I have been on the liquid diet now for 10 days and have only lost 11 lbs. I lost 70 lbs during the waiting for approval time and Dr supervised diet. I know how frustrating it can be at this point after so much hard work to get here. I figure things will work out in the end, they usually do. Good luck. My surgery is on Nov 26th so we will be on the same roller coaster this holiday season.