Hey everyone!

This has been a long road of waiting...and more waiting... and more waiting!

I finally had my consultation with my surgeon on April 11th (after waiting 6 months) and everything went well. He told me I'm an excellent candidate for the sleeve, BUT he wants me to lose up to 30 pounds before our next visit to show him I'm motivated and serious about this surgery.

Now, I have no problem with putting in the work because I have been successful before. But after I had my son last year I tried for over 5 months to lose weight. I was going to weight watchers, hiring a personal trainer, had blood work done etc because I only managed to lose 3 pounds!!!!

So my fear is that I won't lose enough in that amount of time and he won't see me again.

Can anyone tell me if starting a shake diet might help? Like maybe having shakes for two meals and then a nice healthy dinner would be safe? I want to lose weight but safely because I will be having surgery in a month after our meeting and want to be as healthy as possible!

Thanks in advance

Sheena :-)

Call and ask for their pre-op diet. I've been doing 1 shake a day with two high Protein low carb meals and under 1000 cals on odd days, 2 shakes with one meal like above and under 800 cals on even and have lost 11.5 pounds in a week.

It's hard, but the reward will be worth it!

i lost 40 lbs in 4 months by drinking one protein shake in the morning around 10 a greek yogurt, a protein shake at lunch, around 3 a protein bar then a low carb dinner. good luck!!

Eliminate soda and pasta/bread/rice that will be a huge help. Increase your protein to 65+ grams of healthy protein.. Eat less calories, work out a bit. Drink lots of water.

Thanks for the replies!

I have decided to do two premier Protein shakes a day and have a lean green supper.

I haven't had pop in 2 weeks and that was the hardest thing ever! Diet Pepsi is my crack... But after the first week it has gotten better and better. I have also managed to drink 70oz of Water a day where I was lucky to have 20z Iol.

I feel better and have noticed I haven't had heart burn in a while and that seemed to plague me every day!

Thanks for the support! Hopefully I will join you guys on the other side in August!

If you haven't already, work on taking smaller bites and chewing each bite 20-30 times each. What'll happen is that you'll eat slower and feel full before you finish your plate (vs the other way around) or you'll get tired of eating before the plate is empty. Eating slower has caused me to not eat at much at each meal and is helping me lose weight. I've lost 30 pounds pre-op.