Post OP diet

[bayla1212 5]

Hi everyone...i have my sleeve surgery date set for feb 4th..and i was wondering how much weight everyone lost during this time period? Im terrified that i won't lose enough for the surgery. So far i have lost 11 pounds and its hard..i hope im not this hungry in the weeks after surgery! Definitely feeling nervous but also excited for this journey to start

[JamieLogical 8,727]

Trust me when I tell you you WILL NOT be very hungry the first few weeks post-op. Eating will feel like a chore that you have to do on a timer. You may crave the feeling that your comfort foods once gave you, but that is NOT hunger.

As for how much you should/will lose on your pre-op diet? I don't think anyone here can answer that for you, since every one seems to have pretty drastically different pre-op diets. I personally had a very restrictive two week pre-op diet and lost about 11 pounds.

[samuelsmom 670]

If there is a certain amount of required weight loss, your surgeon or nutritionist should have informed you of that. Mine did not have a number. The only requirement was that you couldn't weigh more when you got to the hospital than you did when you went in for your pre-op physical. I started the liquids on Wednesday night, had my physical on Friday, and when I got to the hospital for surgery the following Wednesday was down 5 pounds! The liquid diet for a week was not bad. After surgery it was tough getting an ounce of Water down. I absolutely had no interest in having anything for weeks. It made it easier to follow the liquid diet after surgery!