How This Mother-Daughter Duo Lost 163 Pounds With a Noninvasive Procedure

Molly Madore (left) and her mother, Diane Madore, underwent the same noninvasive weight loss procedure, losing a combined 163 pounds. Design by Healthline / Photo Courtesy of Diane and Molly. A mother and daughter teamed up to undergo the same noninvasive weight loss procedure after years of difficulty with weight management. After Molly Madore’s success following an endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG), her mother, Diane Madore, underwent the same procedure, resulting in a combined 163-pound weight loss. The mother-daughter duo wants others to know about this noninvasive, non-medication weight loss strategy. Molly Madore and her mother, Diane Madore, navigated weight management for most of their lives. Molly, 34, said she can’t remember a time when managing her weight wasn’t a concern. “I’ve been overweight my whole life,” she told Healthline. “I’ve never had to chase a weight I once was because I’ve always been trying to lose weight.” As a teenager, she tried eating salads and making small changes. In her early 20s, she moved on to protein shakes, meal supplements, and other diets. However, no matter what she tried, she always fell into the same pattern. “As soon as I’d fail one meal, I felt like I failed the diet completely,” she said. “And then I’d be like, ‘Well, I’ll start Monday,’ and then Monday would roll around, and I just wouldn’t continue.” Then, in late 2023, she saw a Facebook advertisement for GLP-1 injections. She went to a local health facility and received a prescription. However, after experiencing GI side effects, she considered stopping the medication. Around the same time, while taking an elevator at the hospital where she works as a medical assistant, Molly saw a poster for endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG), a minimally invasive weight loss procedure that reduces stomach volume by 70–80% to limit food intake. The procedure is done during an endoscopy that includes a flexible scope for the physician to place sutures inside the stomach,