Day 9 of my pre-op liquid diet and only down 5lbs. I know this is a loss and so I should be happy, but I have followed this diet and not cheated once, even when it was CRAZY hard! I have even began working out and been staying super active to keep my mind busy.

I wasn't too worried about only loosing 5 lbs because I figured that my cloths would maybe fit better and I would see changes elsewhere, but I went out to the movies with my boyfriend last night for my birthday, it was the first time I have wore my jeans since I started the diet, and I could swear they were tighter! I am worried that if I am not loosing now that even with the band I may not have success . I'm super scared of failing. Is this liquid diet just making me irrational?

I am on the pre op diet and when I cut out the broths I lost 6 pounds in one day due to the high sodium levels I am staying away from them!

Yeah, but that's the thing...I got the low sodium broths, which is still high, so I have one done broth 2 of my 9 days. Didn't really see the point. With such low calorie content and high sodium I didn't really see any benefit.

5 pounds in 9 days is awesome if you lost that for a year it would be over 150 lbs a year.