I'm so angry, I have been on my pre-op diet for 9 days and have only lost 1 lb. I had 2 meals last Saturday instead of 1 but that is the only time I didn't follow it. I'm getting in my 64 ozs of liquid, 4 protein drinks, 2 fruits and 1 meal consisting of 4oz of protein and 2 cups of veggies. Plus I walk 4 days a week on a treadmill at is a fast speed for my short legs for 15-20 min. Park far away from the stores so I have to walk further. Does anyone have any suggestions, I only have 5 days left. Getting depressed and afraid my surgery will be cancelled.

I'll bet your body may be in a starvation mode with the reduced calorie intake.

For me, the pre op diet was to shrink the liver to help facilitate the surgery. The weight loss was an added plus. I didn't loose all that much.

Pre op diet is yuck-o but believe me it will be a distant memory when you are through surgery and recovering.

Good luck and hang in there!

I am not allowed to have fruit or a meal on mine, i'm liquids only....plus, I have zero energy to do any kind of exercising. i basically go to work, sit at my desk for 8 hours, then come home and sit on the couch. it takes all the energy i have to make it to the subway and back. I have lost 15 pounds as of this morning. i think the poster above has it right, you are in starvation mode and probably building muscle from all the exercising. i am only losing Water weight, and not 'real' fat. i have had so many liquids, i'm floating. although i have lost 15 pounds, i will probably gain most of that back when they pump me full of fluids during surgery. i really don't consider this 15 pounds a real weight loss. it's just the excess Fluid i have on my body (plus, i have a lot of weight to lose)

just go easy on yourself for the next 4 days. there will be plenty of time for real weight loss. the goal here is to shrink the liver and not to lose weight. you are going to be fine.

May 4th, here we come!

Cheer up! Your' almost done with your Pre-Op diet! Everything will work out! I just started my pre-op diet today! urrrr

Thank you for the encouragement I really do feel better about it now1 Thank goodness for LapBandTalk.com Finally something I don't have to go it alone on. Thanks again everyone for the support.

I'm so angry, I have been on my pre-op diet for 9 days and have only lost 1 lb. I had 2 meals last Saturday instead of 1 but that is the only time I didn't follow it. I'm getting in my 64 ozs of liquid, 4 Protein drinks, 2 fruits and 1 meal consisting of 4oz of protein and 2 cups of veggies. Plus I walk 4 days a week on a treadmill at is a fast speed for my short legs for 15-20 min. Park far away from the stores so I have to walk further. Does anyone have any suggestions, I only have 5 days left. Getting depressed and afraid my surgery will be cancelled.

I'm kind of in the same boat as you.... My surgery is on Tuesday and I've only lost 2 lbs. I haven't followed the diet "exactly" but I haven't strayed too far either! I'm only allowed to drink the Protein Drinks and eat Jell-O. I would KILL for some veggies or protein I can actually chew! I don't even care what it is! Haha! I'm hoping my surgery won't be cancelled too.. I don't THINK it will be, but still makes me nervous. I don't know how to loose weight when I'm already eating practically nothing.

I'm glad I found this post.. I'm starting to get nervous that I'm doing it wrong. My pre-op instructions tell me that I can have 4 protein shakes (OR bars) and one lean cuisine each day. I've stuck to this completely since day 1, although my program coordinator said I could make a chicken breast if I had extra calories left over (my limit is 1200, and at least 65 grams of protein). Again.. I've done this all totally right. I've only lost 5 lbs, and I just feel like it isn't working right. My surgery is on the 6th, and the diet started the 22nd.. so today is day 10. It would be nice to be able to see my liver and check if it's shrinking! Golly. I guess I'm just worried that my body is screwed up compared to everyone else's.. it's probably just me being paranoid, because 5 lbs is a heck of a lot more than I've lost in a long time. I'm worried about so much right now I'm not sure what to even do with myself though, lol.