These genuinely sound like great topics to bring up with a bariatric surgeon or nutritionist.
Personal history here involves five prior weight loss surgeries dating back decades, mostly unsuccessful. Bounced within a wide weight range ever since. Now sitting at a much lower number after starting this medication last summer.
Why someone fights excess weight is deeply individual to them. This particular case wasn't caused by overeating and never was, so severely restricting intake through surgery yielded limited results. This medication does something entirely different. Not entirely clear what exactly, but when people insist it isn't some kind of miracle, that framing just doesn't match this personal experience. Weight finally came off after decades of trying everything else, and only adding an injection changed that outcome.
That's this particular situation though, it won't be identical to anyone else's. Sitting down with trusted doctors and discussing concerns openly matters here. Also strongly worth talking to others who've had the same procedure at different points along their own timeline, someone a month out, six months, a year, several years further along. Support groups exist for exactly this if those connections aren't already available. Going in as informed as possible really helps.
