I am a little bit nervous about the weight I gained after Thanksgiving holiday. I had my last weigh in on 11-19 and did not get approval until 12-11. I called the surgeons office and a rude receptionist told me that my surgeon was booked for the rest of the year. Well, I gained weight after my last real Thanksgiving and have not been able to get any of it off. My surgeon's office called me today to schedule my consultation for 12-17 and I am nervous about how the surgeon will feel about the weight gain. My insurance Anthem does not require weight loss for the surgery. I am freaking out! Should I really be worried about this since I have not yet started my pre op diet? Btw, my surgery is on 12-28.

At this point, having already gained the weight I would say there's no point freaking out. Do your best to lose, but it is what it is right?

Has your surgeon told you to stay at a particular weight?

I'm struck by your choice of words: "my last real Thanksgiving."

You don't have to believe me, but no. It's not.

I have yet to meet my surgeon. This us my first time

It will be okay. Start your pre-op now. My dr prefers that I lose 5% of my body weight before surgery during the preop stage, but it's not required.

My surgery was scheduled for the 23rd, but yesterday it got moved to the 29th due to OR schedules.

Losing some weight is mainly to ensure that your liver shrinks up some for surgery.

Today's a new day, so start fresh! Good luck!

You should be fine. Your surgeon should be understanding as you are undergoing a radical change because you have an issue.

BTW....this was my first "real" thanksgiving. I had turkey, stuffing, and even a small piece of pumpkin pie. Because I didn't stuff myself full, 20 minutes later I was ready to play with the kids again.

VSG is not a death sentence. For me, the surgery forced my mind to adopt to a new normal, and the new normal is frickin wonderful!

So you got approved for surgery before meeting your surgeon? How does that work?

I went to a weight loss center called True Results that helped me fulfill my instance requirements in house instead of going through my pcp. I could not meet my surgeon until I was approved for surgery.

I'm sure that he has seen holiday weight gain before. That said, surgeons are quite variable as to what they expect or want of their patients pre-op. Some are really into pre-op diets and "proving you can do it" efforts while others are not. My doc takes the view that "if we could do it on our own, what do we need him for?" and doesn't go in for any pre-op dieting. YMMV Does your doc even require a pre-op diet, or are you going off of what others here online go through with different docs?

Idk... I won't find out any specifics until tomorrow

I am a little bit nervous about the weight I gained after Thanksgiving holiday. I had my last weigh in on 11-19 and did not get approval until 12-11. I called the surgeons office and a rude receptionist told me that my surgeon was booked for the rest of the year. Well, I gained weight after my last real Thanksgiving and have not been able to get any of it off. My surgeon's office called me today to schedule my consultation for 12-17 and I am nervous about how the surgeon will feel about the weight gain. My insurance Anthem does not require weight loss for the surgery. I am freaking out! Should I really be worried about this since I have not yet started my pre op diet? Btw, my surgery is on 12-28.

I was super nervous too because I gained 15 pounds from my last PCP appt. to approval but then lost 5 of it and went to pre-op today and my surgeon didn't even mention the 10 pound weight gain as a matter of fact he told me to enjoy Christmas and he would see me on the 28th. Anyways, bottom line, I fretted over the weight gain for no reason and my insurance didn't require weight loss either.

Man I wish I would have talked to you before I did this crazy dry fast that I thought would help me cur water weight. Although it worked, I felt like it didn't matter. I had my surgery consultation and pre op class today and everything ran smoothly. My surgery date is also on the 28th and I couldn't be happier...best of luck

Man I wish I would have talked to you before I did this crazy dry fast that I thought would help me cur water weight. Although it worked, I felt like it didn't matter. I had my surgery consultation and pre op class today and everything ran smoothly. My surgery date is also on the 28th and I couldn't be happier...best of luck

I'm curious, what is a dry fast? Also, we need to stay in touch so we can keep up with each others progress and for support since we are going to be sleeve sisters, lol!

Dear sleeve sister, a dry fast is when you do not eat or drink anything for a set period of time. Please don't ever do this...lol...I will definitely keep in touch...my support system is very small...lol

Dear sleeve sister, a dry fast is when you do not eat or drink anything for a set period of time. Please don't ever do this...lol...I will definitely keep in touch...my support system is very small...lol

Don't worry, I won't, lol! My circle is small too. Only my husband and kids know and I just told my mom 2 days ago. I plan on coming out with it to anyone who asks (cause I'm sure folks are bound to ask when I start dropping the weight) but only when I have to. I just don't want any negativity right now

I would just say that at this point, there's not a whole lot you can do to "fix" it. What is done is done. Just go into your appt and be open and honest with the surgeon. There's a chance he might cancel your surgery or post pone it, but I think the better bet is he'll just tell you to go on your liquid diet now and not fret about it. Unfortunately holiday weight gain is a problem that led many of us down this path and the only cure is to not to...which is easier post op.