helloooo

was wondering if everybody had to lose weight before their surgery date .

my date is already set and so far no one has stated that i need to lose a certain amount .

am i the only one ?

I wasn't given any "have to" weight loss goals pre-op, but I did lose 99 pounds (from 397 to 298) during my six-month insurance-required diet program. I wanted to lose as much as I could before the surgery, so I followed a low carb/moderate-to-high protein/high healthy fat lifestyle and started an exercise program. I am so glad I did it. I re-established my relationship with food before the surgery, and I am convinced that the hard work helped with my seamless recovery and continued success post-op.

Good luck!

My program was similar to the one @@blizair09 mentions. We did not have to lose any specific amount, but they did expect us to lose something to demonstrate dedication to the concepts surrounding the surgery. Surgery is a tool, and only one of several needed to make this a success. They also said the more you lose, the quicker recovery would most likely be.

I lost 67 lbs in the four months leading up to my surgery. As far as I am concerned, that was a huge contributing factor to my very rapid and painless recovery. It also showed me, myself, that I was successfully incorporating the other components of the program into my life to make this effort successful.

It is not necessarily the amount of weight you lose though. I think it is the attitude displayed that is more important. I have seen people treat this like a cure all. It is not. It is just one part. Without the others, it will fail.

5%. Not sure if my surgeon required it or my insurance. I'm pretty sure it was my Surgeon because they threaten to cancel if you gain. 12/27

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Insurance required a 6 month supervised diet and surgeon required 5%. I gained a little the week before surgery. They said if I didn't lose at least 10 lbs my surgery would get canceled. I lost it in that week and am now 3 months out

I was told a lady had lost so much weight on the liver shrinking diet,she cancelled her surgery and just continued doing the diet...

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Requirements and recommendations vary among surgeons and medical plans. Have you asked at your practice?

Weighed 350 at start, because of high bp and diabetes, my doctor put me on preop diet 2 months before he would consider doing sleeve. I wasn't given amount I had to lose. Because I wanted sleeve soo bad, I followed the plam and lost 49 lbs in 2 mths. (That's when my surgeon told me he was expecting me to lose only 25 lbs in that time.) I had surgery Oct 3, 2016. Starting weight 350, Surgery weight 301, Current weight 252. I also gained 15 lbs immediately post surgery, from immlamation, fluids and infection, I count that as weight lost so I've lost 100+ lbs.

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