So I have my surgery scheduled for February 7th, however, they wanted me to lose 30 pounds during the 4 week pre-op to get my BMI down. I am currently on week 3, and up until this week I have been doing wonderfully. I lost 20 pounds. This week I have lost nothing so far. I just do not want to have to go through additional weeks of this liquid diet. I am following everything to a tee. Anyone have any suggestions?

20 pounds is FANTASTIC!!! Congratulations!

My suggestion is to stay away from the scale....put it in the closet and just concentrate on one day at a time until your surgery.

Keep moving forward and never look back. You can do it! You are worth it!

Best wished to you....may you be pleasantly surprised when you weigh in the morning of your surgery.

How much are you exercising and what kind of exercise?? Your body might be building muscle I would say keep in contact with your doc or keep a food and exercise journal that you can show them, and maybe they will still give you the surgery if your a few pounds shy.

Good luck, we share a surgery date, so I'm rooting for you

How much are you exercising and what kind of exercise?? Your body might be building muscle I would say keep in contact with your doc or keep a food and exercise journal that you can show them, and maybe they will still give you the surgery if your a few pounds shy.

Good luck, we share a surgery date, so I'm rooting for you

I havent done any exercise the past two weeks, but this week I started walking 30 minutes each day. I am hoping that helps take the last 10 pounds off.

Yay for Feb 7th! It's coming soon.

30 pounds in 4 weeks is alot! That's 4.5 lb per week which even on an all liquid diet would be hard. So congrats on your 20 lb achievement. It could be that you've hit a plateau which does'nt shock me after 20 pounds lost. Will you be going to a liquid only diet presurgery? I would talk to you doctor about your current loss and see if they will go ahead even if you don't lose 30. Again, I think 30lb in a month is excessive and not very healthy. I was told to lose 34 in 3 months which I did. But that's 3 times as long!

getting as much weight off before your surgery is helpful and 20 pounds is a great start! it sounds like you'll do great after surgery! i agree... stay away from the scale for now. your surgeon won't turn you away for not making the 30 pounds!

getting as much weight off before your surgery is helpful and 20 pounds is a great start! it sounds like you'll do great after surgery! i agree... stay away from the scale for now. your surgeon won't turn you away for not making the 30 pounds!

Thats very reassuring coming from you seeing as how I will be banded by Dr. Curry as well. They told me if I followed the 4 week medifast I would lose 40 lbs no problem. I thought that was alot as well, but I obviously dont know much about nutrition or I wouldnt be in this situation. I just dont want to get there and have them tell me they cant band me.

40 pounds in a month is unreasonable and I don't care what kind of diet you're on. I was on a 500 calorie Optifast diet and I lost *nothing* in a month. On a 1200 calorie diet I only lose 1 lb a week. When I complained to the doctor, he said I just have a very efficient metabolism...most likely as a result of years of dieting.

It's probably too late for you to do something about it, but for others, I'd recommend interviewing potential surgeons to find out their preop and postop requirements. I did and, as a result, was able to avoid those who required what, in my personal opinion, were unreasonable requirements.

Love my surgeon. No special preop diet. Postop I was back on solids at 2 weeks. First fill was at 1 month and they let me use my own judgment on when I needed followup fills and *listened* to me when making the determination of how much fill each time.

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