Newbie..surgery next week.

So as you can tell my surgery is scheduled for next week, August 21st.  It is suppose to happen that day.  Dr. Barnes told me I had to lose 10 pounds before surgery date.  I had 2 weeks to lose it...Hello?? thats why I am getting WLS bc I have a hard time losing weight.  Thats my opinion on it but I will do whatever she tells me to. =) To this date I have only lost 6 pounds.  I went in today to weigh in and I was down 2 pounds from Friday.  Today was suppose to be my final weigh in but they extended it till Thursday.  Thankgoodness!!  Well, I am not so sure I can lose it.  I have been drinking Slim-Fast everyday for a week now.  I might eat one meal a day and if I do its normally half of what I normally eat.  I have started drinking water (YUK) but I have to put the crystal light things in it (God bless whoever made those.)  I cannot stand the taste of water.  I am an avid Coke drinker as well.  Well, I stopped drinking those and went to Diet Coke.  I might drink one Diet Coke a day as compared to what I was drinking before (4-5 a day).  I guess I just need some reassurance.  I am scared bc my surgery date is next week but they are threatening to cancel it if i cannot lose the next four pounds.  WHat, they think this is easy?? BY FAR!  I am new to this so I do not have alot on my homepage but I am working on it.  Congrats to all on the losers bench and to all who is working their way to it! ***Ashley*** Lost at BAFB =)

hang in there!....you can do it...the weight loss before helps shrink the liver  to give them more room to work the tools to do the bypass...I assume your having bypass.  The first question my husband ask the surgeon after surgery  "was my liver smaller?"  Dieting was so hard for him those two weeks prior to his surgery...and he will tell you now 123 lbs and 10 months later the two weeks of liquids dieting is worth the reward down the road...so as you drink the "stuff" look down that road to a healthy and slimmer you!  He lost the 123 lbs in 7 months...and you will feel and look great by Christmas! Good luck and keep in touch with your progress! By the way the surgeon said "yes it was smaller" to the question to the diet prior to surgery.  SO HANG!

Good luck on your surgery day.

I have a stupid question..I am new to this...But I have heard several people say they had to lose wait BEFORE surgery....WHY IS THAT???

Jennifer  Since you are using Dr.Chung he requires 5 day liquid diet.  I did it and it was not as bad as i had thought. But i just kept telling myself "keep your eye on the prize" My daughter got so tired of me saying that, lol..... But it worked for me.   The reason that they require that is to shrink the liver before surgery. Your liver is big and doing this helps the surgeon see what he needs to inside your belly. Other wise he would have to cut you open and that hurts and takes longer to heel from.  So for me the diet was worth it and was not that hard.... (I am not saying it was a piece of cake either, but not as hard as i had thought)

So what did you have to drink???

you can have cream of soups, sf jello, sf pudding, any soup just no chunks, milkshakes.  Like dr. chung said you can have anything you can suck through a straw. The night before my surgery we went to Bennigan's and I had tortilla soup. I just had them run it through the blender. OMG it was so good.  I also had a ton potato soup.  I even had some loaded bake potato soup from Copelands. Just made sure it did not have any hunks in it. It was so good too.  Dont think of it as you cant have it, adapt it to your situation like i did.  We went out to eat and i just had soups and if it had any hunks it, asked them to blend it. 

I am sooo picking..I hope I can do this...I will have to do like we tell the kids to do with nasty meds...HOLD YOUR NOSE!!!  I have an addiction to this coffee shop...my favorite drink is a  RED HOT FRAPPE`...Yummy...but it is really empty calories...I need to start weening myslf off of them now...I have one 20oz just about everyday...I do have her use not fat milk..lol 

Hey!! Thanks everyone!  My surgery is tomorrow and I am scared out of my wits end.  I try not to show it because my 5 year old will freak out, although I havent really explained to her yet what is going on.  I have to keep my family together and be strong for them but underneath it all I am a total mess.  I am doing the two day liquid diet and it is horrible.  I never knew how much I was addicted to food.  It wasnt because I was hungry, it was because it made me feel good.  I know this is all worth it but beating the cravings is sooo hard.  I have been doing the Slim-Fast with hunger control.  It doesnt control my hunger, well it probably does; it is just my head that wants to eat more food.  It is such a mind game.  I am very excited about tomorrow.  I havent found out when I need to be there yet but hopefully it is after I send my little girl off to school.  Shes in Kindergarten now,  I am going to take alot of pics throughout the days I am in the hospital and I will post them on my page with updates.  Thanks again for all of you *****plied. Ashley

Hope all went well with your surgery!! It will all be worth it.