Pre-op Weight Loss

[tamirn 90]

How much weight do you have to or had to lose? ? As for me I haven't met with my surgeon yet but i have to start losing.. it would be much better mentally if i knew exactly how much!!???

[The Candidate 3,215]

I had to lose 10% over six months of classes. I went on to lose more. By the time I got to the surgeon his only requirement was that I don't gain any weight between the consult and surgery, which was a little over a month.

[treblecutie23 318]

At my initial consult before my 6 months insurance required supervised weight loss I had already dropped 52lbs on my own from my HW of 340lbs.

My surgeon asked that I lose an additional 2.5% by the end of the 6 months which only came out to just under 8lbs. ((Thankfully that didn't seem too intimidating!)) It wasn't required by insurance, but I think he more wanted to know that I was willing to put the work in and follow a diet pre op. I dropped 10lbs over the 6 months and he was happy. I'm scheduled for 11/10 and start my 2 week diet 10/26!

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

It varies. I didn't have a pre-op diet of any kind.

[newmebithebypass 713]

I was not required by insurance or by my Surgeon to lose anything but my nutritionist wants me to lose half a pound a week

[itstimealready 180]

I was not required to diet preop but now that I have my date and it's a month away I'm so excited and ready to get started I think I will maybe do hCG and blow off 15 pounds before I have my surgery.

In a way I was thinking these are the last few days that I can gulp Water and eat ridiculous sweets but I've spent a lifetime doing that so I'm kind of over it and very ready for this next journey.

[SalOdyssey 441]

Varies by surgeon and insurance.

[Remmy75 32]

My surgeon required 10 lbs

[Kindle 8,667]

I was self pay but my surgeon required I lose 5% of my total weight on my 2 week preop. That was 12 pounds. I lost 22 instead.

[kinsse 171]

I'm 2yrs n 2mths post op. I never had to lose anything before my surgery, I just had to make sure I didn't gain any from my 6mths pre op Dr visits. I think I may have been 10lbs down though. I am now 110lbs down. I do still have 35lbs to go before my ins. Will cut off the belly fat.

[Dub 10,001]

I was in a program......became frustrated with the shenanigans the insurance company was playing.

I wound up switching to another surgeon-program-hospital due to the insurance company's mandating I go through a "center of excellence".

Turns out to be a great move.

I like everyone in the staff and have responded well to their guidance.

I became very, very frustrated with further bullcrap from the insurance company and chose to self-pay 100%.

This stepped up my timeline considerably......quite considerably......however the surgeon still wanted me to drop 50 lbs minimum. He was adamant about that. At the current rate, I'll exceed that by a good margin.

I agree, though, it does help to have a numerical goal to shoot for.....with incremental goals, too. I helps drive behaviors in a helpful way.

Best wishes. You've got this.

[joatsaint 2,814]

My doc didn't set an exact weight to lose pre-op.

I was on his fast-track program and only had to do a 1 week diet.

Once I was approved for surgery, completed all the tests, and got my surgery date,

1 week was all the time I had before being sleeved.

I managed to lose 10lbs.

First appt. with doc - Dec 7th 2012... Sleeved and released on Dec 27th 2012.

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