Its hard finding the motivation to diet before the surgery.

I am a pre op also.  I was approved in Sept. and was told to lose about 50 pounds by my surgery date sometime in Dec.  My motivation is that if I don't meet my pre surgery weight goal, they may cancel or postpone my surgery. . . .  I have lost 30 pounds already !!!  It is pretty easy, I just use fitday.com to track my food and keep my calories at about 1000 to 1200 a day.

Wow 30lbs is alot. Conrats. It would help me alot if they could give me a date, but they can't till after they send my info to insurance to see if I am approved by insurance. They say they don't see any problems with me getting approved. Waiting sucks.
They didn't tell me I had to drop weight all I have to do is try to follow the diet plan they have.

I also had to wait a month before my surgery after that first consult. In my case I had no problem losing some weight. My surgeon hadn't asked me to because I'd already lost a bit--but he did say in a warning tone "don't gain any wait before surgery."

LOL. I was so paranoid until the actual day of surgery that something would cause it not to happen that I went overboard not to gain weight after that weigh-in and ended up losing weight.

Paranoia is a good incentive to get that weight loss done! If you need to, keeping a food diary should also help you.

The more you lose before surgery, the safer the surgery will be.  Easy to say, hard to do.  I dieted for two months before surgery and lost 20 pounds.  I just did low carb and told myself that this was how i was going to eat afterwards so I might as well get used to it now.  It's not easy but you CAN do it!  

Thank you and it helps to know I am not alone and that others know my struggle and have lost the weight they wanted to lose.

The destination is worth the journey. Trust me. The hardest thing for me to give up was bread. I love a yummy sandwich on soft fresh bread. But I decided not to "diet" and don't like the word at all. I prefer to think of my new eating habits as "dining choices". I added protein shakes very early on to help feel fuller and curb the desire for carbs. I thought about every thing I "chose" to put into my mouth. Was this for my greater good, or just something to please me for the moment. What positive benefit would I get out of eating that item. I made a few mistakes, but learned that I don't like dumping and have chosen not to do it again.

You really have to work on your head and get into your mind that you have come this far on the journey, you are worth it, and no amount of food lust can make you turn around and go back to where you came from. When this is all over, what will be your destination?

Kristi

Thank you all for your input. It really helps me when you guys share because it makes me think about where I want to be and how the end result will be good. Knowing how you guys did it helps me know I can reach my goal and it will be hard, but I can understand it.

The important thing is to get your head clear and committed- the rest will follow. Also set someone or something up to hold yourself accountable- I have a weight graph and exercise log I share with my husband.

WLS is great for getting the weight off; then we have to maintain which is almost all head work.

It helped me a lot to get my good habits going pre-surgery- it made it easier post-op.

 
I do want to be successful and I am tired of all my excuses. I will work on getting a support group to hold me accountable I definatly need them. I want to do this the right way and I want it to last me forever. I have seen people who have worked really hard to lose their weight without the surgery and after they reach their goal weight they maintain it for about a year. I have seen better results with RNY.

Geez I don't know what happened to the other response.

I def will get a support system to hold me accountable. I can't do it on my own and that's why I think RNY will help me succeed for the rest of my life. I want to get my head right and now is the time to start.