Hi everyone...i have my sleeve surgery date set for feb 4th..and i was wondering how much weight everyone lost during this time period? Im terrified that i won't lose enough for the surgery. So far i have lost 11 pounds and its hard..i hope im not this hungry in the weeks after surgery! Definitely feeling nervous but also excited for this journey to start

Trust me when I tell you you WILL NOT be very hungry the first few weeks post-op. Eating will feel like a chore that you have to do on a timer. You may crave the feeling that your comfort foods once gave you, but that is NOT hunger.

As for how much you should/will lose on your pre-op diet? I don't think anyone here can answer that for you, since every one seems to have pretty drastically different pre-op diets. I personally had a very restrictive two week pre-op diet and lost about 11 pounds.

If there is a certain amount of required weight loss, your surgeon or nutritionist should have informed you of that. Mine did not have a number. The only requirement was that you couldn't weigh more when you got to the hospital than you did when you went in for your pre-op physical. I started the liquids on Wednesday night, had my physical on Friday, and when I got to the hospital for surgery the following Wednesday was down 5 pounds! The liquid diet for a week was not bad. After surgery it was tough getting an ounce of Water down. I absolutely had no interest in having anything for weeks. It made it easier to follow the liquid diet after surgery!