Pre surgery weight loss

Hey everyone, When i attended the seminar 4/28 the nurse advsd us we have to loose 5% of our body weight. Since i weight 334 my 5% is 17 lbs , I have most of my appts in may which means i could have surgery in june. HOW DO I LOOSE THE 17 LBS????/ I thought about atkins, weigh****chers, Slimfast, pr south beach Etc. I need some advice or some ways you all lost weight. Thanks Kristen

Hi Kristen Lucky you!!! I had to lose 10% of my weight before surgery and I weighed 311!!! 31 pounds!!! My doc. office put me on a liqued diet called Medifast for 6 weeks prior to surgery. I lost almost 40 pds. in 6 weeks. If you would like more info. on it please let me know. Good Luck. Karry 311/192/167 goal

Karry, I would love some info on that diet? how to you get the stuff you need? Thanks... Kristen

Hi Kristen, Today I have my pre-op clearance from my PCP and am scheduled for surgery on May 16th (depending on insurance). My dr. only required me to lose 10 lbs. and they gave me a pre-op diet to follow to lose it. I lost over 13 lbs. in less than a month on it and it was fairly easy to follow. Just let me know if you would like me to send you a copy of it. Good luck with your testing, Susan

My surgeon wanted 25 lbs off me the first half of the time while seeing my speicialists i got 12 lbs off......but of course that wasnt enough and the surgeon said got to have the full 25 lbs off when i saw him on the 21st of april. SO since that date im on a protein shake for breakfast and lunch and dinner i did the first 4 days now i do 2 shakes 1 protein meal w/ a lo carb veggiel...to my surprise i have lost the 13 more pounds i needed off in 8 days and im still loosing! I go thrusday and my surgeon will be so happy. BETWEEN meals i chugged tons of water, sugar free kool aide, sugar free jello and propel water, a treat here and their has been a sugar free popsicle! ITS WORKING!!!!