How much did you lose ?

[MrsSantiago 27]

Hey went to my pre op appt today cw is 320 goal weight is 175. I wanted to know how much did you lose during the PRE OP liquid diet PHASE? I start liquids on dec 14 my surgery is dec 29.

[Astrosgirl 96]

I am sure it depends on what type of liquid diet and for how long. Some were allowed a light meal at night and others it was strictly Protein Drinks.

I had a two week pre op liquid diet and it was Awful! Lost about 10 lbs on it though. I had a few mess ups the first week where I felt I would starve to death and ate veggies to hold me over. You will get through this time and after the surgery you won't even remember how empty your stomach feels.. Sounds horrible but This definitely prepares your body for surgery. Good luck through everything!

[Shylarose 53]

I have been on a Protein drinks only diet for the past 9 days. My surgery is next Tuesday. I have been blessed to not feel very hungry during this process. I pray it will be the same for you as well. I have lost 13 pounds so far.

[dlappjr 467]

Everyones is different. I attached a pic of my pre-op diet from my book they gave me. My weight loss center uses a 7 day program, but I did it for 12 days. I wanted some wiggle room incase I fell off the wagon and needed to recover and still shrink my liver enough. I was worried that they would get in there and my liver didn't shrink enough. I did fine on the diet, I did however fall off the wagon one time. 5 days before surgery I cheated and had a double cheeseburger from McDonalds. I of course quickly regretted it and stuck to the plan the rest of the 5 days. I ended up dropping 25 pounds on that pre-op diet. My surgeon said the liver had shrunk nice and there was hardly and bleeding. Good luck to you, follow your plan and if you stumble, get back up and finish strong.

[MrsSantiago 27]

Everyones is different. I attached a pic of my pre-op diet from my book they gave me. My weight loss center uses a 7 day program, but I did it for 12 days. I wanted some wiggle room incase I fell off the wagon and needed to recover and still shrink my liver enough. I was worried that they would get in there and my liver didn't shrink enough. I did fine on the diet, I did however fall off the wagon one time. 5 days before surgery I cheated and had a double cheeseburger from McDonalds. I of course quickly regretted it and stuck to the plan the rest of the 5 days. I ended up dropping 25 pounds on that pre-op diet. My surgeon said the liver had shrunk nice and there was hardly and bleeding. Good luck to you, follow your plan and if you stumble, get back up and finish strong.

Oh my you get to eat more than i do. I only can have Protein shakes sugar free popsicles Jello and chicken broth thats it.

[dlappjr 467]

Everyones is different. I attached a pic of my pre-op diet from my book they gave me. My weight loss center uses a 7 day program, but I did it for 12 days. I wanted some wiggle room incase I fell off the wagon and needed to recover and still shrink my liver enough. I was worried that they would get in there and my liver didn't shrink enough. I did fine on the diet, I did however fall off the wagon one time. 5 days before surgery I cheated and had a double cheeseburger from McDonalds. I of course quickly regretted it and stuck to the plan the rest of the 5 days. I ended up dropping 25 pounds on that pre-op diet. My surgeon said the liver had shrunk nice and there was hardly and bleeding. Good luck to you, follow your plan and if you stumble, get back up and finish strong.

Oh my you get to eat more than i do. I only can have Protein shakes sugar free popsicles Jello and chicken broth thats it.

Funny thing. I was just at our once a month support group meeting the other night and the nutritionist from the weight loss center asked how I felt about the pre-op diet. I told her it was ok, I followed it because I was scared to fail. She told me that a lot of people are getting dehydrated just before surgery because they feel too restricted on the pre-op diet. The practice is actually talking about adding more foods to the pre-op diet to try to counter act that. Keep with your plan, sorry it is more restrictive. I would rather be more restricted than try to break off of the plan and find out I had to delay or start again.

[Proud2BMe 1,016]

First week - all the Water, tea or sugar free drinks you want except no soda, all the broth you want, Protein shakes for Breakfast and lunch, and all the sugar free Jello and popsicles you want. dinner was lean meat on a bed of leafy greens.

Second week - All the Water, tea or sugar free drinks you want except no soda, all the broth you want, Protein Shakes for Breakfast, lunch and dinner. All the sugar free Jello and popsicles you want.

I lost 25 lbs.

[MojoCAMI 75]

I dropped 12lbs if I am not mistaken.. I was not on full liquids just reduced carb, sugar fat intake. I did Protein Shakes breakfast lunch and ate a small meal at dinner low in carb sugar and stuff, lots of Jello for snack because I could not have my grapefruit

[mrs kaje 347]

I lost 6lb the first week and only 0.88lb the second.