Pre-op Liquid Diet

[StefanieSparklePants 95]

Hi Everyone,

I know this is a "pre-op" question, but figured I get more responses from the vets!

I am on day 9 of a 2 week pre-op liquid diet to shrink my liver before surgery.

I have only lost 5 pounds!

I'm watching my sodium intake and drinking plenty of Water. And following the diet perfectly.

My PCP (?) said most people lose between 10-15 lbs, but I am nowhere near that! Has anyone else experienced this? I don't really know what to think and My surgery is on July 20th.

[armywife79 123]

Hey Stef,

Don't get hung up on numbers at this stage in the game. At this point, your not even really on your journey yet! The most major reason we do this surgery is get a re do on our metabolism. To date, the gastric by pass is the only medical way known to man to do this. Right now, you still have your same insides so, your weight loss will go as it has in the past. Don't let that fact get you down though! Right now, your standing on the edge of your major weight loss high dive with a shake in your hand! In a few months you'll be on that same board but in a way sexier bathing suit! You will be the girl who does a double take in the glass door when you see your self I promise. This is the hard part; the waiting to be on the other side. Also, no doctor should be telling you what MOST people loose or do. If there is one thing I think most of us find out on this ride, it is that, there is no patient zero in this. We all loose at a different rate, exercise different , find that different foods work different for us (after the prescribed phases). We all find our own freak flags! lol I really hope you find everything you want and need and more. Don't ever worry about being in some box someone thinks you belong in, just worry about feeling proud of you and all your doing!

[TXMissy 211]

I lost weight but it seemed like the last couple of days I lost more. The dr can tell if you have done what you are supposed to or not. The goal at the point is to shrink your stomach to reduce the chance of the dr knicking your liver. The weight will come off after surgery, don't worry.

[IrisMoon73 0]

Have any of you all experienced weight loss during the 3-6 month "weight loss trial" phase? I'm finding it very hard to strictly adhere to this as I know, (in my mind), that my stomach is still it's regular size. I wonder if any one has lost so much weight during the 3-6 months that they didn't need the surgery anymore?

Please excuse my ramble, I'm new here and appreciate any feedback you can provide!

[StefanieSparklePants 95]

I lost 18-20 pounds. Half of that was during the 2 week liquid diet before surgery. I've lost 104 pounds and im 6 months out. There's just no way the dieting alone could have gotten me these results in the time span of which I needed these results for my health. My health couldn't wait. i had diabetes, high blood pressure, ect.).

I guess the 6 month diet period is a soul-searching time. I've heard of people losing 30-40 pounds during the diet and that was good enough for them to back away from the surgeon's table. For myself? I was already, figuratively, on the surgeon's table the day I found out I was diabetic.

[lady Ty 6]

I lost 53 pounds in the six months prior to my surgery.I went on a low carb diet.I had my surgery on December 15th 2015,gastric bypass

Have any of you all experienced weight loss during the 3-6 month "weight loss trial" phase? I'm finding it very hard to strictly adhere to this as I know, (in my mind), that my stomach is still it's regular size. I wonder if any one has lost so much weight during the 3-6 months that they didn't need the surgery anymore?

Please excuse my ramble, I'm new here and appreciate any feedback you can provide!