Hi...I am wondering what kind of diet everyone did for the pre-op? I havent met with the surgeon yet, but insurance requires 5% loss for coverage...I have a terrible time losing and afraid I wont get it off in 6 months...I need to lose 16lbs...maybe more once I speak with the surgeon

TIA!

Lauri :thumbup:

Hi...I am wondering what kind of diet everyone did for the pre-op? I havent met with the surgeon yet, but insurance requires 5% loss for coverage...I have a terrible time losing and afraid I wont get it off in 6 months...I need to lose 16lbs...maybe more once I speak with the surgeon

TIA!

Lauri :thumbup:

Hey Lauri,

I am on a 2 week pre-op diet: 5 x slimfast items (shakes or bars) per day plus one regular meal basically consisting of 5oz. lean meat, turkey, chicken, fish and 2 cups of non-starchy veg. I have lost 11.7lb in 12 days! I dont think you will have any problems loosing the pre-op weight if you stick to the diet. The first two days were really tough for me but Im used to it now and it doesnt bother me. I have to lose 14.5lb (5% of my body weight) by my surgery date which is Thursday next week and I don't think I'll have a problem based on the past 12 days. Hope this helps reassure you that the docs know what they're doing when they give you their diet - just follow whatever diet he gives you to the letter (no matter how difficult) and you WILL lose the weight by surgery date! Good luck to you :thumbup:

don't worry 16 lb on a liquid diet is a piece of cake lol pardon the pun. I am required to do a 2 week and we were told in seminar if you haven't lost at least 5 lb a week during that (most lose more) then you are not following instructions.

YOU CAN DO IT.

I had to do a 6-month preop diet, with no set amount to lose. The doctor wanted 2 Protein Shakes of 30-40g of Protein plus a small, high-protein dinner. I ended up being on it for 8 months because of being hospitalized for pneumonia for a couple of weeks and went off it for about a month. Anyway, I didn't follow it real close the last few weeks, except I wasn't doing exceptional pigging out. I ended up losing 49 pounds. I had to do totally liquid for 2 days before surgery. I drank the Isopure Zero Carb drinks that have 40g of protein in 20 ounces. I lost about 7 of those 49 pounds just on those.

Good luck. You can do it.