I know that every surgeon has different requirements, but I'm curious of how many of you are on a liquid pre-op diet vs a low-carb pre-op diet vs a "wacky just eat better before surgery" diet. And, just for curiosity sake, what is your starting BMI?

I'll go first. I'm on a low-carb diet, but I'm a vegetarian so it's a little tricky for me. I am going to be on a modified liquid/low carb diet (because how many eggs can I eat in a day?). Basically, I'm going to replace all of the fajita meat that I can't eat with high Protein shakes. Just so you know, my surgeon's nutritionist created my plan - I'm not improvising. My starting BMI is 40.

Jen

I'm on the low carb and my BMI starting was 47.

I personally don't do low carb. For me, it's simply not realistic long term and I lose great when eating healthy carbs.

I am careful to get in at least 60g of Protein daily, though. I also make sure I never eat more than a cup of food per meal and stay between 1000-1200 calories per day.

My starting BMI was scary high, it was 72.

EDIT: Bah, I missed the "pre-op" diet part of your post. Sorry!! This is my daily post op diet. My bad!

I was required to do low sugar/carb diet.

Bmi was 37

I know that every surgeon has different requirements, but I'm curious of how many of you are on a liquid pre-op diet vs a low-carb pre-op diet vs a "wacky just eat better before surgery" diet. And, just for curiosity sake, what is your starting BMI?

I'll go first. I'm on a low-carb diet, but I'm a vegetarian so it's a little tricky for me. I am going to be on a modified liquid/low carb diet (because how many eggs can I eat in a day?). Basically, I'm going to replace all of the fajita meat that I can't eat with high Protein shakes. Just so you know, my surgeon's nutritionist created my plan - I'm not improvising. My starting BMI is 40.

Jen

i had all liquid pre op and post op for 2 weeks (hadnt had Soup since) and my bmi was 61 or 62....dont recall

i eat lean Proteins, veggies and fruit

i was (when my son was little in pre school/elementary) school a veggie-tarian so you can eat lots of yummies to help with this...however, irregardless if its high carb or low carb, meat or no meat etc, 3500 calories is a pound (drank or ate).....so when you eat your allotted amounts, choose high protein and good filling foods to help. wishing you all the best.....

what makes our world go around by us all being different

My pre--op diet had two requirements:

1. Protein shake for Breakfast

2. Calorie goal between 800 - 960 daily intake.

I did Adkins for 2 weeks pre op, my bmi was 37.

I still focus my meals around high Protein and low carbs. It works for me. My bmi is 25.4 now.

Hi ~

I am pre-op, surgery is Feb 14th, and my BMI is 35. Doc said I dont have to do pre op diet, (first time anyone told I wasnt heavy enough!!) If it was any higher it was to be Liquid, SlimLine. I still have chosen to incorporate one meal a day with the Slim Line just to get use to it as I know it will be part of my life and diet for the few few weeks after surgery. When blendered with a banana, it's pretty good. I have a Vita Mix blender that blends the "crap" out of everything, a good way to get the healthy stuff in.

My doc explained to me that the pre op diet was a way of ridding the liver of some fat and making it easily to work around during surgery. Slim Band in Toronto, (not my clinic) regardless of BMI doesnt require liquid diet two weeks before, just unlimited chicken, fish and fresh veggies.

Also my doc told me two nights before the surgery to go have the either the biggest hamburger and fries I can find or a tasty Chinese smorg and then the day before have a huge stack of pancakes for breakfast!!!! (Now this is the GP doc in Calgary telling me this, as my surgeon is in Toronto, and my GP doc had the lap band surgery done last September by the same doc and has lost 65 lbs so far)....GP Doc said "Go, Enjoy the food cause you wont be having it for a long time !!!!

Not sure if I will splurge, but it was funny!

Starting BMI 42, I had no pre-op diet. I was told the day before do liquids other than that nada.

Now, like Missy, I eat realistically. For me this mean I do eat carbs, but just less and healthy ones. I eat about 1200 calories a day and do cardio (elliptical/jog/walk).

I didn't have to do a pre op diet and my BMI was 50 ~ 1 month later it's 45!!

I didn't have to do a pre op diet and my BMI was 50 ~ 1 month later it's 45!!

well look at you ms thang thang

dropping that much BMI and not so much as a hey yall

look at me

well look at you ms thang thang

dropping that much BMI and not so much as a hey yall

look at me

I know that every surgeon has different requirements, but I'm curious of how many of you are on a liquid pre-op diet vs a low-carb pre-op diet vs a "wacky just eat better before surgery" diet. And, just for curiosity sake, what is your starting BMI?

I'll go first. I'm on a low-carb diet, but I'm a vegetarian so it's a little tricky for me. I am going to be on a modified liquid/low carb diet (because how many eggs can I eat in a day?). Basically, I'm going to replace all of the fajita meat that I can't eat with high Protein shakes. Just so you know, my surgeon's nutritionist created my plan - I'm not improvising. My starting BMI is 40.

Jen

I will begin my 10 day pre-op liquid diet on January 27th. My BMI is 43

I guess I did the "wacky just eat better before surgery" diet, lol with a bmi of 47. I had lost 33 lbs by the day of surgery.

Ditto what Maddysgram said, only it was by choice, not doctor's orders.

My BMi was 35 so I didnt have to do a pre op diet.

However, I did eat better.i had made a choice to change my life and I was not going to begin by going on a weeks long last supper binge!

For what its worth, my BMi is 21 and I've never low carbed - but the point pre op is to shrink your liver and a low carb diet does this by depleting your liver (and your whole body) of glycogen so it has a specific purpose that just eating better wont achieve.