how much weight do you need to lose to have surgery

i`m going to sign the papers oct 19 for my lapband but i`m worried that i`m not loseing enought weight any body know what your suppose to lose before surgey .Any words of advise would be helpful loseing hope that this surgery will ever happen . jacqueline

Hi Jacqueline, Welcome to the forum...and nice to hear from another MacDougall as well...I had my Lapband done on the 7th of September...At no time was I given a specific amount to lose...just that I had to lose....I did the 1200 calorie diet in the book Lise gave me and I had great success....From the time of my signing in April until my surgery, I was down between 25 and 30 pounds for a total of 70 in the last couple of years.....keeping the weight off is my problem...I am sure you will do fine. Best of luck Darlene MacDougall

Welcome and congrats on your upcoming surgery! You will be put on a 1200 calorie diet for 3 weeks prior to surgery and they would like you to lose 8-10 lbs during that time. Take it from me ~ whatever you do, do NOT gain weight from the time you sign the consent form onward. Your surgery WILL be postponed if you do. Mine was put off by 2 months as I gained 5 lbs from the time I signed the papers 'til the pre-op diet. You have to start before then. Wishing you well!

Hi Jacqueline , I sign my papers the same day , I'm having Gastric Bypass though. I have been trying too since my info session on September 11th , I think I am down 5lbs , but my weight changes from day to day ... I will need to get my own scale before I go to Moncton on the 19th so I will be able to gage it to Dr B's scale. How long have you been waiting?

you had your information session september 11 2007 who do you know i had my information session in april i should have sign my papers in august but i could not get away from work . what time is your appointment mine is 1120 maybe i see you there i`m going for the band . i have been waiting for surgery seems like for ever but only about six years years i was going to halifax but they canceled the program so then i waited to see doctor B

Hi, My appointment is at 11:00 , I'll see you there ! I started my journey in 2005 , so i'm pretty lucky !!

hi sherry are you travelling alone to moncton if you are why don`t we meet in truro i`m going alone even if your partner or friend is going i have a van we could go in if your interested if not i hope to see you in moncton jacqueline

Hi Jacqueline, I'm not sure what my plans are at this point , my hubby and I may take off for the US after my appointment , I will let you know if I end up going by myself . Either way I will meet up with you !! I got a family wedding to get through this weekend , then I got to focus, focus, focus!