MouseOnTheMile

GO KARLIY GO!! Let us know how you make out immediately!

OOOOO I dunno, good question though, I'm going soon but my dad is coming with me

Thanks for the update, keep up the good work

I started at 259, they want me at 245 and I've stalled at 253 for most of it. I understand the science behind it, I was a bio major once upon a time. My scale must be screwing with me, to put me down and then up two in an hour without any intake of food doesn't make sense. Debating buying a new one tonight and burning this one for its treachery.

Thank you for the kind words everyone. It's the time frame that has me freaked out. If they weren't going by weight loss as the signature for if my liver is small enough, I wouldn't be nearly as freaked out.

I asked if they do a test for if my liver is small enough and was told they just go by how much weight I lose preop. So yes, it is about weight loss at this point. I am fully ready for stalls post op. I don't care if I'm a fast or slow loser because I know it'll happen with time and effort and thats why I'm doing it young, cause I have lots of time to reach my goals. But when I have paid a great deal of money to travel and have a surgery done and only have two weeks to get done to their projected weight and their diet is not working and if I go there and they don't operate that's waste cash on flights, then yes, I have more than a right to be distraught about the scale not showing my efforts.

Pre op liquid diet, Day 8 of 15. I lost 6 pounds the first two days then stalled the last five days. This morning I got on the scale and was happy to see the stall broken, down almost another three. I weighed after my BM and shower and figured I'd weigh again after I dried off. Dry hair and feeling like I was gonna be a full three pounds down, I stepped on the scale to be bewildered by a two pound increase, half a pound difference from where I have been the last five days. I was dry, naked and hadn't eaten or drank anything yet and so I am now ready to freak out, give up and eat all the burgers. This b******t makes no sense! I am on the verge of tears all the time. I have done low carb diets in the past and lost 38 pounds in two weeks. Now I'm on liquids for 15 days and losing nothing. I'd rather make sensible choices and lose the weight then this pointless suffering for nothing. I know it'll help for when I'm out of surgery and blah blah blah but ffs I'm BEYOND frustrated. If I'm denied surgery after all of this I might kill some one. At this point I don't need support, I need a gosh darn lobotomy.

Hopefully she'll get back to you soon about that I'm excited. Officially seven days til I leave fore OCC, eight until surgery

I ignore the starvation message, and I understand why it's there. Obviously we as wls users with doctors order to only eat 800 calories a day are the minority of people using it and MFP is most likely covering its back with the disclaimer message to avoid encouraging people with eating disorders of another breed from finding the app enabling to their illness. It probably sadly still happens but at least they understand what implications a calorie counter can have on certain minds.

Hehe I don't think you'll be doing much swimming dear it's still surgery, those other days there you'll still be recovering. I could be wrong though.

Oh yeah, my whey powder is super low cal and sugar, high protein... At least compared to what I've found. Using two different ones, see attached:

Ugh! Good job! I'm day seven and I'm only down 6lbs! *weeps*

What most people don't realize (especially someone whose never had a large amount of weight to lose) is that studies show that if you need to lose more than 20% of your body mass (most of us need to lose well over that), the only real way to secure that loss and MAINTAIN that weight loss long term is through surgery. People might think its extreme but yoyo dieting hasn't gotten us anywhere except obese and it's not their life being effected by it. You make the choice for you, and your mother will deal with it either way. My parents weren't thrilled at first and I only have around 90 pounds to lose, but now they have come around and are being extremely supportive. Because they know I'm trying to fix this now so I don't have issues when I'm older. Mostly parents and other support systems worry because they fear surgery will kill you. You are FAR more likely to die of obesity related health problems than you are to from the sleeve. Let us know what you decide either way

Yeah it is

Hahahaha

Best of luck :3

My stats: Age: 25 Height: 5'6-5'7 (depends on who measures haha) HW: 259lbs CW: 253lbs Surgery: November 12th Day 6 of 15 day preop diet What about you?

I've emailed the nutritionist a couple times, she said well reevaluate closer to the day if we need to get an extra push of sorts. Still nervous :/

Im six days into my preop and have only lost 6 pounds. They asked me to try and lose 15. I'm feeling very nervous... I don't want to be rejected. I started at 259 and it's slow going.

Question: what kind of test did they do to test if your liver was small enough??