Did Your Surgeon Ask You To Lose Weight Before Surgery And You Didn't?

[Mara005 70]

My surgeon asked me to lose 10 lbs before surgery, my surgery isn't until early Sept. but I'm afraid I can't lose the 10 lbs before then.

Has anyone experienced this and what happened?

Thanks!

[honk 780]

Personally I think 10 pounds is not bad. I had to loose 35! And yes I did loose it in fact I lost 50.

[raindrop1999 15]

you can do it just believe

[Sarah72 21]

I had to lose almost 35 pounds and thought it was going to be impossible. I ended up losing almost 50 by the time I had surgery!

[erin313 44]

I had to do a two week Optifast diet and I lost 15 lbs. you can loose 10 lbs by your surgery!

[Jellyfish 17]

They wanted me to lose 10 pounds in 2 weeks. I lost all 10 by day 6. They'll probably give you a mostly or completely liquid diet to follow and as long as you stick to it, you should have no problem losing that weight.

[2muchfun 8,927]

You can drop 10-15 lbs in two weeks if you go on a strict low carb diet.

[Sojourner 2,446]

I had to 6 additional pounds to loose before my pre op surgery appointment. I found out about this when I returned home from a cruise...and had 3 weeks to get below the required weight.

I went on a low carb, high lean Protein diet, and began walking 4 miles a day. At the end of the 3 weeks, I had lost 12 pounds. The surgeon's office was blunt and to the point; if I was not below their target number for my weight, I would have to have my surgery rescheduled. After over a year of delays, there was no way I was going to let that happen.

It's rather amazing what we can accomplish when we have defined goals and the motivation to be successful!

Best wishes...you can do this!

[Drasan 23]

I did a little panic eating before surgery and gained weight! My surgeon threatened not to do the surgery unless I lost the weight I gained AND the weight I was supposed to lose. Once I started the liquid diet the weight came off fast. I wouldn't recommend doing what I did.