Hi Everyone! Im pre-op and set for surgery Dec 5th. Im excited but nervous at the same time. Dr. Hess (in Boston) is doing my surgery. Im more worried about excess skin and not being able to loose the wt after surgery. Right now Im around 265 (on a good day) and hoping to get down to about 150.

It took me over two years to decide what to do. I have tried so many different diets and nothing worked. I once lost 30lbs on my own and gained it all back and then some. Weight Watchers worked for a while until I just stopped loosing weight. I got annoyed at all the work I was putting into it with no results.

My entire life I have always been overweight and I just hate it. I want to be able to walk with out getting out of breath, shop somewhere other than Lane Bryant, not have to adjust my shirt everytime I sit or stand, and not have knee pain. Im just sick of being fat!!

Im still having some trouble loosing the pre-op wt requirement. I have to loose about 10 more pounds before surgery and they are just not coming off easy. Any suggestions?

Thanks for listening!

Hi Amerdoodles!

Congratulations on your surgery in December! Does you doctor have you on a specific pre-op diet or did he/she tell you to do it however you want?

He does not have a specific diet to follow. I have a post-op diet. My doc just said that he wants to see if we can loose it on our own before surgery.

I'm not a huge fan of low-carb, personally, because I like carbs too much, but it does work. I think it would work good for you since you only have 10 lbs to lose. Once I lost 50 lbs doing low-carb, so it works, but for me it is not something I would want to follow the rest of my life. Good luck and hope everything goes well for you!