Is anyone else having difficulties sticking to a diet during the before stages of surgery? And I mean a diet before the liquid diet?

I have been struggling. It's a roller coaster ride for me. I will do really well for a while then hit a bump in the road. The bump this time has been Easter sweets.

I am 9 weeks out from WLS and need to lose 8 more lbs. I am really struggling with this.. I lose 2 and gain 2.. I m not sure I will be able to lose the last 8 lbs. I am supposed to have it off by mid May. Anyone else struggling with this or have struggled in the past???

I am waiting for my operation date but this is what I worry about or events that come up while your on your pre op diet.Whats is everyone's pre op diet.So many people have different diets.

1 hour ago, Lillie Lou said:

I am 9 weeks out from WLS and need to lose 8 more lbs. I am really struggling with this.. I lose 2 and gain 2.. I m not sure I will be able to lose the last 8 lbs. I am supposed to have it off by mid May. Anyone else struggling with this or have struggled in the past???

Me! In January my surgeon told me I had to lose 10 pounds before I could have the surgery. But he agreed to schedule me for it with the understanding I would work on it. Well, I was waiting for my surgery date and I really struggled. I lost the same five pounds like three times and still didn't have a date. When I finally got my date (which is May 22) in late March I realized I had to get serious because I knew that if I showed up at my pre op not having lost the ten pounds after having FIVE MONTHS to do it there was no way he'd move forward. So I have been trying my absolute best the last few weeks and I've managed to drop eight of the ten pounds. So I have about three more weeks to lose the last two. Doable!

I've been drinking mostly shakes or protein soups with a dinner of lean protein and veggies about like every other night--LOTS of water--and it's basically been working. My thing in the past has been to give up when I hit the tiniest stall or plateau but not this time, I managed to mostly stick to it despite being frustrated and the scale was not moving and lo and behold yesterday I just dropped two more pounds after being stuck for like a week.

I would say just don't quit and lose as much as you can in the time you have. Hopefully if you can show progress your doc will look favorably on you. You can do it!!!!

The thing is I don't need to lose weight for my insurance to do the surgery. And I feel like then I'm just eating whatever bc I won't be able to have it after the surgery.

Honestly I did pretty horrible on my preop diet but still got to have my surgery. I had several last meals. I also didn't have to jump through insurance hoops and had lost a good amount of weight before I came to see my doctor. Everything went well. Try to stay on diet the last week or so. I'm crazy committed to my diet now. Good luck!