I've got a close friend of mine who went through with the surgery a little over a year ago, and she hasn't had any problems that I'm aware of, and she's lost quite a bit (I believe close to 140lbs). However, its still a diet and lifestyle change. You won't be able to just eat less, but rather, you can only eat certain things, or you will get sick.
Some of the things I know that she does is she can't drink within 30 minutes of eating... avoids all sugar... but she does eat what she wants... just can't eat very much of it.
After seeing her results, I'm tempted to go through with it myself.. just need to find a way to be able to afford it. (Being unemployed does not help that situation at all). In the meantime, I have tried doing Weight Watchers.. and that's worked okay for the most part, but I've plateued.
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