I had my initial consultation yesterday. My insurance doesn't require any special preop diet or anything, so I was given a surgery date of 9/21 (yaayyy!) Now for the not so great part... I had wanted RNY over the sleeve, but my dr told me he may not be able to do it due to my weight (I was 435 by their scale). He did say he could do the sleeve instead, but my chances would be better for RNY if I could loose 30-50lbs. He put me on a diet of egg and toast for breakfast, a healthy choice,smart ones etc for lunch and the same for dinner along with 80oz of water a day. He swears that this diet will get me down about 50lbs by surgery if I follow it to a T. I have a few reservations about this, one being all the sodium in those boxed type meals and the other being that I have hypothyroidism. Has anyone else had any luck following a similar diet plan let alone following it with hypothyroidism? I do take my synthroid so my levels are technically managed well, but I have never been able to lose more than 20lbs on any diet. Any insight would be appreciated.

My surgeon had me drinking Protein shakes for breakfast and lunch, then lean cuisine for dinner to get my weight down quick. It wasn't fun, and prob wouldn't be good for a long period, but you are in this for your long term health... I went along with him, lost almost 50 and had my rny done. I also have hypothyroidism and weighed similar to you to start

If you wanna chat let me know... anything I can be helpful with I'm here in the end, trust yourself and trust the process. .

Thank you for the input. So far, it seems to be working fairly well.. I am down 20lbs in 2 weeks.

The pre-op diet my surgeon uses and that the NUT gave me was pretty much the same as what your doctor is saying. I was to drink a Protein shake for breakfast or eat eggs, have either 3 oz of lean protein and a salad or a WW or Lean Cuisine meal with a salad. Same for dinner.

The deal with the Lean Cuisine was that it had to have at least 30 grams of protein and be under 300 calories.

@@hockeyfan7 - 30g of protein? I wasn't aware that LC had anything with that much protein. Which ones are you eating?

I would go see a different doctor. Sorry, but nope.

Sorry - that was 20 grams of Protein, not 30 for the Lean Cuisine. But they have some new ones labeled as high protein. I haven't checked them out yet.

So..... My my humble opinion says that if you tell your doctor you really do NOT want to eat processed foods and you'd prefer to make your own meals while staying within the calories/protein/fat/carbs of the meals he prescribes, he would be thrilled.

I have been known to grab a Lean Cuisine if I am in a pickle, but I am RARELY in a pickle since my WLS. I am NOT going to waste my precious room on highly processed, fake food. Protein, veggies and complex carbs can be had with a bit of effort, the frozen option just makes it easier.

Talk to your doctor, I am sure he would understand your desire to change his plan a bit.