Every patient that has WLS (weight loss surgery) will be put on a 2 week liquid Pre-op diet. This has some important benefits:
- To shrink the liver- this makes the surgery safer for the patient and allows the surgeon better view to create the new stomach pouch
- Shrink intra-abdominal fat- all the fat that everyone has around their organs, weight loss of 10-20 lbs
- This is the same liquid diet you will be on after surgery while your new digestive system heals
**Comments from post-op patients: you will be starving on this liquid diet, you will be irritable, you will want to cheat, it will be hard to stick to the diet, tell friends and family so they can support you, know that after surgery you will not feel hungry on the liquid diet like you did before surgery, your taste may change-what you liked before surgery you may not like after surgery.
