I wish him all the luck in the world on this count but the surgury is not magic bullet. I know three people who have doe this and they all put the weight back on in a few years. At 50 it is very difficult to lose weight of this magniture and keep it off. It takes a radical change in lifestyle and tremendous disipline. I’ve learned by experience there are no easy fixes and I only had to lose about 60-65 pounds.
A lot of the success depends on the type of surgery. You can out eat and gain on any of them but there are drastic differences in the success rates between the various types. I had my surgery almost 8 years ago and still wear size 8 jeans.
I’m still a food addict, but my surgery still fights a good part of the battle for me.