I'm so new to this and I'm still in the process of getting my testing done. I don't even have a date yet! But I know I have to lose weight before hand and I was wondering if anyone had any advice.

Thanks

Edited August 27, 201412 yr by MiniMiss

Hi begin walking and replacing all drinks with Water. Congrats on you being healthy. Keep us posted. Make sure you begin looking at labels and limit your carbs, sweets, and breads

Some people might disagree with me on this, but I am taking prescription diet pills on the advice of my doctor to jump start things. I've tried repeatedly for years on my own to lose weight and was making absolutely no progress at all. With these, I've lost almost 20 lbs in the past month and a half and hope to keep losing until my surgery. Along with them, I am journaling everything using MyFitnessPal and trying to make a lot better choices. The pills help control my appetite enough that I can do that as well as speed up my metabolism so all my good efforts show results. I would never want to take them long term, not even for more than 3 months, but they've been helpful now.

Edited to add: I would not suggest taking anything over the counter or without total support of your doctor, including herbal stuff that you don't know how it will affect you. This is not a time to risk adding new symptoms that could delay your surgery.

Edited August 27, 201412 yr by ready2B

My preop diet for 2 weeks was basically protein shakes, totaling between 700 to 800 calories per day. That would be a good start. You could start that any time. I would also try to ween yourself off caffeine if you can. The headache after surgery for me was bad and i attributed it to caffeine withdrawal.

I am making better choices in my eating regime for now. I don't have a date yet either. All I have left is my psych eval..& I am good to go...I don't eat anything 'white' bread,flour, sugar etc. I also eat NO potatos of any kind. Nothing fried, only baked..& water lots & lots of water, oh! & I also add lemon juice to my water...good luck hon in your loss.

Thank you all so much I'm in culinary school so I'm in the kitchen all the time. I bring snacks and stick to the vegetables and meat. I'm losing so slow! Only three pounds this month but I guess a loss is a loss

Culinary school is a really difficult time to lose weight. I speak from experience. At the CIA I gained a freshman fifty instead of a freshman fifteen! The only people in my class who lost or maintained their weight were the ones who exercised consistently. I was more interested in partying than sweating, and the stress plus food what made me go from simply overweight to seriously obese. I've been fighting to get back on track for the last seven years.

I love school and cooking but the end of class is really overwhelming with all the foods and temptations. I did a mostly liquid diet this weekend and I've lost 2 pounds which I'm happy with

Most programs although want you to lose weight they are more concerned with you being able to make the changes it takes.. eating slowly, chew chew chew, 5 or 6 small planned meals, protein first, sugar free, no drinking half hour before or after your meals... making these changes now will help you lose and make it much easier after.. keep positive!!