weight loss before surgery

[shanicexo 2]

helloooo

was wondering if everybody had to lose weight before their surgery date .

my date is already set and so far no one has stated that i need to lose a certain amount .

am i the only one ?

[blizair09 3,250]

I wasn't given any "have to" weight loss goals pre-op, but I did lose 99 pounds (from 397 to 298) during my six-month insurance-required diet program. I wanted to lose as much as I could before the surgery, so I followed a low carb/moderate-to-high protein/high healthy fat lifestyle and started an exercise program. I am so glad I did it. I re-established my relationship with food before the surgery, and I am convinced that the hard work helped with my seamless recovery and continued success post-op.

Good luck!

[LittleBill 2,231]

My program was similar to the one @@blizair09 mentions. We did not have to lose any specific amount, but they did expect us to lose something to demonstrate dedication to the concepts surrounding the surgery. Surgery is a tool, and only one of several needed to make this a success. They also said the more you lose, the quicker recovery would most likely be.

I lost 67 lbs in the four months leading up to my surgery. As far as I am concerned, that was a huge contributing factor to my very rapid and painless recovery. It also showed me, myself, that I was successfully incorporating the other components of the program into my life to make this effort successful.

It is not necessarily the amount of weight you lose though. I think it is the attitude displayed that is more important. I have seen people treat this like a cure all. It is not. It is just one part. Without the others, it will fail.

[sweetzcp 30]

5%. Not sure if my surgeon required it or my insurance. I'm pretty sure it was my Surgeon because they threaten to cancel if you gain. 12/27

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[Cindy Gengler 23]

Insurance required a 6 month supervised diet and surgeon required 5%. I gained a little the week before surgery. They said if I didn't lose at least 10 lbs my surgery would get canceled. I lost it in that week and am now 3 months out

[Seevan 32]

I was told a lady had lost so much weight on the liver shrinking diet,she cancelled her surgery and just continued doing the diet...

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[WLSResources/ClothingExch 3,444]

Requirements and recommendations vary among surgeons and medical plans. Have you asked at your practice?

[breakinout 57]

Weighed 350 at start, because of high bp and diabetes, my doctor put me on preop diet 2 months before he would consider doing sleeve. I wasn't given amount I had to lose. Because I wanted sleeve soo bad, I followed the plam and lost 49 lbs in 2 mths. (That's when my surgeon told me he was expecting me to lose only 25 lbs in that time.) I had surgery Oct 3, 2016. Starting weight 350, Surgery weight 301, Current weight 252. I also gained 15 lbs immediately post surgery, from immlamation, fluids and infection, I count that as weight lost so I've lost 100+ lbs.

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