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I am on day 5 of the pre-op diet and lost 6 lbs so far. I am a little upset because I didn't lose any between day 4 and 5 whereas I lost 2 lbs a day on days 1-3. My dr's office said most people average 12-15 lbs lost while on their pre-op diet.

How much did you lose?

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I am on day 4 of 7 of my pre op diet and have lost 4-6lbs (my scale is not very consistant). My doctor said his people usually lose 8-12lbs. I am also due to have my period anytime so I am hoping that is part of it. I seem to lose weight at a snails pace so I don't know why I am surprised. Good luck to you with your surgery.

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im on day 10 out of my 14 day pre op diet, ive lost 14lbs so far, not lost anything past 3 days due to TOM..hopefully next 3-4 days i will lose more

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On day 10 of my pre-op diet, I've lost over 17 pounds. I am being banded on Monday and will be very glad to see the next phase start.

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I was on pre-op diet for two weeks and loss 20 pounds..

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I lost ten pounds on the pre-op diet, which I think I started 10 days before surgery.

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I'm on day 11 of 14 and lost at least 15 (that was on Tuesday, I haven't weighed myself since, I don't own a scale). I'm guessing it'll be about 20 by Tuesday's surgery.

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I'm 9 days into my pre-op diet and lost 10 pounds!!! :-) I couldn't believe it when I stepped on the scale this morning!

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Yes, Jimmielou, I was mostly drinking Slim Fast low carb, diluted by 1/4 c skim milk (I didn't like it so thick). I also had soup/stew (without the meat and potatos, I could have the non-starchy veggies like carrots and onions). I also drank a can of V8 each day to fill me up as a snack. I lost 18 pounds on 2 weeks pre-op (had surgery yesterday and just got home). Doing well, but sore and trying to burp away all the gas.

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wow, i'm so envious of all of you. I've been on my pre-op for a couple weeks and i've only lost 6lbs. I've got PCOS and a thyroid problem, so no doubt that's playing a role. still got a month to go, so hopefully i'll lose what i need to.

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Can you guys all tell me what you are using for your preop diet? You are all losing so much weight so fast. I have to lose 30 pounds by 2/20 and just started yesterday on the preop because I have to lose so much - I am doing 2 Atkins shakes a day - very low carb and a plain grilled chicken breast and brocolli for dinner - nothing added - I just can't swallow 5 shakes per day - they make me gag after a while? Any help much appreciated. They want me to do all shakes and I can't stomach it - but need this weight to come so badly - should I skip the chicken breast and brocolli and add another shake?

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    • Alisa_S

      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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    • Alisa_S

      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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      1. summerseeker

        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.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        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.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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