I Jus started mine....

Any good pointers as to how to divide it up in a day to stay full??

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Good Luck To Anyone Else Starting Thiers!!!!!

I assume you are on a pre-op diet? I didn't have to do one myself, but I think a good tip would be to start eating 5 small meals a day - Breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner. That is what you will need to do after surgery anway, so it might help to go ahead and get in that habit. Plus it will keep you from getting so hungry, if you are eating every few hours. Good luck!

I assume you are on a pre-op diet? I didn't have to do one myself' date=' but I think a good tip would be to start eating 5 small meals a day - Breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner. That is what you will need to do after surgery anway, so it might help to go ahead and get in that habit. Plus it will keep you from getting so hungry, if you are eating every few hours. Good luck![/quote']

Yea.. it's a preop diet.

Thank u for the tip!!!!

I will def do that.

Have u had surgery yet?

If so how far out are u an how did it surgery go???

I had surgery 8/13. I've lost 27 lbs. I'm slow, which can be frustrating, but I've never lost this much before, so Im trying to stay positive. Surgery went fine, I had no complications. The hardest part for me was getting all the liquid down - Im not a big Water drinker anyway, so it was super hard to drink all that in one day.. but Im 8 weeks out now and drinking and eating "regularly**" and feeling great. Another tip for after surgery is have everything bought before you go - bottles of water (if that's what you drink), Protein - I used Isopure clear protein -40g per bottle). I didn't really have everything I needed and ended up having friends and family bring me stuff.

**everything I eat seems to go down just fine, but I stick to high Proteins and low carbs like a good girl

I had surgery 8/13. I've lost 27 lbs. I'm slow' date=' which can be frustrating, but I've never lost this much before, so Im trying to stay positive. Surgery went fine, I had no complications. The hardest part for me was getting all the liquid down - Im not a big Water drinker anyway, so it was super hard to drink all that in one day.. but Im 8 weeks out now and drinking and eating "regularly**" and feeling great. Another tip for after surgery is have everything bought before you go - bottles of water (if that's what you drink), Protein - I used ISOPURE clear protein -40g per bottle). I didn't really have everything I needed and ended up having friends and family bring me stuff.

**everything I eat seems to go down just fine, but I stick to high Proteins and low carbs like a good girl[/quote']

That's good news that all went well.

Wow... 27lbs. That's awesome!

Keep up the good work.

Thanks for all the Feed Back!

Wher can u buy the ISOPURE??

I bought it at The Vitamin Shoppe or GNC. They are kind of expensive $4-5, but it was the easiest way to get down the Protein.

I bought it at The Vitamin Shoppe or GNC. They are kind of expensive 4-5' date=' but it was the easiest way to get down the Protein.

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Ok.. thank you.

I'm submitting to insurance this month and hoping I don't have to do a supervised diet for 6 months. If I lose even 5 pounds, I will not be in the 40BMI range anymore, and with no co-morbids, I will be denied for sure!

I can lose 20 or so pounds, but never more than that. I'm so scared they're going to make me do this, and then deny me afterwards.

I'm submitting to insurance this month and hoping I don't have to do a supervised diet for 6 months. If I lose even 5 pounds' date=' I will not be in the 40BMI range anymore, and with no co-morbids, I will be denied for sure!

I can lose 20 or so pounds, but never more than that. I'm so scared they're going to make me do this, and then deny me afterwards.[/quote']

In my opinion... if u are wher u need to be as in bmi (for surgery) u shouldn't be required to lose weight.... they should Jus do the surgery. As for me where my bmi is extremely high...yes.

I agree with the diet to make things safer. It makes no sense as in ur case that as long as ur bmi meets requirement to have the surgery an it's consider in the "safe" range why they jus can't do it. I see a lot of this type question on here An it makes no sense.....

Good luck!!! Keep us posted.