I have lost 50 lbs in the 7-8 months I've been preparing for surgery, although only a few pounds on the actual pre-op diet. I have read that this will make my weight loss slower or less after surgery.

If you lost a lot (like about a third of what you want to lose) before surgery, did you lose slowly or less out of surgery? I have set my goal at 150, but ideally I'd like to get to a "normal" BMI below 140, but I'll see what feels good when I get there. My surgery center said I can expect to get to about 170-180, which is pretty depressing.

On 9/19/2021 at 2:01 AM, Squidgy101 said:

What did you try for constipation? The hospital gave me lactulose which doesn’t seem to be doing much, it’s day 5 for me today. The pain for me seems to be in two places - in the middle of my chest and after I’ve had a drink and it lands in my stomach. Hoping it starts to get easier as this is pretty rough.

The hospital prescribed senna and a stool softener. When I hadn't had a BM after a week, they suggested a laxative suppository and miralax. I did both and had a BM a half hour after the suppository. I am now doing miralax every day plus the senna and stool softener. I just started magnesium citrate and will stop the senna and stool softener as they were only prescribed for two weeks. The hospital suggested I needed to increase my fluids and I've now been able to get above 64 oz of fluids the last few days and it's been better. I'm trying to get more activity too, but my incision hurts when I walk.

Good luck!

My surgeon put me on a 10 day pre-op. I lost 10 lbs. plus 24 lbs since surgery, 34 total so far. Props to all of you. I don't know how you all could handle a long pre-op. I thought I was going to die in those 10 days.

7 hours ago, Tomo said:

My surgeon put me on a 10 day pre-op. I lost 10 lbs. plus 24 lbs since surgery, 34 total so far. Props to all of you. I don't know how you all could handle a long pre-op. I thought I was going to die in those 10 days.

My pre-op diet was only 14 days. However, when I decided I wanted to pursue bariatric surgery, I decided to practice a semi-bariatric diet of lower carb, higher protein, and I ended up losing almost 50 lbs before the pre-op diet started. I only lost a few pounds on the pre-op diet.

32 minutes ago, lizonaplane said:

My pre-op diet was only 14 days. However, when I decided I wanted to pursue bariatric surgery, I decided to practice a semi-bariatric diet of lower carb, higher Protein, and I ended up losing almost 50 lbs before the pre-op diet started. I only lost a few pounds on the pre-op diet.

I bet you didn’t lose as much as many of us on pre op because you had already lost the water weight from dieting.