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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If all efforts fail, just get weight loss surgery. I did it, and it was the best decision I've ever made. I am 44, 5'6 and currently 129 lbs. before surgery I was 214.[/quote]

That seems extreme and unlikely to last [/quote]

I'm nearly 4 years out from my surgery, and I'm holding steady. I had the gastric sleeve.[/quote]

How long have you been at 129? Seems extreme to go from being morbidly obese to within 10
Lbs to being underweight in a short time.  That kind of extreme shift can cause it’s own set of problems.  [/quote]

Also, 214 is not morbidly obese :roll:. I didn't even qualify for the surgery in the states/with insurance, so I went to Mexico.[/quote]

Yikes.  You'll regret this in a few more years.  There is a reason we have the parameters we do in US.  [/quote]

I don't have a bone in this fight, but US is not the right country to get this type of surgery; it is very rarely covered by insurance and the BMI has to be super high. [/quote]

Weight loss pp here, and I don't know anyone who has gotten the surgery done in the US. IMO US insurance companies intentionally put patients through hoops. The criteria is ridiculous, and life is too short for bs. I researched my doctor in Mexico and booked my flight/surgery a week later. Surgery back then (2018) was $6500. I paid $500 to reserve the surgery, half a week before, and the balance when I got there. I was off work a week following the surgery, and I have had zero complications (hiccups and heartburn were the extent of my issues).

I sleep better now, my blood pressure dropped, and I look and feel great. A friend of mine had the procedure done last month, and she used my doctor and is down 25 lbs. I am convinced I would have been one of those people who gained 20lbs during Covid had I not gotten the procedure done.[/quote]

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