Reply To: The Big Fat Dieting Thread – Post your Tips, Goals, and Successes

[Maggie May]

I finally had the bariatric sleeve surgery done and lost 180 lbs.  The 10 month’s of supervised dieting prior to that I was able to lose 80 just by watching what I eat, portion control and most of all giving up anything carbonated. The best advice I was ever given was to give up things that are carbonated because the gases in the carbonation causes the stomach to expand and with a larger stomach you eat more to fill it and the cycle continues