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Has anyone gained weight while being on a liquid diet?

I started my Optifast diet on the march 5th, as of today I gained 3 lbs. I have not cheated at all, I scheduled for surgery on the 19th. I currently weigh 247 and the dr wants me to loose 17 by the 18th.

Does anyone know what I can do?

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Do you take any medications that could be hindering your weight loss... I am on Opti and Abilify it took me 5 days to lose 3 pounds which i felt was implied not to be normal by the doctor.

You should call you doctors office and speak to the nutritionist - maybe they can switch you to something other than Opti

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I think another good assessment would be to find out how many calories you're consuming on the liquid diet. I know that on mine I was allowed 3-5 shakes a day (Bariatric Advantage), with each shake being between 150-250 calories, depending on what I added to it. That gave me a ballpark caloric intake of between 450 (at lowest) and 1250 (at highest) per day.

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Do you take any medications that could be hindering your weight loss... I am on Opti and Abilify it took me 5 days to lose 3 pounds which i felt was implied not to be normal by the doctor.

You should call you doctors office and speak to the nutritionist - maybe they can switch you to something other than Opti

I take metphormine, humalog and levamire. I called and left a message. I will try to call them again on Monday.

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I think another good assessment would be to find out how many calories you're consuming on the liquid diet. I know that on mine I was allowed 3-5 shakes a day (Bariatric Advantage)' date=' with each shake being between 150-250 calories, depending on what I added to it. That gave me a ballpark caloric intake of between 450 (at lowest) and 1250 (at highest) per day.[/quote']

The shakes the dr gave me are each 160 calories each. I drink 5 a day for a total of 800 calories a day. Aside from Water and a sugar free Jello (which is 5 calories) I have nothing else.

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The shakes the dr gave me are each 160 calories each. I drink 5 a day for a total of 800 calories a day. Aside from Water and a sugar free Jello (which is 5 calories) I have nothing else.

Yeah, I'd definitely get in touch with the doctor to see what's going on. You shouldn't be consuming enough to result in weight gain in such a short period, though the body does do strange things (you'll find THAT out post-sleeve when you gain weight on 600 calories XD) when it comes to weight loss.

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So I spoke to the ST's office they were not very helpful. I then went to see my endocrinologist, she was super helpful. She asked me stop the insulin & bam!!!! Two days later I lost 6 lbs. I am currently down 8 lbs. that is still only two down from where I originally started at.

I also cut back on the shakes, I am taking 4 instead of 6.

Any other suggestions?

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Glad you figured it out...

I only did 5 shakes

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Thank you ladies for your support during my pre-op journey. I am now 3 days post op and doing well.

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