Pre-op diet -- not losing!

[crazydaisy0729 1]

Hello all -

My surgery is this coming Monday. I started the all liquid diet on the 28th. The first week went great - I lost 9 lbs. Since then, however, I have only lost 1/2 lb since Monday. I'm worried about it because my surgeon says he won't do the surgery if you haven't lost any weight between your pre-op appointment (which for me was this past Monday) and the morning of surgery.

Has this happened to anyone else? Is this what I have to look forward to the rest of my life, a great start and then, nothing?

Thanks

[BetsyB 9]

Are you sure he didn't mean that you need to lose on the preop diet--rather than since he last saw you? I mean, the timing of appointments is not always aligned with the things we are doing.

I'm on the last legs of my preop diet, too. I've lost 8-9 pounds, and am having surgery on the 12th. No mention was made of weight loss being the goal. Emphasis was placed on the need for compliance in order to reduce liver size.

I think your surgeon is likely to be okay with your loss. If you've been compliant, that's what matters.

[JJLaw08 4]

I was worried about having to do the pre-op liquid diet, and I talked with the dietitian about it. She told me that it wasn't necessary to do it. I'm sure it probably helps, but that is what she told me so I was relieved.

[QweenNique 44]

My insurance just contacted me and told me I was approved and met all the requirements however, now I have to lose 5% of my body weight according to the NP, but I wasnt given a diet of anykind, and I was just told to reduce my calorie intake to 1100 from her, but from the nutrition I met she said only to 1800-1600 hundred so now I am confused. I still have no surgery date so I have a question when I meet with the surgeon will he then place me on a preop diet??

[JeweI 2]

My Doc said the same thing. If I didn't lose he would cancel the surgery. Between my 1st and 2nd appt I lost 6.5 pounds (2 months). Between the 2nd and 3rd I lost .5(1 week). Between the 3rd and my surgery I lost 9(10 days). Sticking to the diet was really hard for me at first but the closer I got to surgery the more determined I was to lose the weight. I was down a total of 18 pounds but have gained some this past week post op.

The reason my doc wanted my weight going down was because in his opinion that meant my liver was shrinking. If it went up then my liver would be to large for him to attempt surgery. He told me he has done over 4000 surgeries and only had to bail on 6 because the liver was in bad shape. All of thos 6 had gained weight, one had gained only 3 pounds and the liver was just cracking and bleeding.

He had me on a low carb diet from our first meeting up to now. Then I had Clear liquids 2 days pre and post surgery. My advice is to do whatever it takes to get your weight down so they can get this band in. Exercise and balance your diet and cut those calories. I use to believe it was impossible for me to lose weight. I hope your not feeling that way now. Don't give into that thinking. I want you to know that it is possible and you are strong enough to do this. Keep a food journal. I use the one at lapband.com.