Considering sleeve

nacnic · May 13, 2011

Hi everyone

I'm 49 and I weigh 96. I'll have surgery in 40 days.Idon't yet know how much I shuld lose and what to do to be perfectly prepered for surgery. I'll appriciate any advice.

ybnormal · May 13, 2011

You weigh how much? How tall are you? We need just a little more information in order to help you, but welcome to VST!

Renee`

nacnic · May 20, 2011

I weigh 211 lb and I am 164 cm. My BMI is 36.7.

Nacnic

You weigh how much? How tall are you? We need just a little more information in order to help you, but welcome to VST!

Renee`

1-4-Many · May 21, 2011

Does your surgeon have any rules you need to follow during this window?

My personal advice might not fly with everyone. But if it's up to you how to manage the next days, I would try to blend enjoying some favorite meals with trying to eat as healthy as you can. I set a meal once a week for a favorite, but the rest of the time I tried to change my eating habits. It's not so much about the dramatic change of your diet but that you want your body to be strong and healthy for the surgery.

Truthfully, I don't know that all of the rules I had to follow made a lick of difference. Writing down everything I ate for ages, timing meal..... Cutting out diet pop was an example. I was told to do it 90 days before surgery to show I could give it up. I it out 10 days before when I started my liquid diet. It made no difference. I gave it up easier that day because I actually needed to. I may be unique in this, but nothing I did before surgery mattered. After surgery it's completely different.

If you have weaknesses work on them. Things like eating slowly and paying attention to how much you are really eating. But for me, all of those things were just superficial until I left my stomach to medical waste. Everything changed with that day and I really don't think you can prepare until you are there.

Oh, and P.S. - good luck if you make this choice. I'm almost 1 month out from surgery and so far I'm at peace with my decision but I have to admit that if I am eating 2 ounces of food per meal for the rest of my life, I won't be. I'm not sure what the conversion is but that's one thing you might want to do....actually measure out what your doctor says you will be able to eat after the surgery so you can see how much it is.