was wanting some imput

all of you pre ops and post ops what type of diet did you use to loose some weight before surgery? everything i am trying well seem i gain instead of loosing and at this rate i will never get approved. Any suggestions? Thanks a bunch!!!!!! sandy

Try just cutting back a little on your "regular" diet, and cutting back a little further on carbs. Also, increase your water intake and decrease caffeine. Just making small changes now will help, and be easier to follow then trying something drastic. Good luck!! Ann in Duluth

Hi! Sandy, I lost 34lbs before surgery. My diet consisted of eating 3 small meals a day with fruit as a snack. breakfast, yogurt, lunch tuna and salad 1 small bowl; 1 small can of water packed tuna; dinner salad with tuna or grilled chicken. No more sodas, candy, sweets. Make sure you cut down on sugar input it makes your liver large & if its too large they can't do the surgery. So I cut out fat, suger, and carbs. Mostly greens, fruits, tuna, fish grilled, chicken grilled. Hope this helps. dance:dance:dance:dance:dance:dance:dance:dance:dance:dance:dance:dance:dance:dance:dance:dance:dance:dance:dance:dance:dance:dance:

Hi Sandy I had to lose before surgery too... and did real well.... at least the surgeon was happy! I grabbed the Atkins book and followed the directions exactly as printed.... and lost weight real fast...

Marc is right. Atkins was the only diet that ever worked for me before I had this surgery. Too bad I went off it and gained all the weight back! Good luck! Kia