I just want to get an idea of what is typical. How much did you lose? Did you cheat at all? Also what is your bmi? I am on day 11 and I've lost 3 pounds. I have stuck to the program, no cheating. My current BMI is 39.

I lost 10 pounds and was on the pre-op diet for two weeks. BMI was 41 or 42?

I should have included that I did not cheat. I figured it was a good time to get used to following my instructions from the surgeon, as I'd be doing that for the rest of my life.

My BMI when I started the 6 month Dr monitored diet was 36. If I'd lost a point, I'd have not qualified even with 10 years of Hi BP (on 3 meds and only partly controlled), Hi cholesterol, asthma and being pre-diabetic. In my attempt to "not" lose, I gained about 7 pounds, (the statin they put me on then could have contributed to some of that). Anyway, it didn't matter for my insurance. All they wanted was the hoop to be jumped through, not results and my PCP knew exactly why I wasn't losing. Lost the 7 (and then some) I'd gained in the month pre-op AFTER I was approved, for livershrink and another 80 or so after surgery. No more meds, no more asthma, no more hi bp, cholesterol or sugars.

I started with a BMI of 40. Surgeon wanted me to lose 5% before surgery which would have been 12 pounds. I started my 2 weeks preop diet 2 days early and ended up losing 22 pounds in 16 days on 3 shakes/day and unlimited greens. Made it through 2 Christmas parties, a birthday party and a funeral without a single cheat.

About 25 lbs! It was glorious and the pre-op was awesome on so many levels.

I'm on day 4 of 14 and I've already lost 6.5 lbs with no cheating. My BMI was 37 at my last appt.

I'm on day 8 of 14 and down 11 pounds so far.

I'm on day 8 of 14 and down 11 pounds so far.

Wow to all of you! What is your pre-op diet plan?

My surgeon has people eat 1400 calories a day beforehand. I'm not sure if the two weeks right before the surgery are liquid like so many others, but I don't think so. I'm eating around 1200-1300 calories a day and have only lost 5 pounds in two weeks. I hope to have my surgery in early May, and I want to lose as much as possible before then.

8lbs but everyone's diffrent

I weighed myself this morning and Ive lost about 8lbs im on day 7 of my 14 day prep diet. My docter has me on a 800 cal. Diet which consists of 5 protein drinks a day and I can have 2 sf popsicles and 1 sf jello cup along with broth. (Liquid diet) I did cheat on day 5 and I had a Wendys small chile, I still stayed under my calories for the day but I will say the scale went up a few oz that next morning (I think I had aalot of sodium that day) and its not on my approved list of food for preop my starting BMI 41-42