I was on a 2ish week pre-op diet from Feb 11 until feb 28, lost 23 lbs. I was denied by my insurance so the following week I went back to eating my old ways. Then, I was approved (lol) so I went back to my pre-op diet. I had gained about 10 lbs back.

So now, I've been on the pre-op diet from Mar 15 until today (continuing until my surgery Tuesday 3/29 !!!) and I am back down those 10 lbs but I haven't been losing anymore weight. I haven't gained anymore but I haven't lost any either. Is this common?

Sorry, im not much help, but I was wondering, what was you two week pre-op diet? Im excited that your surgery is coming up! Good luck!!

4 Protein shakes / day (they recommended Bariatric Advantage... i use a kind i got from walmart and another kind i got from a nutrition store) and i make them with Water instead of milk

1 high protein low carb meal (i've been eating either green Beans & baked chicken, or baked steak)

they had a list of foods that were available that i could eat but i didnt like any of the other stuff lol. oh and i can have sugar free Jello, sugar free popsicles, cucumbers, and celery (as free foods)

also, i've been trying to keep my carb count below 30g / day lol

My surgeon wanted me to lose weight, He didn't tell me how much....

I lost 40lbs., he said he wanted 50lbs.,,,

Looked at me and said, "at least you tried!"

He did the surgery, and no complaints at all.

I guess as long as he is getting paid,, he'll perform surgery.

My doc didn't give any specific amount of weight to lose. I just hope that whatever is happening in my body is a good thing.

I will only have been on my liquid diet for 8 days when I have my surgery. I had never heard back from the office and apparently someone forgot to call me to tell me I was approved and to come in for my final visit to talk about diet and consent forms. It's all straightened out now, but I'm worried about only being on the diet for one week. This diet is so hard, I am on the all liquid diet, drinking shakes, and not eating food at all. I am unsure why some people on here are able to eat small amounts of food and some are liquid only! I wonder what the difference is.