Jenn Shelton

Well i have looked into many surgeries but the VSG sounds like my best option. I have been on my pre-op diet for 5 days now but i am concerened that i'm not losing enough weight.

So i did all my pre-admitting and labwork yesterday so i think i'm ready to go for Aug. 11th. Less than a week away! WOW! My BIGGEST fear is that i won't loose weight. I mean i know i have to do my part and i'm VERY willing to do that but what if i'm just the fluke person who doesn't loose anything!?! Those are my biggest fears right now b/c i have been on so many diets. I have done well (lost 100 lbs) and not so well and gained it all back and i have tried every diet out there that promises weight loss and they haven't worked so here i am with all my fear hoping beyond hope that this time it will be different! Anyone else ever had those type of fears before surgery? How did you overcome them?

UPDATE: I went to see the dietician and she said that my lack of weight loss was completely fine. She said that the goal is to get the liver to not work as hard and not having to process a lot of fat and large quanities of food do that thus the diet i have been stickign to should strink my liver even if i don't lose much weight. In fact, she said that quite a lot of people don't lose as much weight as they would like with the pre-diet (especially those who have dieted off and on for years). She did recommend that i could do low carb Protein bars and that might help me get a little extra weight off. I feel MUCH better after talking to her and hearing all of your positive responses. I am very ready for the surgery and can't wait for a new and better life! I am looking for a good Protein shake for after the surgery. Any favorite recommendations?

Wow...thank you all for your responses. It is so nice to know that i will have a network of understanding people on this site. I have been on the prediet plan for 8 days and followed it to a T. My doctor only recommends that i have SlimFast bars and shakes. I'm staying within my 1200 calorie intake with shakes/bars and one small meal a day. I'm also getting at least 50 oz of water each day and trying to work out a little each day as well. So i'm very frustrated that i have only lost 3 lbs! I simply don't understand. The only curve ball that i can think of is that i started my menstrual cycle on the second day of the diet so i might be slightly bloated. My doctor did not say that i had to lose a certain amount or he wouldn't do the surgery but my goal amount to loose is 14.4 lbs which i will not get to by Aug. 11th! I know the goal is to shrink my liver but i just want to make sure everything is ok. I"m going to see the dietician today at 10 so hopefully i will find out more then. I am a little scared about this whole process...mainly because this changes my anatomy forever and i'm afraid that i will have a lot of negative side effects. Does anyone have any advice for my pre-surgery jitters? Thanks again for everything!