:frown:I have already been pre-aproved for surgery 8/20 and received my packet from doctors specifying pre-admission testing, doctor clearances & instructions for liquid diet. I knew that I would need to be on a liquid diet for at least 2 weeks before surgery but when I kept reading on I realized that they wanted you to be 15-20lbs lighter than first consult weight. The problems for me is that my consult was back in Nov. 07 and I didn't seriously start thinking about lap band until March 08. Now I have gained 15lbs more than my consult weight from November and that means I now have to lose at least 35lbs. How do I do that....complete liquid diet for as long as one month. How the !@#$%% do I do that! I guess I had it coming! So I need to drink at least 5-6 of these Medi-Fast protein drinks which runs about $15 a day x four weeks which is about $450. I'm going to need the whole Vatican to get through this.

i don't think you'll have to lose 35 pounds in 2 weeks.... that's way too unhealthy. they just want you to lose as much weight as you can on the liquid diet so it helps them during surgery by shrinking the liver to make it easier to install the band. go by your march weigh in weight.

i'm not going to lie though... the pre-op diet is VERY difficult especially since you know you still can eat if you want. the 2-4 week post-op diet isn't much easier.

i don't know how much weight you have to lose but my BMI was relatively low and i have less than 100 pounds to lose. i failed miserably at my liquid diet. i actually gained 3 pounds! it was a stupid risk to take but too late to change now.

be strong!

Thanks! They actually told me to start my liquid diet after we get back from vacation which will be July 21st until Aug 19. But husband agrees with you and said that what if I went for my consult in March, then they would have to go by that weight. I'm just worried that they may cancel my surgery if I don't lose the weight. I know liquid diet will be hard since I still have a hubby and two little ones to feed. And guess who needs to do the cooking.

I am having surgery tomorrow. The diet for me was good but I stayed really busy. My hubby was the greatest, he would not eat around me and I would walk in another room when he ate. I lost 18 pounds on the pre-op diet and I have a very clean house LOL..Good Luck

Ha ha ha ha...that sounds like me when I quite smoking 2yrs ago. I had a great clean house and it was around the holidays so I decorated the house inside and out by myself. Good luck tomorrow. I think I'm just going to do the best I can and maybe try doing diet for 3 wks or so. I'm just worried about hunger pains....hope they won't be so bad.