:Banane56: Okay get this and HELP me please cuz if its going to be like this I think I may prefer eating cheesies!! This is my fifth day pre-op. To embarrass myself I started this thing at 320 and I am almost 5'9". So not eating anything other than cottage cheese and yogurt is bead enough but hey, on third day the scale said 315..that was nice okay I thought . BUt, yesterday day four,,,nothing and today day five up 1 lb. How the heck does that work???? I mean I am not eating loads of this stuff anymore. I eat the cottage cheese for breakfast and lunch and then try to keep the yogurt for dinner...soooooo, I read how many of you have lost 15 - 20 lbs pre-op and I have an entire human being to lose,, sooooo how will that happen if all of a sudden my body is used to loads of food, then now this fairly good stuff and it doesn't want to lose much.???

Any pointers, cuz I am ready to reach for the NACHOS......:hungry: (well I won't but you know I feel like it.):phanvan

I betcha every single one of us who did the pre-op diet had a day or TWO where the scale went up a bit. It's normal, try not to weigh everyday, I know, I know, I can't do it either, soooooooooooooooooo nevermind if you can and weigh tommorow. Remember it's not what you weighed everyday, but how well you stuck to the pre-op for surgery that counts. Get the liver hopp'n, it'll make a huge difference for surgery and recovery. The weigh right now is just a side-effect. But I know, you want to see it coming off while your eating next to nothing. All I can say is be patient, and it is going to work out and be GREAT!!!!!!

:bananapartyhat: Okay get this and HELP me please cuz if its going to be like this I think I may prefer eating cheesies!! This is my fifth day pre-op. To embarrass myself I started this thing at 320 and I am almost 5'9". So not eating anything other than cottage cheese and yogurt is bead enough but hey, on third day the scale said 315..that was nice okay I thought . BUt, yesterday day four,,,nothing and today day five up 1 lb. How the heck does that work???? I mean I am not eating loads of this stuff anymore. I eat the cottage cheese for breakfast and lunch and then try to keep the yogurt for dinner...soooooo, I read how many of you have lost 15 - 20 lbs pre-op and I have an entire human being to lose,, sooooo how will that happen if all of a sudden my body is used to loads of food, then now this fairly good stuff and it doesn't want to lose much.???

Any pointers, cuz I am ready to reach for the NACHOS......:hungry: (well I won't but you know I feel like it.):phanvan

I am in the end stretch of the pre-op. My surgery is Tuesday. I was NOT allowed to eat food of ANY kind. All I get is protien shakes, and a nasty powder Soup. It does get easier by everyday, trust me. I cried many times the first few days. Now on day 12, I don't feel hungry for crap. I have lost 18 lbs. as of yesterday. I was close to you, 315. I am now 297! You can do it, step away from the nacho's and think long term! A few moments of cheese will ruin your plan! I know it is hard, but it gets easier!

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Oh Kim.... stop weighing everyday!! Do you have someone who can take the scale away from you, and only give it back once a week, or even every 4 days or so? AND... when you do weigh, make sure it's at the same time every day you do it...and preferably the morning.

I don't know about you guys, but if I weigh myself in the morning, I can guarantee that I will easily weigh at least 3 lbs more in the evening. So I never ever do it in the evening!

So anyways, Kim, you're gonna do good with this... just keep it up, and try to stay off the scale as much as you can!!

oh god mandi. NO I would never weigh in the evening..lol too depressing.

Maybe now with the food choices and lack of BM's til now make a difference too. Thanks for your support I feel like I am whining, No one else sounds this whiny pre op. Wow I read Boo Boo Kitty and she is down like 20 lbs. Wow that is huge...but again she is much younger so it justs slides off your butt like butter when you are so young

hi kim are you buying fatfree yogurt and fatfree or 1% cottage cheese. nisreen (sp) said no fruit bottom only artificial(sp) sweeten. be patient kim .

yup, I agree with what everyone else said.

Bottom line, though you likey will lose during the pre-op; that isn't the goal....even if you don't lose lb wise, your liver will still be in better shape!

guess i am confused about the liver thing as my doc never hear do fit before and I know he is good..but what the hey! also as for yogurt, I am buyin gthe sillouette and 1 % cottage cheese.