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You can have crystal light, broth but no more than 2 grams of Protein per serving, sugar free popsicles, nothing more than 10 calories per serving.

They called today and my surgery is scheduled for October 9th. I am so excited!

Sorry but this is ludicrous!!
The part that makes me fume is a Dietician saying to have flippin' orange juice which is horrendous on so many levels.
A Protein Shake or Protein Water is far more beneficial than a sugar-laden orange juice pfffft
It is cruel to expect someone to live on clear fluids for a week for bariatric surgery when it is a known fact we have much bigger appetites than the average person.
Hydration is the most important thing though and it is "just" a week and you CAN do it, be strong and keep your surgery date in focus!

Then I'm sending positive energy your way! Congratulations in advance 💙

ditto!

Thanks everyone for your response. I did not even consider the consequences of appetite suppressants. I don’t have any special issues. He has all of his patients do this diet one week before surgery. He is a very good doctor but your right this is a little “crazy “.
My sister said I should practice 😂! During the week of October 2nd, I will have to remind myself why I am doing this when I get hungry.

ALWAYS remember the WHY!!! Whenever times get tough and you have to dig deep. IT ALL comes back to the WHY. If your WHY isn't significant enough or impactful enough, and you being the "royal you" not you in particular, I don't believe you will be successful in this long term. It has to TRULY be something you NEED even more than WANT. It's like a mass factor level of order of 10 magnitude.

Thanks everyone for your response. I did not even consider the consequences of appetite suppressants. I don’t have any special issues. He has all of his patients do this diet one week before surgery. He is a very good doctor but your right this is a little “crazy “.
My sister said I should practice 😂! During the week of October 2nd, I will have to remind myself why I am doing this when I get hungry.

Thanks everyone for your response. I did not even consider the consequences of appetite suppressants. I don’t have any special issues. He has all of his patients do this diet one week before surgery. He is a very good doctor but your right this is a little “crazy “.
My sister said I should practice 😂! During the week of October 2nd, I will have to remind myself why I am doing this when I get hungry.

Thanks everyone for your response. I did not even consider the consequences of appetite suppressants. I don’t have any special issues. He has all of his patients do this diet one week before surgery. He is a very good doctor but your right this is a little “crazy “.
My sister said I should practice 😂! During the week of October 2nd, I will have to remind myself why I am doing this when I get hungry.

Nothing that has more than 2 grams of Protein per serving. You can only drink things that have 10 calories or less per serving. My dietician said if you feel dizzy that you can have a little orange juice,

You can have crystal light, broth but no more than 2 grams of Protein per serving, sugar free popsicles, nothing more than 10 calories per serving.

I was just wondering if anyone has taken an appetite suppressant during their clear liquid faze before surgery? If so, what kind? I have to do a clear liquid faze for one week. No Protein Shakes are allowed.

I was just wondering if anyone has taken an appetite suppressant during their clear liquid faze before surgery? If so, what kind? I have to do a clear liquid faze for one week. No Protein Shakes are allowed.

I was just wondering if anyone has taken an appetite suppressant during their clear liquid faze before surgery? If so, what kind? I have to do a clear liquid faze for one week. No Protein Shakes are allowed.

They called today and my surgery is scheduled for October 9th. I am so excited!

They called today and my surgery is scheduled for October 9th. I am so excited!

And all of the Protein ice cream. I am diabetic and most of them are filled with sugar. They advertise as 20 grams of protein and only 350 calories in the entire pint! They don’t tell you that the entire pint has 80 carbohydrates.

And all of the Protein ice cream. I am diabetic and most of them are filled with sugar. They advertise as 20 grams of protein and only 350 calories in the entire pint! They don’t tell you that the entire pint has 80 carbohydrates.

YES!!!! Sooooo much this!!! ^^^^^
(Also look at "all things cauliflower" and 99% of them are packed with processed crap and high glycemic starches, flours etc that make them higher glycemic than table sugar or regular flour/white bread! LOL! Delicious? Yes. Healthy? Healthy my Aunt Fanny! Talk about downright deception and cognitive dissonance! Right? 😕

Only my opinion, cuz they may work for some. But I call those candy. And during my WLM, I didn't indulge in stuff like that cuz I wanted to be sure that I would get to goal or as humanly close as I could. Those are dangerous delivery systems for sugar (honey) and grains (oats) and nutbutter (which I didn't eat a whole lot of cuz I wanted to keep calories low). My view was that I had all the scooby Snacks I need strapped and trapped on my ass--I had no business eating more that would have to be burned for energy before my body would tap into its own "scooby snack" on my booty.
The reason I have a problem with them beyond being potential triggers for some is that our goal (especially early out) when our restriction is maximum, is to eat calorically LITE while eating nutritionally dense. So if I'm gonna spend 70 of my calorie budget on something--I'd rather it be a hard boiled egg, or a turkey rollup, or a string cheese. Cuz it's a better bang for my Protein and calorie buck. And with the candy, the calories will add up VERY VERY quickly for very little protein. Especially since they are so small!
It worked to my advantage within 9 months.
If I were at goal? And it wasn't a trigger for me, and helped me maintain, then I would go for it for sure! There "may" be a different set of realities in maintenance from losing phase.

I agree with everyone that replied. I found a book titled “Bariatric Mindset Success” by Kristan Lloyd and it really digs into the emotional part of this journey. She is very relatable because she has had the surgery. I originally bought the book as audible and listen to it at work, but since I like it so much, I bought the paperback.
Check it out you won’t be disappointed.

I agree with everyone that replied. I found a book titled “Bariatric Mindset Success” by Kristan Lloyd and it really digs into the emotional part of this journey. She is very relatable because she has had the surgery. I originally bought the book as audible and listen to it at work, but since I like it so much, I bought the paperback.
Check it out you won’t be disappointed.

Okay so it depends on your height, weight and body composition.
When I was a size 22/24, I would have to lose 20-ish pounds to go down a size.
I’m 5’7”, was reasonably fit for a 50yo woman in the high 250’s.

Now I’m still in my losing phase. I’m 164 pounds, and a size 12 pants/medium tops.
I find as I get closer to goal, I can drop just 5 pounds and my pants don’t fit anymore.

I started Pilates 1 month PO, and I hit my treadmill 1-2 times weekly for some cardio.
I have a scale at home that breaks down % of fat,muscle,water and it’s my fat % that keeps dramatically dropping.

So my theory is that WLS surgery alters our metabolisms to burn straight fat and not convert muscle to energy.
That way, every single pound we lose is pure stored fat, which makes for so much more dramatic of a size difference.

People my current size who have never had WLS would rarely drop a whole pant size from “just” losing 5 pounds.

Hi
Try unflavored Protein Powder (Genepro & Isopure) Protein Water (Premier, Protein 2o), Protein juice style powders (Syntrax), Protein Shots and protein Soup. The BP store here has a lot of different types.
Also try whey isolate not concentrate (Isopure) & vegan protein (Ghost)
Good Luck 💜