I feel like crying......weight loss before preop diet?!

[Anewlife2live 20]

I am almost finished my 6 month supervised diet, I have one more class left. I have since lost weight but apparently, it isn't enough. As I'm sure we all know, it's extremely hard to do. I have to lose 1lb in 4 days in order to get my last visit with my surgeon. How much did you lose during your 6 months? I feel horrible right now.. :-(

[Jersrose43 837]

I lost 15 pounds on my preop diet

Two shakes a day and raw veggies

1 dinner of lean meats

No carbs

I did this for two weeks

[finallyfree101 39]

You can do this! change you caloric intake increase Protein and Water twice as much water as protein and no food. stay in a health range, what's your caloric intake now?

I am almost finished my 6 month supervised diet, I have one more class left. I have since lost weight but apparently, it isn't enough. As I'm sure we all know, it's extremely hard to do. I have to lose 1lb in 4 days in order to get my last visit with my surgeon. How much did you lose during your 6 months? I feel horrible right now.. :-(

[Anewlife2live 20]

Thank You so much for the encouragement! Its 1200

[AvaFern 3,516]

You can lose a pound by sitting in a sauna for an hour. If this is that important to you, Google.."weight cutting techniques". Wrestlers regularly cut 10-20 pounds a few hours or a day before weigh-in. I keep going back to read your post to make sure I'm seeing it as a loss of one pound (if I'm reading it wrong- I'm sorry!). If you only need to lose a pound, stop drinking Water the day before your weigh-in, go for a run, and don't eat anything for the next day. If absolutely neccessary, submerge yourself in a hot bathtub 20 minutes in, 20 minutes out, until you hit your goal. As soon as you have weighed in, start rehydrating.

Obviously this is not something to do on a regular basis, but if you are this close to being able to have surgery, a little weight cutting will not hurt you. Best of luck!

[Bob2013 326]

I technically didn't have to lose any weight during the 6 month supervised diet, just had to make the doctors apoitments. The only requirement was the last 2 weeks prior to surgery. The surgeon gave me 2 weeks to lose 10lbs which was pretty easy on the pre op mostly liquid diet

[BitterSweet* 835]

Under the circumstances.......

1. Do not consume anything with salt.

2. Drink nothing but Water. No juice. No shakes.< /p>

3. Drink Magnesium Citrate.

4. Take a very long walk...... My bad. Do the long walk BEFORE the Mag. Citrate ????????.

5. Do not wear heavy clothes (ie. jeans) or shoes to your weigh-in. Cotton & flip flops that you can kick off.

6. Good luck. You'll easily meet your goal.

[Tracis weight loss journey 6]

1lb in 4 days is doable. Drink lots of Water, cut out all carbs, no salt. You can do this! Everyone loses on the pre op diet I think. I can only have 900 calories a day but I think I am just going to do eggs for Breakfast, veggies and some meat for lunch and dinner.

I didn't have to lose any weight just couldn't gain a pound. I asked if it is gain a pound ever or just from the first weight at the doctors. They said it was from the first weight at the doctors. Still a little stressed on getting approved because I gained 3-4lbs my last weigh in.

Edited July 11, 2014 by Tracis weight loss journey

[Tisa 52]

I feel the same way! I was 276 during my initial consult. That was when I was working out 3 hours a day six days a week. Over the six months I gained about 20 pounds mostly in the winter. I've been trying really hard to lose the weight .... I am now 280 and I have until july 21st to be 260.

i feel like ripping my hair out... but as far as the weigh in do as the other people told you. EAT NO SALT the days leading up to your weigh in, it'll cause you to retain Water. Drink a lot of Water with lemon so you can detox but the day of the weigh in fast. dont eat/drink anything. Also pee first. Water can easily weigh 1 pound.

I'm also gonna try my best here to lose these 20 pounds, so you stay strong. More than impressing our surgeons, I think we need to prove to ourselves that we're emotionally ready to have this surgery.

Edited July 11, 2014 by Tisa

[friejenn 42]

I haven't needed to lose any weight on my supervised diet but I need to be 10 lbs less on surgery day than I was at consult. My last appt. is August 27 and I will actually need to lose 16lbs. It is helpful yo read everyone's suggestions, thanks

[Kindle 8,667]

1 pound is super easy to lose preop. I lost 22 pounds in 16 days......3 Protein shakes/day + unlimited green veggies and Water. Do that for 3 days and then limit your water the last day before "weigh in".

[nikkisue 6]

Chia seeds help "clean out" your intestinal tract. A couple tablespoons a day ends up being really productive, I honk you should only do maybe a couple teaspoons if you haven't been eating them already. Magnesium citrate is the old weigh-in trick; it's a laxative that works quite well. These are both tricks, but do work in a pinch. Obviously diet and exercise is best, but I'd hate for 1 lb to hold you back.

[nikkisue 6]

Think, not honk, lol.

[Anewlife2live 20]

Thank you everyone. I will definitely cone back and let you all know what happened.

[Anewlife2live 20]

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