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My goal is to get down to pre quit smoking weight of 274.5. Today was 277. Then have to work on the 10 pounds surgeon wants me to lose prior to surgery

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I have to lose 15lb too. I have until Oct 24, that my pre op appt and surgery on the 30th. My appt with dietician isn't til Oct 4 so trying to follow a diet my scheduler gave me. Not going that well but I'm determine to get it done. I have to. I started back at the gym so hopefully that will help. I'm going to try the full liquid diet on my own before my appt. We can do it. Do you have a deadline?

hi seiko my deadline is november but im trying to do it now if i got to my nutritionist and i habe lost the 15 pounds i dont have to keep going every 2 weeks to weigh my self

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What timeframe are you looking at? For me, the Protein shakes from costco three times per day plus lots of Water worked great. I lost about 25-30 lbs in about 15 days (pre-op period).

Highest: 420 lbs, Now: 380.3 lbs. OpDate: 8/17/12. On 4th day of 2-week all-liquid dt. Place: Cleveland Clinic, Weston, FL.

i have until the first week of november thank you for suggestion

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I lost about 12 before my surgery but substituting 1 meal a day with a Protein shake and the other meals were Protein based...kinda like Atkins but, without the high fat meats.

I had eggs in the morning, a shake for lunch and then a smaller portion at dinner but, ate the protein first. Kinda like we have to do after surgery really. If I felt I needed a snack I had lowfat cheese sticks, a yogurt or an apple or cutie orange.

i have to try this :)

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I was on a full liquid diet the week before and lost 11 pounds and then clear the day before surgery.

Has your doctor given you any pre op info or scheduled you for a seminar?

i did my seminar and my surgery is dic 12 im excited

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My Dr doesn't require a pre-op diet but does expect you to lose weight prior to surgery. Have to lose 20 lbs. I actually wish there was a pre op diet because I'm in that same awful familiar cycle of dieting. I'm thinking of starting Protein shakes as at least one Meal Replacement now (no surgery date yet) and increasing that to 2 meals later...maybe all three. Thoughts?

great thinking starting slow and then increasing it i like that im going to try it myself..

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    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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