struggling to lose weight on the prepop diet
Hi all,
I am on day 11(as of midnight) of an 18 day preop diet and am struggling to lose weight. I am down 6 pounds. I weighed 331 and have been on the slim time 800 cal per day - 4 shakes and water only all this time. I go for the weigh in Tuesday and am just not dropping weight and I have not cheater once and been determined from the start. What can I do??
Kim
im on mine as well but I cant get down only but 2 didn't get on a scale either I don't feel any different , the pre op diet I think is more to do with the fat on your liver there trying to reduce that for surgery , but you will lose weight im sure the only thing is some of the shakes like my glucernia has over 200 cals a bottle
You're doing what you need to do. Not everyone will drop lots of weight on a pre-op diet. I was on Optifast for 30 days, and I "only" lost 13 lbs. Other people going through my doc's program at the same time as me lost way more. I even gained one week...and I hadn't cheated.
Just keep doing what you're doing. You've done well.
I know it is difficult not to, but don't compare your loss to other people's; especially after surgery. You will lose at the pace you should be losing.
I woke up in between a memory and a dream...
Tom Petty
Yes.
Exactly.
We struggle to lose weight, even when we follow a liquid diet. That's what brought us to the surgery option.
You're experiencing that "same old same old" feeling right now, but you're also doing your body a world of GOOD in terms of shrinking the liver and cleaning things out so the doc has a little extra space to do what s/he needs to do when surgery day rolls around.
Be patient with your body. It's one of the first lessons of this whole journey.
Best wishes to you!