Dr is sending me to a dietician to put me on a diet before if God willing they approve my surgery and my husband doesn't get laid off. Anyways has anyone lost 20+ lbs being on their diet? Also, my biggest fear is getting denied surgery or my husband getting laid off and losing our insurance. Did yall find the whole process beneficial and rewarding in helping your weight loss goals?

If your requirement was similar to mine (liquid diet for 2 weeks) -- even with some exercise I think that could be difficult. Do you have to lose 20lbs to get accepted for it? I wasn't able to stick to the liquid diet strictly for 2 weeks, and cheated some.

I was able to lose 13 lbs in 10 days on the liquid diet required by my surgeon. I never cheated once, it is too important to shrink your fatty liver before this surgery.

Also I did lose another 15 lbs in the 6 months supervised diet just by changing some bad habits.

Trust me when I tell you it is all well worth it. If you stay on track with all your appointments it may help with the lay off thing as well.

I was laid off right smack in the middle of my 6 month supervised diet but thankfully was given a severance package that extended my insurance so I was able to get it all done on time.

You must be on top of all your appointments and doing what you are supposed to. If you want it bad enough you can make it happen.

That time goes by very very fast.

I lost 15 pounds in the liquid diet. I found it very helpful mentally. I learned a lot about why I ate. I am now only a week post op and I think had I not done the 2 weeks pre op it would be much harder. Pre op I told myself I couldn't have solid food and now post op I don't have much issues with telling myself no. Hope that makes sense.

I started my journey on 4/16. When I was weighed on 6/26, I lost a total of 20 lbs. This was mainly due to a lot of dietary changes over that period of time: no fast food, limiting carbs, increasing protein, removing sugar. Once I get a surgery date, I need to go on a 2 week liquid diet. I'm told I can lose another 10-15 lbs during this time. From what I am told, the more weight I lose before surgery makes the surgery go that much easier. If that is what I need to do to make the surgeon's job easier, I am going to do it!

I list 20 lbs on the liquid diet. It was worth every bit of it because it gave me the will power to get through those first few weeks.