Curious, how much did you loose before surgery?

He's my surgeon, I think he is great - my surgery is Monday, I'm so nervous but I trust him!!

I lost 30 lbs in the 6 weeks prior to surgery. I did it by drinking 4 protein shakes and one meat/veggie meal for dinner. Wasn't particularly fun, but did the job.

I lost a total of 33 lbs in 4 months by following the 1200 calorie diet recommended by my program, but I reduced the calories to 900-1000, because I wanted to get my required 10% off quickly and I am only 4'11. I weighed and measured my food and used an online tracking tool. I learned a very valuable lesson during that time, weighing and measuring my food and logging my food helped to make me successful. I continued those behaviors after surgery and continue to perform them to this day. I have been maintaining within a 2 lb range since mid-April. Because I lost so much pre-op, I reached a normal BMI at 5.5 months and my goal weight in 7.5 months Granted, I was a light weight, but I have lost a 100 lbs from my highest weight, which is quite a bit for a petite middle-aged woman.

gail

 I ordered a journal for tracking thanks to your post- I can totally see how it helps.  I was soooo off before I started writing it down!  Thank you for sharing!

There are many online tracking tools and apps for smart phones, so that you don't have to use pen and paper. Makes it easier. Tracking food intake is one of the hallmarks of successful weight loss. All the research points to this.

gail

I did a 2 week pre-op diet and lost 9.
Julie

20 lbs in 2 months. Did South Beach

My heaviest weight ever (right around 380) was at Christmas time last year.  I started the process to get the sleeve in Jan 2011 and will have surgery Jan 12, 2012.

I have lost down to 338 so far this year.  To be honest - I could have done much better if I was actually "dieting".  I just changed a few habits and added some walking to my schedule.

So I guess I have lost 42 lbs approx this year.  I may lose quite a bit more since I am tapering off my carbs and will be strict low carb starting 3 weeks prior to surgery.  So I am hoping to be at 330 or lower by surgery.  We shall see....my surgeon doesn't have a strict pre op diet like a lot of others....he just wants to see continual progress in a downward direction...but no specific targets.

I've lost 29 pounds in the last 7 months.

guess i am another abnormal one. I had lost 191.1 lbs since feb 25th of seeing my surgeon....doing his program and walking. I had started dieting sept 25 2009 so i had a total of 211.8 lbs. off before surgery on December 6th.