B.J.

I had to do it twice...2 weeks apart....buck up kid and get it done....lol

My bariatric practice puts everyone on the presurgery diet as soon as they get past the initial info stage. they ask most folks to lose 10% of their weight so I been living on protein shakes awhile. I was starving and you are right, the liquid diet is no joke. I had hunger headaches, my stomach growled. and then I had a prescheduled NUT meeting to talk post-surgery food and I told her I was ravenous all the time and she told me to add a little more carbs, like 1/4 cup frozen berries in one sh...

My surgeons pre-op was for 2 weeks. I was so afraid that I would fail at not losing the 6 pounds she required of me to lose by my surgery date, that I made myself start the pre-op diet a week early. Not to mention an additional 2 weeks full liquids for the first 2 weeks after my surgery, then 2 weeks of full liquids, then 2 weeks of mushies. For a total of 9 weeks of liquids/mushies. I survived, maybe even a little stronger and confident cause after your wls you have to readjust your behavior...