I am going through the approval process and just waiting...but i feel like as im waiting, am just gaining weight every day. Ive started to change my eating habits, quit drinking soda...but still just gainig a pound here and there. Anyone have any liquid diet suggestions. Thought about medifast but it is just sooo expensive.....any ideas that can jump start my weight loss??? Thanks everyone!

Liquid diets don't result in true fat loss; if anything you will experience a sharp drop because of glycogen depletion, otherwise, you won't be losing true fat. I'd suggest starting to count calories as opposed to a liquid diet.

Just my 2 cents.

makes sense. Thank you for this!!

I agree with Reverie. I also keep a food journal and I am religious about it. Even though when I cheat I don't want to put it in there, but if you are going to figure out what the culprits are, you have to keep a log of the calories. Also somewhere during the liquid diet, your body goes into starvation mode and you are comsuming less than 800 calories a day and gaining weight! At least that's how it was for me. I'm now eating 1200-1400 calories a day and the weight is coming off steadily (if I go below 1200 the weight loss stops). I do however use the shakes (Atkins because they have the lowest sugar content) as an afternoon snack to keep my energy up or for breakfast or a meal on the go. They are great to have around for that. Hope this was helpful.

While I was waiting for surgery, I started a low carb high protein diet and it really helped jump start my weight loss. I also started exercising prior to surgery because I knew that would help prep for my post op.

After having to do the liquid diet for 3 weeks total (before and after sugery) I would never suggest that to anyone. It is truly a miserable way of losing weight. It's something I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. If you are just trying to lose some weight before hand as the others said count calories and exercise... That will do wonders. The liquid diet is like starvation. Load up on protein it keeps you full longer and stops the snack cravings. I hope this helps.

My pre-op diet consisted of shakes, Healthy Choice Soup, Chobani yogurt and fat free pudding. It was not so bad for me, but I missed chewing!

You need to up the Protein and lose the carbs as much as you can.

Thank you everyone!!!!!!!!!!! protein protein protein!!!

Try this instead... don't look for a liquid diet, as you will find yourself feeling more starved than anything! Look for ways to incorporate more Protein and less sodium & less sugar. The diet you will be put on just before and after surgery will be the hardest and will be mostly of Protein drinks, Soups, mashed potatoes & LOTS of Water. Keep moving such as walking, dancing, stairs... just as long as you move you will be doing domething positive! Remember to cut back the calories and increase your output and you won't feel like you are constantly gaining! Good Luck!!

I am going through the approval process and just waiting...but i feel like as im waiting, am just gaining weight every day. Ive started to change my eating habits, quit drinking soda...but still just gainig a pound here and there. Anyone have any liquid diet suggestions. Thought about medifast but it is just sooo expensive.....any ideas that can jump start my weight loss??? Thanks everyone!

Thank you! THis will definately help me! Thank you!