StarshineMama

Sorry to play devils advocate here, but I don't think any of those are great choices. Go online and check the sodium content for each of those and I think you may be alarmed. Where are you located? Is there a Whole Foods in your area? They always have an awesome selection of soups made fresh daily. Also, maybe there's a little cafe in your neighborhood that you've been wanting to try? Be bold make new restaurant friends! I'm sure you can find some great new and healthy options with only a leeeetle bit of effort . Good luck!

I've been wondering the same thing! There seems to be no rhyme or reason to who does how after surgery. I have been on a liquid diet since the 21st. My surgeon is very strict about it. It's been rough but I'm proud of myself for getting through it and not cheating once. I have not even licked the peanut butter off of my finger when i made my kids lunches! I've also really been trying to use some positive visualization that I have an easy recovery.

Totally not the ideal way to kick off your pre op diet Can you skip the party or is it someone close to you? It's hard but maybe you can think of it as the first step in breaking away from food being the center of your life. Less of a hardship, more of a milestone?

So glad to have found this little group! It's nice to know we're here A little about me...I'm 32 and a stay at home mom of 2 kids, my Star Boy preschooler and Sunny Girl toddler. I've been married for 7 years in July and we live in beautiful SoCal, but I'm originally from the Midwest. I went to the WLS seminar last October and decided on the sleeve in Feb. My surgery date is July 3rd. I am on day 4 of my 21 day pre op diet. It's a clear liquid diet and pretty restrictive. I'm kinda going crazy :/ I'm looking forward to getting to know you all!

[quote name=McSleevy ' timestamp='1339645569' post='373814] That's so funny that you said that because half way through the day my husband and I were both like, "Ok you get up and get the baby's bottle... Ok YOU give the other one her bath.." We were so DRAINED and weak... My husband right before bed said, "Maybe it's not a good idea for BOTH of us to be doing this.. Someone has to have the energy to deal with the kids.." LOL Yes! Hahaha! How long is your liquid diet? My husband said he was reading about doing a diet like this and your body is supposed get used to not burning carbs and switch over to burning the glycogen off of your liver. I'm somewhat skeptical of this, but hoping he's right. We have play group, 2 separate appointments and swimming lessons tomorrow so I have to buck up :/ Do you have any help with you little one?

I have a suggested menu from my NUT but I've kind of just been going by how I'm feeling. Like if I'm in the mood for something sweet I'll do a shake or jello but if I want savory I'll have some veggie broth.

As for protien shakes, I've been doing the RTD Muscle Milk light from Costco. It tastes ok and it's easy to just throw into a cooler bag and run out the door. I think I might get a container of the Jay Robb too. I didn't like the kind you have to mix because I couldn't seem to get all the lumps out, but it was thinner than the RTD stuff (I've heard this is better post op) and if you mix the Jay Robb whey protien with milk and ice it tastes like chocolate milk.

I'm on day 2. I have a very similar diet to yours except I can only have 2 protien shakes a day and I'm allowed up to 3 servings of yogurt, sf pudding, or cottage cheese (blech!). When is your surgery date? I'm July 3rd so my liquid diet is 3 weeks. I'm going through a pretty wide range of emotions so far and this evening I'm feeling pretty defeated and loser-ish. I'm right there with you on the feeling discouraged and mentally weak front, too . I definitely didn't drink enough fluids today. Its almost like I feel less hungry if I don't open my mouth at all lol. I also woke up with a terrible cold today which isn't helping matters. My husband offered to do the diet with me and yesterday we realized maybe he shouldn't so at least one of us is with it enough to handle our 2 very energetic children lol

Forever- I'm pre-op so I'm sorry I have no advice, but I'm interested to see if some vets have any insight. How far out are you? I hope you feel like you're doing better soon.

I'm a July sleever. I'm doing ok. I'm having a lot of emotions about this. Literally from one minute to the next. Last night I had a crazy dream about loosing weight but it was only my top half! Lol (I'm a top down loser lol). So I was pretty upbeat about it this morning, but this afternoon, I was thinking that this is crazy and a terrible decision. I wish I could be more even about it but it's just not in my nature, and I'm trying very hard not to use food to help regulate my emotions so it's been challenging.