50 pound question

hi ok i went to my first consult with my surgeon on 2-14-09 and he put me on a diet. it is a protein drink in the morning a salad at lunch and a protein drink at night. i'm fine with all that i mean i found a protein drink i like and salad is alright. the problem is he wants me to loose fifty pounds before i can have my surgery and i'm feeling like thats alot if i could loose fifty pounds i would not need to have weightloss surgery i mean i'm just sayin i cant remember a time in my entire life that i have lost fifty pounds hell i cant even remember ever loosing twenty or ten let alone fifty pounds. so just pray for me cause im a need it all. and i been reading on here and i never heard of any one having to loose so much weight before surgery maybe twenty or thrity but never that much. i tell you this though i am thankful and truly blessed to be able to even have the chance to start over with this wls so i wont complain and all i can do is try my best by sticking to his plan and just praying about this. my question is has anyone on here had to loose that much before having wls and how long did it take? and did you have to get blood work done every two weeks to monitor your food intake

The first surgeon I went to didn't require me to lose a certain amount of pounds but they did want to see me make a effort to lose weight before they agreed to do the surgery. I tried I really did but it didn't work out for me. The most I lost was 9 pounds. So I left that surgeon and found another one. I just got approved for my surgery last week. And they will be calling me in the next couple of weeks for a date. This is just my experience. 50 pounds may sound like a lot but just remember that your surgeon is trying to act in your best interests. Just think of it as 10 pounds a month. You can do it.

I have faith in you. It does sound like a lot but trust me after the surgery it'll be nothing so might as well try to start getting use to it. My surgeon wanted me to lost weight to shrink the size of my liver so it wouldnt interfere with the surgery. I lost some weight no where near as much as he wanted me to but your right if I could do this on my own I wouldnt be asking for him to slice me up on a table! Try it little by little or even keeping a food journal so you can see where your weak moments are. Good luck. I'll try it with you if you want! Email me.

I wasn't required to loose any weight  before surgery but it could be that  your surgeon wants you to eitehr 1) loose some weight because it will make it less risky for you or 2) Start practicing the lifestyle changes that the tool of  WLS will assist you with but it won't do it for you.

I know its disappointing but its all for your good!