great news Rossco Im also having this done soon , Back surgery first though. Must be such a relief dropping 15 kg . Im 161 ATM and with my screwed back cant exercise .

I had a close friend do the surgery 18 months ago , she was 46yo and 118 kg. She is now 68 kg no loose skin ,looks 10 yrs younger and is so much happier. The first 3-4 months are the hardest she told me , especially remembering to eat as you don't feel hungry.

She has said now the stomach has healed and has been a period of time she can eat an entrée sized meal. Best of all you arnt restricted by food choice either like banding. She does still have to take some supplements and drinks heaps of water. I cant wait to get it done had the first appointment and had the blood test just waiting till my back surgery has healed then ill be back to book in.

Unfortunately due to doing bodybuilding for many years the target weight for me is around 110kg . But cant wait. Good luck and keep the updates coming .

I have struggled with my weight for years now, currently sitting at 125kg.

This surgery is such a drastic change to lifestyle, and in my opinion takes away the ability to be able to enjoy food.

I can see why people do it, and I am tempted!!

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You can still enjoy your food (Any food once healed) - It's just the quantity that gets reduced. i.e 4 crackers & dip rather than 10 & a tub of dip or 100 grams of steak v a 450g T-bone.

It's a tool to help you learn portion sizes more than anything else.

I know 6 others that have had this procedure - not one of them regrets their decision.

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My mum broke her ankle which. The doctors took 18montgs to find nd fix properly kept. Saying it was a Sprain and she over reacted .... Anyway this resulted in barely being able To walk for nearly 18months . she has always struggled to keep weight off (after I ruined her apparently ) and was allready overweight but this added to it big time.
She got this op nd once the weight started dropping made it far less pressure on her stuffed ankle and eventually got to the point she was able to jog nd what not .... A year out she is less the half her pre op weight and the healthiest she has ever been ...


The best thing is she is able to maintain it very easily .. Like last night we went out for her bday dinner and mum still had a surf and turf but didn't eat the lot ...

I recon its just a fat son diet I get alot of left over these days

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