Most of the sleeve/bypass people I follow (I’m not getting one, I just like the before and after) have lost 8+ stone in less than a year. To be fair to Poppy I think she’s lost a lot and she started a lot bigger than the people I follow (most of them were around the 20st mark, and I suspect Poppy was nearer 30st) so I dunno if she’s completely screwed it up as I’d say she’s lost a good 6st. But she could have done it much better and a lot quicker if she’d actually done what they say to do, which is limit sugar and white carbs, lots of protein. She’s just eaten and drank whatever she likes in smaller quantities (or so we think) and has been desperately lucky that she’s lost much at all.
I think I’ve said this on her threads before but I had an old friend who had the sleeve, she was 25st at her highest and has only lost about 6/7st because she refused to address her food issue, and kept on eating whatever she wanted. She’s now stretched the sleeve and is back to where she started in terms of binge eating - she can eat perfectly normal portions now (if not much more) and has gained 2 stone back that she lost. Her parents paid £11k for it privately. In fact she’s a lot like Poppy in a lot of ways, always has had everything handed to her on a plate. Now her parents are paying for her to have a PT which she’s been using a year and hasn’t lost anything