Hi! I was sleeved on 4/26 of this year. I followed a 1200 calorie, lower carb diet until 2 weeks before, then followed an 800 calorie/low carb diet until surgery. This is what my insurance recommended. It worked, and I was able to lose 24 lbs in 7 weeks.

My pre-surgery diet was a preview of the post-surgery life. 1500 calories, 100g protein, 64 ounces water, log everything and start exercising. Putting those rules in order for me started me here and my five months pre-surgery were very valuable in training me for the post-surgery life. It was certainly difficult to make those changes in my life, but it was much easier than trying to do it post-surgery starting from scratch.

Try not to see the pre-surgery time as wasted time, put that time to use getting prepared. the weight *will* come off, but i look back at the pre-surgery time not as a time for weight loss as the goal, but as training where the weight loss was a natural byproduct.

I went into more details here:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10123987/six-month-ramblings/p1

Good luck!

Rob

I'm also pre op. Going to 5 diet doc visit on 7-12. My advice is stay on track if you have a bad day it's ok. Start anew the next day. I quit everything cold turkey and have lost 47 lbs since march. You have to expect a life style change.