I am getting the Realize band August 28th in Atlanta. My doc has placed me on a 2 week low carb diet. No liquids. Is this because of teh Realize band? ANyone else??

I am scheduled to be banded on 23 September with the Allegan lapband system. I too am supposed to start a low carb (basically Atkins) diet 2 weeks before the surgery. I am not required to be on a strict, liquids only type diet, just no more than 40 grams of carbs per day for 2 weeks. I am such a carb fiend tho, this will be an interesting time for me. I find it so interesting that there is such a wide variety of pre-op plans out there.

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I cannot have more than 20 grams a day! eek! It's been going pretty good, though. Salads, bacon/eggs etc.. Nothing like what the liquid folks are going through. ; )

I've been doing a low carb diet for about 3 monthes now. I decided to go with the LapBand process but have stuck on the diet until I'm told weather or not I'm going to be banded and weather my Doctor wants me to stop eating low carb.

I have lost around 45 lbs in the last 3 monthes by only eating 20-30 carbs a day. The first week was the tough but after that the cravings for carbs go away.

Good Luck!

I'm going thru Kaiser and they have a 1200 cal pre op diet we are all suppose to follow - full of carbs! I stuck to it diligently for 2 weeks and gained 4lbs - what the heck is that all about. so my surgeon told me to cut out all the carbs - no milk, no fruit - nada! anyway, I've lost 34lbs since 6/1 doing low carb. Good luck!

I am on a low carb diet for the 2 weeks prior to my surgery. They are requiring 60grams or less per day and no calorie limit.

I have to do a liquid diet 24hrs prior to the actual surgery but thats all. It doesn't sound as bad after reading some of the other peoples diets.

Back in May when I was pre op I was put on the induction phase of Atkins...i was so tired of cheese and meat! LOL..

I had the realizeband, and i WAS put on liquid five days out. The liquid diet is all about the liver not been too fatty. The doctor has to move the liver to do the procedure, and it makes it easier for the doc.

A fatty liver will shrink in repsonse to a low fat/low carb diet, not a "liquid" one. There are protein shakes that are too high in fat and/or carbs to make them good choices for a "liver shrink". Atkins-type seems to be the "go to" though, for most surgeons who want their patients to drop a lot of weight quickly!

hmmm, same with me. I've been doing a good imitation of Atkins Induction as well and was able to drop 23 lbs.

My 2 week diet is 2 shakes and one small meal per day. That meal consists of a 4 oz piece chicken breast or fish and a green vegie. No butter and fat free spritzer can be used if I have salad. I don't start that until 9/23/9 though. I am thinking of doing low carb in the meantime as it gives you such a good start. Good luck everyone

My surgeron in Moneterrey (Zapata) puts you on a low carb diet - not liquid for 2 weeks prior to surgery.

The night before surgery - you are allowed a 'last meal' and you can eat anything you want - before 10:00pm.