RavenMoonsong

Thank you Raven for answering. Did you know you as well as all other bypassers are a kangaroo? Yes you are-'-for you now have a pouch. That is our little inside joke in bypass-ville, cheaper than buying,everybody a jacket.

How are you feeling Raven Moonsong? What a pretty name you have chosen, is it your real name also? Its now almost a week since your surgery and you had what I'm planning. So I'm hoping to hear more about your surgery and recovery☕😛

My program says to aim for a minimum of 60 grams of Protein a day and under 500 calories.

Hi, I was told you should be aiming for 60-90 grams of Protein a day. You are way under. You will start to lose a lot of muscle and hair. Have more than 1 shake a day.

Wow I like milk and all but nothing but milk for 3 weeks even I'd get a little bored.

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The final two days of my pre-op liquid diet also followed a similar plan. It was skimmed milk with milk powder to make a "high protein" milk where we had to get in about 90g of Protein in for each of those 2 days.
Like as been said here - every surgeon seems to have a different plan!

HW 365 CW 331 GW 220
Sleeved 6 Mar '18

On a skim milk diet? Please let me know if you develop a deep urge to moo! Strange but who am I to say it won't work.?? Please stay in touch, I'd like to know how it all works out.[emoji34]

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I love your honesty....GREAT post!!

I can't argue the simplicity of the diet. The goal preop is generally do get you into ketosis which helps the liver shed the fat, most surgeons do this with a high Protein low carb diet. The approach here seems to just keep your calories so low you reach ketosis the old fashioned way.

That said if you have difficulty with this, but still want to comply, it may be easier to tolerate if you go with a fortified skim milk that are higher in protein and lower in lactose (sugar) like Skim-Plus or Fairlife fat free.

I swear when they start practicing each surgeon picks their "pre-op" diet by throwing darts at a board. This diet makes absolutely no sense. It's not particularly high Protein. As far as I know you can't pre-load your body with Calcium. Just hilarious in general.

Just curious are you in the UK? I ask because that's where most of the references to the "milk diet" seem to come from.

Maybe get some zero-calorie, sugar-free flavor syrups (such as Torani) to flavor it up so it's not just plain milk? Or the flavor drops (like Crystal Light) that are specifically made for milk -- I think Johnny Moo and Milk Magic are two brands. They're also zero-calorie and sugar-free and come in a lot of flavors.

LOL! There is no easy way out of this one. I tried to weasel my way out of shoving those nasty Optifast drinks down my gullet. Yeah, that did not work out so well.