I am about to 3 weeks on full liquids, two weeks pre-op, and tomorrow will be my one week anniversary from being banded. For me, the key has been to have variety, just drinking chocolate Protein shakes would drive me up the wall. I have never been much of a sweets person, but especially since starting this, I seem to like chocolate more than I did before ... seems a bit strange, but I will take it! I have mix for chocolate and strawberry Meal Replacement shakes, which I mix with milk and have a couple times a day. For the balance of getting in the Protein I need, I either have an Isopure Protein Drink ... not exactly like drinking Kool Aid as to me they have an aftertaste, but it is a different way to get in protein with a different taste and feel to it. I have also had a wide variety of cream or broth Soups ... the premade ones in a box from Pacific I got from Target include creamy portobello mushroom, butternut squash, and french onion. If I still need more protein for the day, I will mix in an unflavored unjury protein packet, but getting in enough protein (I am supposed to have 80 grams a day) is never a problem, getting in 1000 calories without going way over on protein is proving to be more of a challenge.
One thing I do try to do is have Soup when the rest of the family is eating. I find me having something that has some substance to it when they are eating good smelling stuff is a big help, and it also helps me feel more a part of the family, sitting at the table eating while they are eating, rather than them having dinner while 'Dad is not eating'. To me, a wide variety of options has helped a great deal.
You probably need to call your surgeon's office and ask them. I know my surgeon won't do it if you don't stick to the liquid pre-op diet. In fact, that was one of the first things they told me on my first visit with him. I'm a little worried about mine being delayed too because I have a skin yeast infection that's giving me heck. If I can't get it cleared up before surgery day, my surgery will be postponed. Here I am doing this liquid diet(today was day 10 for me) and I haven't cheated at all so I'm going to be upset if I can't get my surgery. I don't know if I can do this liquid diet again if my surgery date gets changed
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