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If you did NOT have to do a liquid diet before surgery, how much were you expected to/did you lose? My surgeon doesn't do the pre-op liquid diet, and he says there's no 'magic number' I need to hit before surgery, he just wants to see that I can lose weight and follow an eating plan. I'm an over-analyzer, by the books type of person so not having any clue what he expects is driving me nuts! I've been counting calories and getting my exercise...since 5/7 I've lost 8.7 lbs. I don't have my surgery date yet. I've done everything on my pre-surgery checklist, just waiting for results of my psych eval so we can submit it all to insurance. Thanks in advance :)

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My surgeon didn't give me any guidelines either. He just told me the more weight i lost the easier the surgery/recovery would be I lost 48 lbs in the six months before surgery. I started at 436 as of today 4 days post op I'm 382

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I committed to dropping 15 lbs before surgery and I followed a low-carb diet (Atkins Stage 1) and dropped 17 lbs. There was no way that I could have stuck to a liquid diet before surgery and I'm grateful that my surgeon didn't require it. :)

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I was not required to follow a liquid diet before surgery. My surgeon's office only requires no carbs, no sugars, and 3-4 ounces of meat per day for 10 days preceding the surgery. They say it's to shrink the liver so it's not in the way for surgery and gets your body in the right "frame of mind" for recovery. I lost like 4 pounds in those 10 days. Now. Here's the thing for me (personally). I was one of the "close" ones, as in, I "just" qualified for the surgery. Had I lost much more than that, I would have become ineligible. So, I did the no carbs, no sugar and all the meat that I wanted. This was under the advice of the surgical/registered nurse. To which she explained the sugars/carbs affect the liver the fat of the meat would not (in the time-period given).

Good luck and keep us posted!

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I committed to dropping 15 lbs before surgery and I followed a low-carb diet (Atkins Stage 1) and dropped 17 lbs. There was no way that I could have stuck to a liquid diet before surgery and I'm grateful that my surgeon didn't require it. :)

this is the same preop diet my surgeon wants me to follow... how long were you on it?

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I started early... I wanted to get "mentally prepared" and in the "zone" as soon as I could... I would say about a month pre-op with the last 2 weeks following to a tee.

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I only had to follow a balanced meal plan. But I lost 15 just by not eating out. I only had to lose 5 pounds to have my surgery. I feel like I've had it easy.

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I don't have a date yet, but I got inspired by everybody and started a high protein/ low carb diet. My biggest struggle has been eliminating sodas from my diet (I was a heavy Dr. Pepper drinker). I'm so not looking forward to the liquid pre-op diet.

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I don't have a date yet, but I got inspired by everybody and started a high protein/ low carb diet. My biggest struggle has been eliminating sodas from my diet (I was a heavy Dr. Pepper drinker). I'm so not looking forward to the liquid pre-op diet.

It will be worth it to you now to break that addiction! Good luck to you!

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