I am getting surgery done to remove three fourths of my stomach

I am getting surgery done to remove three fourths of my stomach.

It's called VSG or vertical sleeve gastrectomy. Pic related.

The idea behind it is that the stomach is actually a hormone secreting organ, in addition to being a digestive food organ. The stomach is primarily responsible for secreting the hunger hormone grhelin. If you remove a large portion of the stomach, you also remove your body's ability to secrete the hunger inducing hormone ghrelin.

Less stomach tissue = less ghrelin = less appetite

Ask me anything you want. I'm especially interested in speaking with people that think this is the "easy way out" or a form of "cheating".

All my best

How much weight do you plan to lose?

My mom got this shit. Guess what, she still needs to clean up her diet and eat better. Which she isn't doing because like you, she assumed this was going to do the work for her.

In reality she lost the ability to ansorb nutrients and vitamins effectively (as will you, have fun with multivitamins for the rest of your life).

Deny all you want but it is the losers way out.

>people that think this is the "easy way out" or a form of "cheating".

Well, it is. That's not an opinion.

How does it feel to have no self control

Op here:

Here's the way I look at it:

It's well-known that the hormone testosterone is a significant factor contributing to ones sex drive. People with low T might have problems such as depression, low muscle tone, poor relationships, etc. Likewise people with high T might have problems such as aggressive behavior, excessive risk taking, overly active sex drive to the point of making bad decisions (cheating, prostitutes, Craigslist hookups, etc). It's also well known that a person's natural level of testosterone varies widely among different people. Some people have a lower than normal amount, some people have a normal amount, and some people have a higher than normal amount.

The hunger hormone ghrelin works the same way. There are some people that exist with a higher level of baseline hunger than your average person, and for those people it can be something that causes them a lot of trouble in there life.

Imagine it this way: What if someone asked you to suppress your sex drive and only orgasm once per week. Do you think he would be successful doing that? Maybe perhaps for two weeks, but what about for the rest of your life? Probably not, right? The reason is because the hormone is simply too compelling to constantly fight against it. It is something deep down inside of you that drives your very existence. To try and fight against it, is to try and fight against human nature.

But what if there was a way to reduce the amount of testosterone in your body? If you took a drug that was a testosterone blocker, then suddenly your sex drive is a lot lower, and you would easily be able to accomplish the task.

You know, I think they make medicine that lessens the brains reaction to that hormone. Either way, little silly to undergo surgery on a vital organ just because you're an undisciplined lazy fuck, OP. Your laziness and unwillingness to take action and change your life for the better will seep into the rest of your life, where there are perhaps no immediate ways out by way of putting yourself under the knife. This will be your first step into degeneracy and sloth, and there's no turning back thereafter. Is this the path you really want to take? Assuming you don't just get unlucky and die of complications from a needless surgery to a vital organ before you even get a chance to begin.

>people that think this is the "easy way out" or a form of "cheating".
Are you saying it's not?

And you do still have to learn to eat correctly. Otherwise, over time, you will effectively undo your surgery by stretching your stomach back out to its original size.

You also can (and most likely will) defeat the whole purpose of limiting meal size by eating more smaller snacks throughout the day.

OP here part 2:

That's the main idea behind VSG surgery. Some folks in the world have higher levels of ghrelin, and consequently, higher levels of baseline hunger. This can cause them problems in their life. We can advise those people to try to fight against their own hormones, but realistically, they're not likely to be successful. The other option is to remove the body organ that produces the excessive hormone, and solve the problem for good.