Scared

I am new to all this. I went and saw my surgeon on aug. 30th and he said I have to lose s15 to 20 pounds before surgery. My tentative surgery date is nov.5th. I am so afraid I won't lose the weight by then. I Start my liquid  diet Oct 22.any advice? ? I am having the sleeve done. I am so nervous. 

Hi Chelley don't put the pressure on yourself during the liquid stage you will lose some weight I lost 20 pounds during my liquid stage I was on full liquids for 12 days so don't put that added stress on you I hope this helps....

That helped so much.  I already lost 5 pounds but it's been hard. Thanks again

Your very welcome if I can ever help you again please feel free to ask away...

If you know how much you need to lose by then and are concerned about losing it, why are you waiting until the 22nd to start the liquid diet? Why not start it early? What are you doing to lose the weight in the meantime?

Lora

You are right. ..I am scared of the liquid diet. .what I'm doing right now is just counting calories and walking on the tred mill.  So in my mind if I have a date for the liquid diet I have  time to psych myself up. .that will be 2 weeks before my survey. 

I had 15-20 pounds to lose too. I was afraid I couldn't do it. They started me on a diet right away- 100g protein per day including 1 protein shake a day, and no more than 100g carbs a day excluding vegetables. Could use a little olive oil for salads or sauteeing. I lost almost 10lbs in about 3 weeks on that and then lost another 15 on my liquid diet, which for me did include one meal a day. I would start trying shakes now, as it will be a shock to just start a liquid diet without having tried and gotten used to them. I was nervous the whole time thinking someone was going to come along and say- no I couldn't have it. Take a deep breath and just do what you need to do. Good Luck!