Does anyone know why we have to lose 8 to 10 pounds before the surgery? If you do not lose it will they not do the surgery? I am having a hard time losing the weight and my surgery is next wed. Help!:confused2:

at my seminar they explained that you need to lose that weight because otherwise the liver gets too heavy and they have a hard time holding the liver away from the stomach. If your surgery is wednesday, start an all liquid diet now...you'll be down by wednesday!

thank you I will start it now

goodluck!!!

Hi, My DR told me to go on an all liquid (optifast) diet for two weeks prior to the surgery. He said that if I shrank the liver the surgery would be quicker and then my recovery would be easier.

So I have been on this all liquid, very low cal diet. My surgery is next week on Tuesday and I've lost 20pds. My hope is when the Dr looks in me, he will see a small liver!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, Moonshadow, are you saying you've lost 20 pounds in just one week...impressive!

Do you drink soda? for me that's what did it! i only drank one a day, a regular pepsi, I gave it up cold turkey and within a week i had lost 6 lbs by just cutting out the one pepsi! plus you really can't have it once your banded so you might as well try to get rid of that now! I had to lose 10 lbs for my surgery so then for the other 4 lbs I stopped snacking, ate meals at the same time everyday and water, water, water!