Can I lose 100 lbs or more with Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy ?

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I keep seeing that people only lose 70% of their excess weight with VSG but that's not good enough for me, I want to lose all of it. Is that possible?

Pablo Garcia, MD - Account Suspended · Answer

The most important details is the change of the habbits, eating behavioral, and exercises, yes is totally possible.to.lose more than 100 pounds,   I have a lot.of patients than lost morr than 150 and 2 lost more than 200...but they focus and doesn t have distraction on their desicion and walking to the goal.  Of course that you can do it...

Terry Simpson, MD, FACS (retired) · Answer

Sleeve Gastrectomy is an operation that provides you with a tool to lose weight. While several mechanisms have been proposed - from it being purely a restrictive operation, decreasing the amount you eat - to it being hormonal, decreasing gastric hunger hormones - the mechanism for weight loss comes down to what the patient does, not what the operation does. Lifestyle changes - meaning you don't just eat less of the food that got you to where you need weight loss surgery, but you change what you eat as well as how much (and we suggest you getting into the kitchen and learning) - are the key to success.People who think the surgery alone does the weight loss are doomed to fail.

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