Brand New To The Board - Looking For The Best Pre-Op Tips

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Hello everyone

I'm new here, I have completed all my pre-op appointments, insurance has approved everything, and I see my surgeon August 9th for our final meet up.

on the 9th she will most likely be putting me on the 2 week liquid diet, but I feel like I have about 9-13 pounds to lose before I even see her again.

I realize that's probably not a reasonable goal, but any amount I can lose before than would help.

Can anyone tell me what they did for their pre-op diet that gave the best results? As I browsed this section quickly I had saw one reply that said they lost 36 pounds on the liquid diet, I'd sure as heck like to know what she did!

I plan on swimming at least an hour a day whenever possible up until then as well.

Surgery is so close I can feel it.

I don't want anymore delays!

Thanks!

[soccermomx2 111]

First off welcome and congratulations on being approved. I only had a 24hr clear liquid diet prior to surgery but my dr has his patients do a 2 week pre-op based on their pre-exisiting weight, conditions, etc.

Were you supposed to have lost weight before next week? Try not to stress yourself out too much.

I can offer that my dr gave me a nausea patch to put on the night before surgery and it lasts for 3 days. I can say that I believe that this prevented me from having nausea post-op.

Good luck and keep us posted on how your surgery goes

[Ken S. 162]

Welcome!

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Thank you for the Welcomes

When I first saw my surgeon I was advised to lose 10 pounds before surgery, on top of 20 pounds on a liquid diet 2 weeks before surgery - so for me 30 pounds total.

Well, I foolishly over ate and over socialized the month of seeing her and before seeing my dietician for the 1st time, and had gained 10. I lost the 10 I gained, but now I'm stalled on the original 10 she wanted me to lose.

I don't want to get on her scale, not having lost any weight from her point of view, though once she skims my chart, she will see I had gained then lost.

I'm pretty stressed about it honestly.

I was thinking of drinking a gallon of Water a day, and just kind of sticking to greek yogurts.

[Aaron in Tulsa 147]

I am currently on the way to losing the 36 lbs I have to lose before I can get a date. I met with my nutritionist last week and she gave me an amazing plan. I've lost 11 lbs so far and haven't been super hungry.

Breakfast, Protein shake

Mid-morning, Protein Bar

lunch, lean meat

Mid-afternoon, shake

dinner, lean meat and non-starch vegetables

Evening, Protein Bar

It's certainly not "easy," but it's very doable and has worked well for me so far. Good luck!

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So you lost 11 pounds in a week? wow

My usual plan was this:

Breakfast- Protein shake

lunch - fresh lunch meat and cheese - no bread

dinner - serving of meat

But somewhere I strayed with the whole "omg I'll never eat any of this stuff again" and bad food crept back into the plan.

I DO feel like I won't cheat once surgery comes into play, it's just kind of been the mindset that I still can eat this and never will again. But I'm setting myself back on track TODAY.

Thanks for sharing!

[Audrey523 55]

I am currently on the way to losing the 36 lbs I have to lose before I can get a date. I met with my nutritionist last week and she gave me an amazing plan. I've lost 11 lbs so far and haven't been super hungry.

Breakfast' date=' Protein shake

Mid-morning, Protein bar

lunch, lean meat

Mid-afternoon, shake

dinner, lean meat and non-starch vegetables

Evening, protein bar

It's certainly not "easy," but it's very doable and has worked well for me so far. Good luck![/quote']

Excellent plan. I start my self imposed 2 week pre op diet tomorrow. I copied this down.

[Audrey523 55]

So you lost 11 pounds in a week? wow <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

My usual plan was this:

Breakfast- Protein shake

lunch - fresh lunch meat and cheese - no bread

dinner - serving of meat

But somewhere I strayed with the whole "omg I'll never eat any of this stuff again" and bad food crept back into the plan.

I DO feel like I won't cheat once surgery comes into play' date=' it's just kind of been the mindset that I still can eat this and never will again. But I'm setting myself back on track TODAY.

Thanks for sharing![/quote']

Sounds like. You were not getting enough Protein and food to satisfy you. I had the same problem. I'm going to try to follow Aaron's plan.

[nancygm 6]

I am currently on the way to losing the 36 lbs I have to lose before I can get a date. I met with my nutritionist last week and she gave me an amazing plan. I've lost 11 lbs so far and haven't been super hungry.

Breakfast' date=' Protein shake

Mid-morning, Protein bar

lunch, lean meat

Mid-afternoon, shake

dinner, lean meat and non-starch vegetables

Evening, protein bar

It's certainly not "easy," but it's very doable and has worked well for me so far. Good luck![/quote']

What protein bar do you use?