I'm a little more than halfway through my preop liquid diet (sleeve scheduled for December 16th!) and I'm concerned that I'm not losing any weight. My surgeon recommended Bariatric Advantage shakes, along with Clear liquids. I do 3 of the shakes a day (his recommendation) along with Water, broth, sugar free Jello, and sugar free power aid. I've only lost 1 pound since starting the preop diet. Is this normal? I'm terrified that my liver will not have shrunk enough and he won't be able to do my surgery. Am I worrying too much?

Everyone is different. When I went to a support group, I met a woman who was getting the Bypass. Two weeks after her surgery, we all had another support group, and the woman who had the Bypass hadn't lost a single pound. She was doing everything correctly, and she was so confused as to why she wasn't losing weight. But a month later after that, I met up with her again, and she had lost over 40 pounds. Your body is probably in, what I like to call, "pioneer mode". Right now, your body is probably in a slight panic because it's not used to this new way of eating. It's trying to hold onto every last calorie that it can because it thinks that it's starving. You can't pull your body aside and say, "Hey look, calm down. You're allowed lose weight, because I'm just changing things. Don't worry, you're not dying." Lol.

Make sure you tell your surgeon about your concern and see what he/she thinks.

Thanks so much! I have lost another pound, so I've calmed myself down some. Those shakes seem to have more Fiber in them than I was getting before, so that may have been part of the issue as well. That aspect of things seems to be better, or at least more like what I was expecting so I'm thinking it will be better these last few days. Thanks again!

Thanks so much! I have lost another pound, so I've calmed myself down some. Those shakes seem to have more fiber in them than I was getting before, so that may have been part of the issue as well. That aspect of things seems to be better, or at least more like what I was expecting so I'm thinking it will be better these last few days. Thanks again!

That's great! I lost 9 pounds in a week while on the liquid diet, only to gain back every single pound from being on an IV while in the hospital, lol! I'm telling you, everyone's body is different. When I weighed 255, my blood work was fine. Now that I've lost 60 pounds, my liver enzymes are elevated (which usually indicates fatty liver disease from being obese). I mean, what in the world?! Haha.

Keep us updated on how things go!

It's all relative. Just follow your surgeon's directive to the letter. The rest will take care of itself.

Good luck!

I just quit weighing with the exception of once a month because the scale makes me crazy! I track, I exercise moderately, and I focus on NSV'S. scales are evil! I'm almost one month out so I will be weighing soon. Scary!!

Thanks everyone for the replies. My surgery is tomorrow and I've now lost 5 or 6 pounds while on the liquid diet. I was expecting closer to 10 but we will see what the final number is in the morning I suppose. I'm not freaking out about not losing weight anymore, lol! I'm nervous now about surgery in general, but I'm sure it will all go well!

On 12/15/2016 at 1:59 PM, lisan82 said:

Thanks everyone for the replies. My surgery is tomorrow and I've now lost 5 or 6 pounds while on the liquid diet. I was expecting closer to 10 but we will see what the final number is in the morning I suppose. I'm not freaking out about not losing weight anymore, lol! I'm nervous now about surgery in general, but I'm sure it will all go well!

I came here looking to see if anyone else had this issue. I lost 55 lbs. before the liquid diet and have only lost 3 lbs with these 3 shakes, water, sugar free jello, and broth. Still getting my 10k steps a day but dont have the energy to do my 2 mile walk to get my heart rate up. Surgery is Friday - Dec. 22. Going to try to push hard these next two days.

I am so happy for you! Please let us know how your surgery went? How are YOU doing? Wishing you the best of luck!