What is everyone been asked to loose before surgery can be done? I have heard of 10 lbs and I thought that was pretty normal. However, my doctor is suggesting 25? I know why (to shrink the liver) but I wanted to hear from you what you were asked, if it was more than the 10 lbs?

Thanks!

my doctor asked for more as well. I got down 15, good luck. My surgery was july 10th and all went well.

My doctor never said anything about how much she wanted me to lose as she explained that the diet was to shrink the liver, not shrink me. Having said that however, I still lost 17 lbs. on the preop diet just based on how restricted it was.

My doctor wanted my bmi under 50 so he placed me on a liquid diet for 4 weeks. I lost 28 pounds. It was tough going. I almost forgot what it was like to chew!!!!

I think it depends on how obese you are.. I didn't have a set amount to lose either but my bmi wasn't that high.. it's all for shrinking the liver to make surgery easier.. good luck on your upcoming surgery

I'm on day 6 of a 10 day pre-op diet and I've lost 8. My surgeon gave me no weight loss goal pre-op, he just wanted my liver to be as fat free as possible. My BMI was only 43%, so I guess BMI does make a difference. By the way, I'm not happy with a BMI of 43%, it is nothing I am proud about, but I'm doing the right thing now so I feel ok about it.