I knew way back in March at my 1st surgical appt. I needed to be down about 15 pounds to qualify for surgery .. they won't operate over a BMI of 50 and I was 54....now I have a follow up with the surgeon tomorow and if anything I have gained that 15 I was supposed to loose. Why the heck did I do that? Not like I didn't know this was coming up. My surgery is 29 days away.. dont see how I can possibley be down enough to go thru with this on time. Will wait and see what tomorow brings but I'm not expecting good news.. :cursing:

Edited August 15, 201015 yr by KAS1971

All I can say is good luck. I think maybe you are a stress eater. The band doesn't help much with that, I am sorry to say.

Mimi

At my first consult my BMI was 57.3 and I was told to loose 10% body weight (30 + pounds). My surgery was postponed due to recovering from a blood clot and the day of surgery my bmi was 48.2. If you have gained weight the doctor may postpone. Many doctors do put patients on a 2 week liquid diet in which they often loose alot.

I knew way back in March at my 1st surgical appt. I needed to be down about 15 pounds to qualify for surgery .. they won't operate over a BMI of 50 and I was 54....now I have a follow up with the surgeon tomorow and if anything I have gained that 15 I was supposed to loose. Why the heck did I do that? Not like I didn't know this was coming up. My surgery is 29 days away.. dont see how I can possibley be down enough to go thru with this on time. Will wait and see what tomorow brings but I'm not expecting good news.. :cursing:

KAS1971 -

Don't give up, you can lose those pounds before your surgery date. Instead of doing a 2 week pre-op, do a one month pre-op. That will do it.

I saw the surgeon today .. I knew it wasn't gonna be good and it wasn't. He felt it should be posponed 2 months as I was up 9 pounds as expected. He says If I can get the 9 pounds off prior to the pre op diet the preop will do the rest. Pre op starts sept. 4th .. have an appt. w/ him on sept 1 to see if we should go thru this or not. 15 days to get 9 pounds off? He said he would pray for me .. I told him I needed 1 a day not just 1 ... I asked him about starting the preop a week early .. he said that wouldnt be wise as thats 2 weeks of improper nutrition going into surgery then a week post .. even worse he said 2 weeks of a liquid diet and still not make the surgery goals may make you find the nearest bridge ..lol. Will try just no carb, lots of protein and half servings, a little wakling each night despite the stress fracture in my foot. I cant get too carried away or it will send my diabetes into a tailspin and that wont help matters. Cross your fingers

Edited August 16, 201015 yr by KAS1971

Best wishes, KAS and keep posting your progress.

Mimi

You can do it! Just think what a few weeks of no carbs will do. I think you will lose the 9 pounds easily if you do this. You can see the lap band on the horizon if you do this. Think of a future where food is not controllng you, but you are controlling it.

Best of luck to you. Don't beat yourself up too bad. Stress or sabatage, many of us do it. I had quit smoking months before I started looking into the surgery. I start the process and they tell me I can't smoke for 2 month before the surgery and I need to lose weight on the pre-op diet to qualify for the surgery. Suddenly, I'm smoking like mad again and my eating is out-of-control. Well, I can't take back what I've done. I've just got to move on from here and try to make the next month a better one. I hope we both find the strength to do it.