Pre op diet

[sarahb309 69]

Hi all! I'm just starting my journey with WLS! I am planning on having surgery in May! My doctor is having me do my pre op diet on and off until the surgery. ( pre op consists of Protein Shakes and veggies) has this happened to anyone else?

[citygirl1962 50]

For me it is only two weeks before surgery. I am interested in why he does it on and off. Did he ccountablem explain?

[sarahb309 69]

Mi believe he is doing this to get some weight off before my surgery, but honestly, it doesn't make a huge amount of sense to me!

[Dub 9,922]

Mi believe he is doing this to get some weight off before my surgery, but honestly, it doesn't make a huge amount of sense to me!

My goal was to lose weight.......before/after surgery was of zero concern....simply to lose the weight.

At the begining stages I of the 6+ month program I followed my NUT's calorie restricted diet. After deciding to self fund the surgery date was moved up quickly.

At that point I no longer saw the original NUT and did a low calorie & low carb diet that transitioned into the final 2 week pre-op liquid diet (Protein shakes only).

The result was I lost 58 pounds prior to surgery......and then 58 more pounds so far since my Oct 13th surgery.

Trust me when I say this.......get off every pound you can right now......don't wait for the surgery to do it.

I wish that I'd have lost more before the surgery......for a number of reasons.

[mckwestla 3]

What are your number of reasons? I'm struggling to loose the initial weight and my bypass surgery date is February 8. For New Years I'm planning on starting the pre-op diet until surgery date with a goal of loosing 20 lbs until my date. I have a bmi of 41

Edited December 30, 2015 by mckwestla