Do you need to loose a certain amount of weight during the pre-op diet

[joei0005 3]

Is there a general amount they want?

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[ProudGrammy 8,322]

@@joei0005

my doc didn't give me a pre-op diet

didn't need to lose weight

just dont' gain he said!!!

some people are told to lose 5lbs or 10 lbs

or maybe 5-10% of their weight

docs choice what to do

good luck

kathy

[joei0005 3]

Thank you!!

[amyflores 23]

My surgeon told me I would loose weight during my pre op diet. (I don't have a surgery date yet)

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[Vinasu 621]

My insurance didn't require any loss, but my surgeon required 5%.

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[Chicken Lady 102]

My insurance required 5% wt loss

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[itsallido 46]

10% is required at my weight loss center

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[Jim Paulette 12]

My bariatric center is requiring a best effort of 10% of my body weight.

[blizair09 3,250]

Try to lose what you can if you have to go through pre-op diets for the surgeon, or the insurance, or whoever anyway. It can only make things easier. I started off with the goal of losing 40 pounds during my required six months of diet visits (10% of my starting body weight). As of this morning, I have lost 93 pounds, and my surgery is two weeks from today. My insurance didn't require it; my surgeon didn't require it; I just did it for myself. (Partially to prove that I could do it, and partially because transitioning from a low-carb diet to life after surgery will be a hell of a lot easier than going from my old everything-goes diet to life after surgery.)

I'm still scared of the actual surgery day, but I am going into it knowing that I have done everything I can possibly do to put myself in the best position possible as a patient.

Good luck!

[Sai 785]

I was put on a 3 week liquid pre-op diet with no weight loss requirement.

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[catlady2012 73]

My surgery center did not require a loss, but my insurance company required 25#.

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[wheels121604 16]

I have to do a 10 day liquid diet but I don't have to lose a specific amount of weight. And I didn't have to do the 6 month diet.

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[Torriluv87 300]

when i started my NUT wanted me to lose like 13lbs. I did it and she said i didnt need a pre op diet or liquid diet prior but then they pushed my surgery back (unfinished approvals) and i gained weight since. Now i am going on a 2wk liquid diet. Sucks but its just better in the long run.

[KristenLe 5,979]

I did not have a weight loss requirement.

[breuxo 78]

I'm in Canada no weight loss requirement, I started at 253 was approved for surgery at 247. I'm currently on my two week liquid diet and I'm now 244. so I've almost lost 10 pounds my surgery is next week the 22nd

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