For those of you who did a Protein shake preop diet (whether is was only shakes and Water, or shakes and one meal) can you tell me how long you were on that diet and how much weight you lost in that time frame?

Just curious mostly...THANK YOU!!!!

I lost 20lbs in six weeks doing the shakes for each meal with salad as a back up. Also used miso soup as a snack when needed.

Checked weight today on day 6 of my home cooked chicken soups, salads + 1 pc of chicken in soup per meal - lost 6 kilos! Loads of water + 2 cups of tea daily. Surgeon happy! Hiatus Hernia repair + sleeve scheduled for 7th morning.

Edited January 4, 201412 yr by Bawaji

Congrats on losing 6 kilos!! And good luck on your up coming surgery keep us updated on your progress!!

My Dr has my husband and me on "optifast" liquid diet for two weeks. It consists of 4 Protein shakes one cup of soup made with a powder and one Protein Bar. We are allowed 3 servings of sf jell-o and sf popsicles. We also get all the Water, decaf tea/coffee we want! It has taken all the guess work out of what we can and can not eat. It's a little tough but I don't have hunger pains, just head hunger. This is just to shrink the fatty liver and we will lose weight but there was no set "must" amount. Good Luck!