Mindy M

Im currently on my full liquid portion of my diet. Im getting to the point where the liquids are getting old and im ready for soft food. Any ideas how to keep my mind from wondering or is it natural to feel this way?

I am currently at my highest weight of 415#. I have never been more scared in my life. I have finally had a financial opportunity to have gastric sleeve and could not be more excited about it. I'm 2 weeks away of my life forever being changed. Today I started my pre-op liquid diet. I'm nervous about it but know that I need to do it to better my health. I'm only 35 years old, and in the past year have developed multiple health issues. I am type 2 diabetic, I have hypothyroidism, sleep apnea, high cholesterol,infertility and recently diagnosed with lymphedema due to my weight gain. I want all of these things to go away. I feel like I am at a really good place in my life to start these changes. My husband and I want to have a baby, you can't have a healthy pregnancy when you are this overweight. I'm hoping that others will hear my story and know that you are not alone, you just have to be willing to let others in.
Today is day #1 of my liquid diet. Any recommendations? ways to keep in interesting without getting bored eating the same things everyday?

-M

Good luck with you journey!! I didn't have to do a two week liquid diet either. I only had to do two shakes a day and I could have a small meal every night. Looking forward to that got me thru it. I only had to do that for five days though.
Keep focusing on how much better you will feel once the weight starts dropping off. How much easier it will be to move around. Any good habits you can implement now will only help you down the road after surgery!!
Keep reading and posting on here, there is a wealth of great information and support!!!

I've been losing weight leading up to my 2 week liquid diet. I'm hoping my nutritionist relaxes the liquid phase a bit if I reach my pre-op weight goal.
If not I'll be trying to think lf ways to entertain my tongue. If you're allowed sugar free liquids you can make some popsicles.
Good luck!

It would have been nice to have Jenwiths plan, but I had to do 10 day liquid diet. The first three days are the worst as your tummy and taste buds have to get over feeling neglected. The head hunger is like having hamspsters in your head, just running around and around being obnoxious little crazy-makers. The other seven days weren't so bad.
Just stay busy and avoid the food Network and other cooking shows for a while. The commercials are enough to overlook without watching food porn.

Good luck to you! I wish I had some words of wisdom on your liquid diet. I was fortunate enough NOT to have to do a 2 week liquid pre-op diet. My surgeon feels people struggle too much with that. I only had to keep my calories to under 1000 per day for 2 weeks. My last couple of days I had to drink more and eat less but that plan made it much easier for me.

Congratulations on your new beginning!! I start my liquid diet today too...well I started 2 days ago to give it a test run and so glad I did. What has helped me is planning what I will "drink" each day and I put an alarm on my phone to go off and tell me exactly what to drink and when. In between time I try and stay busy to keep my mind off food. I pray a lot and keep my goals and some inspirational scriptures on hand to keep me encouraged. I'm having bypass on May 27th and am very excited about my new beginning as well ????

I am currently at my highest weight of 415#. I have never been more scared in my life. I have finally had a financial opportunity to have gastric sleeve and could not be more excited about it. I'm 2 weeks away of my life forever being changed. Today I started my pre-op liquid diet. I'm nervous about it but know that I need to do it to better my health. I'm only 35 years old, and in the past year have developed multiple health issues. I am type 2 diabetic, I have hypothyroidism, sleep apnea, high cholesterol,infertility and recently diagnosed with lymphedema due to my weight gain. I want all of these things to go away. I feel like I am at a really good place in my life to start these changes. My husband and I want to have a baby, you can't have a healthy pregnancy when you are this overweight. I'm hoping that others will hear my story and know that you are not alone, you just have to be willing to let others in.
Today is day #1 of my liquid diet. Any recommendations? ways to keep in interesting without getting bored eating the same things everyday?

-M

I am currently at my highest weight of 415#. I have never been more scared in my life. I have finally had a financial opportunity to have gastric sleeve and could not be more excited about it. I'm 2 weeks away of my life forever being changed. Today I started my pre-op liquid diet. I'm nervous about it but know that I need to do it to better my health. I'm only 35 years old, and in the past year have developed multiple health issues. I am type 2 diabetic, I have hypothyroidism, sleep apnea, high cholesterol,infertility and recently diagnosed with lymphedema due to my weight gain. I want all of these things to go away. I feel like I am at a really good place in my life to start these changes. My husband and I want to have a baby, you can't have a healthy pregnancy when you are this overweight. I'm hoping that others will hear my story and know that you are not alone, you just have to be willing to let others in.
Today is day #1 of my liquid diet. Any recommendations? ways to keep in interesting without getting bored eating the same things everyday?

-M