After an evident body transformation, Remi Bader is clearing the air about her weight loss journey after much speculation on the internet. If you’re not familiar, Remi is a New York City influencer who built a name for herself on plus-sized-Tok, promoting body positivity at any size. Remi is known for her passion for fashion, working as a style influencer and attending fashion shows to grow her brand.
In the summer of 2022, Remi checked herself into a treatment center for an eating disorder she told The Cut she’d been dealing with since 2019. In the fall of 2023, Remi decided to make changes, which she says are for the betterment of her physical and mental health, which she decided to open up about in March 2025. Here’s everything to know about Remi Bader’s weight loss surgery.
What type of surgery did Remi Bader get?
Remi underwent a single anastomosis duodenal-ileal bypass with sleeve gastrectomy, also known as SADI-S. Remi revealed to Self that her surgery happened on December 11, 2023.
What is SADI-S weight loss surgery?
SADI-S is a type of bariatric (weight loss) surgery that combines adding a gastric sleeve with an additional procedure that changes the stomach’s connection to the intestine system, which impacts fat and calorie absorption. Basically, it removes 80% of the stomach so it can’t hold as much food.
This specific type of weight loss surgery is a “newer procedure” where “food goes through the [gastric sleeve] and directly into the latter portion of the small intestine,” according to the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. “It then mixes with digestive juices from the first part of the small intestine.” This intestinal connection “allows enough absorption of vitamins and minerals to maintain healthy levels of nutrition,” making it highly effective, more sustainable, and simpler to perform than other types of gastric bypass surgeries.
Experts also advise that there are risks with the surgery related to bowel movements, nutrient intake, reflux, and the surgery being newer in general.
Remi Bader’s Comments On Weight Loss
Remi described the recovery from the surgery as “the most brutal thing” and too “horrible” to explain in words. Remi was supposed to be able to leave the same day post-op, but she ended up being held for three days because she “could not stop projectile vomiting” or drink water. “They won’t let you leave if you can’t drink water,” Remi explained to Self in March 2025.
She continued to feel sick to a degree that was “not normal” for six weeks. Remi described this two-month period as “truly the scariest time of my life,” when she experienced “a very, very deep depression” where she was too afraid to tell people that she “really wanted to die.” Remi says she remains on anti-depressive medication to support her mental health.
Remi told Self she got SADI-S under the advice of her doctor, and it took her two months to get approval from insurance, which came from “meeting with a dietician, a therapist, and a few other specialists.”
Now, Remi is overall “happier than when I was dealing with the health issues and the back pain and all those things” because she has “more energy,” but she is still “uncomfortable” with her new body because she’s “never looked like this” or “felt this way” or “been this size.” Remi admits that fans’ comments about her smaller body are still “really triggering” because “people think that was all that it took [for her] to be happy,” which she insists is “not true.” She also still has to deal with “constantly getting sick” because of the size of her reduced stomach, which doesn’t allow her to “drink and eat within the same 30 minutes,” though this has helped her binge eating.
Remi is still “lost” when it comes to her identity because she feels like “I wasn’t big enough at first and plus-size enough at first for the plus-size community. Then I became too big…for some brands even to work with. Now I’m too small? I actually don’t know where I’m supposed to be.”
Remi expanded upon her state of mind on Khloé Kardashian’s podcast, calling it “really confusing to be…in a different body but have the exact same brain” after such a “quick” transformation. She reiterates that she was being honest when she said she loved her identity as a “curvy” woman and “never wanted to be this size.”
Remi also shared on Khloé in Wonder Land that she had previously tried Ozempic for weight loss, but that was just a “band-aid.”
