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How much did you loose before Surgery?

AudsMom

How much did you loose before surgery?  

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  1. 1. How much did you loose before surgery?

    • 5% of Starting Body Weight
      6
    • 10% of Starting Body Weight
      5
    • 15% of Starting Body Weight
      2
    • 20% of Starting Body Weight
      0
    • 25% of Starting Body Weight
      0
    • 30% of Starting Body Weight
      0
    • 35% of Starting Body Weight
      0
    • 40% of Starting Body Weight
      0
    • 45% of Starting Body Weight
      0
    • 50% or more of your Starting Body Weight .
      0

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AudsMom    2

AudsMom
Posted (edited)

I was wondering how much total weight did you loose before your surgery date??

Edited to add: I know a lot of us new pre op band-sters, are worried about loosing too much, or not enought and what not.. So just wondering what you did.

ALL votes are private just so you know:)

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Florida Pete    1

Florida Pete
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From January until the day before surgery I had lost about 15% of my total weight that I need to lose. I had a high BMI to start off with so even after my weight loss I am still over a 40 BMI. No biggy to me cause I will get down to what I plan!

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mammanan    0

mammanan
Posted

You may want to add 0% to your poll...

I was required to do 6 month supervised diet.. lost less than 5 lbs... worked on behaviors...

My 1 month "bandiversary"was yesterday and I am down 30#!!

YEAH!!!

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TQUAD64    9

TQUAD64
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I lost 10 pounds pre-op. And 20 post op. Was banded 11/11/08

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Band_Groupie    3

Band_Groupie
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You may want to add 0% to your poll...

I was required to do 6 month supervised diet.. lost less than 5 lbs... worked on behaviors...

Ditto adding a 0/few pounds. I believe (confirming at my appt.) I can't gain, but I'm not supposed to lose much either; wondering how many others got that advice.

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luluc    6

luluc
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how about gained as a choice?

started out at 193 when first met surgeon - no pre op diet and was an even 200lbs day of surgery..

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sil    0

sil
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not banded yet january 13th surgery date.have lost40lbs so far hoping to maintain.

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gentylwind    1

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I didn't even lose 5%. I lost 6.6 lbs from a weight of 242ish at my surgical consultation to 236ish on my surgery day. Been going strong since though, following the postop plan very strictly and enjoying life a lot.

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Bethanyblondie    0

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I am in month three of my 6 month supervised diet, and I've lost some weight, and now I've gained a few pounds over the holidays...but overall am still down a couple of pounds from my beginning weight. I think most of all the insurance companies want you to just fulfill the requirement of 6 months with doc visits to show your dedication to a lifestyle change. My insurance doesn't say any certain amount is required to be lost before the 6 months is up. But, I am trying to learn something in this six months, so I do hope to lose about 10% of my body weight by the time the 6 months is up. Just a thought!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

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