anyone have to lose weight before surgery?

 Hey Jen, 

I too have to lose weight before surgery... 15lbs. I weighed myself this morning and 5lbs gone!!! My surgery in on the 18th, less that 2 weeks away, and I can't wait!!! I started my liquid diet (completely liquids) on Wednesay but did low-carb 2 weeks before that. I'm pmsing like something horrible (maybe some is me being so anxious about losing the weight pre-op and having the surgery) but I can also tell Im retaining water.. *sigh* the joys of being a woman! lol 

Keep up the good work and keep me posted!! Losers bench HERE WE COME!!! :)

I am a little confused our ticker says you lost 76 pounds  is that right.. I can not imagine the surgeon requireing more with that weight loss. 

I did have to loose 10 pounds and I lost about 20 so I think I am ok..My date is 3/25

Good Luck

Globirdie,

I have lost 76lbs, but those were lbs I've lost since 2005 when I was at my heaviest.  I was at or a little over 400lbs back in 2005 when I decided to start losing weight.  This past year though I had lost 35lbs.  So he wanted me to lose a few lbs more just to help shrink the liver.

As it turned out, they called me to have my surgery date moved up almost a week so I ended up just having lost 6lbs as of my weigh-in at the doctor's office and then another 4lbs the day of surgery.  So I lost 10lbs in about 2 1/2 weeks.  He did the surgery anyway and I was fine.  He said everything looked real good.