The two week liquid diet weight fluctuations

[aries477 5]

Hi everyone. I am on day 8 of my pre op diet. I swear this gets harder everyday and I am really frustrated because the doctor told me I could lose like 20 lbs in two weeks. I am eating nothing but baby carrots and having 4 muscle milk 100s a day which I know is probably not enough calories (400-600) but why does the scale go up and down? Seeing the numbers go down was the only thing getting me through this horrible diet. Anyone else experience this?

[gowalking 10,790]

Stay off the scale @aries477. Weight can fluctuate from not just day to day, but at different times of the same day. This liquid diet is not about weight loss, it's about shrinking the liver. And just a heads up....when you are back on food again...even mushy food, some of that weight loss will likely turn into gains until you are on a steady calorie count.

Good luck...all of us who were on liquid diets know how hard this part of the process was. We're here to support you.

[aries477 5]

Stay off the scale @aries477. Weight can fluctuate from not just day to day, but at different times of the same day. This liquid diet is not about weight loss, it's about shrinking the liver. And just a heads up....when you are back on food again...even mushy food, some of that weight loss will likely turn into gains until you are on a steady calorie count.

Good luck...all of us who were on liquid diets know how hard this part of the process was. We're here to support you.

[aries477 5]

Thanks at go walking i feel like my brain and my body are shutting down. I can't function at work I thought this was going to get easier as the time went on but it's getting harder ????

[gowalking 10,790]

yeah...this never got easier for me either. I just suffered through it as best I could.