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My liquid diet was only a week, thankfully, and I’m on Day 6. I want to chew something but I’m not hungry per se. I’ve been up a few hours already and have yet to drink my first shake (need to get on it!) Day 3 and 4 were by far the hardest.

Mine was really bad. I started to have second thoughts about getting the surgery. I sat in the hospital parking lot for 10 minutes or more. I dont regret going through with it. It was a great decision.

stay strong! u can do it!

OMG SAME!!! I’m dying over here. Everyone’s grilling in their bbq’s and I smell it every night :(

We are having are surgery on the same date..im curious about your anxiety level?

Wow! We 're running back to back with our current weight stats and my surgery is tomorrow -revising band to sleeve! Best!

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I'm on a super restrictive milk diet so yeah... feel you. No food, no jello, no posicles, no protein nuthings... grrrr! Milk/soy/Fairlife substitute, broth, and flavored water. Yum!
I drink 120 ounces of water day, with propel drops in for some for electrolytes. I think that has saved me since I am still cooking for the family and working out. If it wasn't for the pounds coming off.... *crazy face* So much of this is mental over physical, because it is very physically hard but it is also possible if we can dig in and remember our reasons.
I also preloaded this whole 2 weeks "meals" into MyFitnessPal and if I don't break my diet I have set myself a reward of 3 new Audible codes for day of surgery. Day 11 is done, 2 more to go, 1 of clear fluids only and I WIN! (Have I mentioned I am also highly competitive and have made this a me vs the milk diet for strongest will?) "I'm gonna win, it's gonna lose" also plays in my head a lot when the going gets tough.

I am! 6/9!

I’m on full liquid diet! It got better after the third day. Seeing the weight come off is incentive to get through each day. I’m down 21 lbs. My sleeve is scheduled for the 27th. We can do this!

Soft Proteins, yes.

I used my own recipe.

2 eggs
15oz part skim ricotta
1/4 cup grated parmesan
1tsp ground garlic
1tsp black pepper
Dash of basil
1tsp Italian seasoning
1tsp salt

Mix all these well.

Spoon 1 to 2 teaspoons into each spot on a mini muffin baking pan that you’ve sprayed with Pam.

Sprinkle a touch of reduced fat mozzarella on top of each.

Bake 20 minutes at 375.

I’m thinking of making a bariatric cooking/recipe blog. I love cooking and being inventive and really want to stay within my approved foods. So it may be neat!

You can do this! Just take it one day at a time and you will make it through. It is definitely worth it.

I found the two-week pre-op diet to be the hardest part of the whole ordeal. I just had to white-knuckle it. It does seem to get better after the first three or four days, once your body is in ketosis.

Hang in there!! Keep weighing yourself and watching those pounds melt away! Enjoy the sugar free popsicles too!

Give it time after a few more days your body should get used to it

I am SO GLAD the two week pre-op diet my surgeons office required wasn't full liquid! I was allowed 1 cup of fruit a day, 4-6 oz of protein, 2 healthy fats (in which I usually had peanuts 1/4 cup twice a day), and all the veggies I wanted. While I DID feel like I was starving sometimes I made myself GIANT pots of veggie soup that I went through like it was going out of style lol. The only time I had to go full liquid was the day before surgery. Annnd I lost almost 20 pounds in that two week period and my surgeon said my liver was perfect! But then... I also ate a lot healthier leading up to my surgery and cut out carbs, soda, sugar, etc. MONTHS before I went under the knife so that might have had something to do with my liver shrinking...
Anyway, the liquid diet isn't easy, but I heard after four or five days it gets easier. Just hang in there!

Hi! I'm in the liquid preop stage also and my diet is 3 protein shakes and 2 high protein choices from a list of snacks. My surgery is Tuesday and I've been doing this since May 6. I really haven't been hungry except in my head when hubby or daughter are eating ?. One thing that helped me was a written scheduled of 'eat' times/ water intake, which basically took care of every two hours for the entire day. Hang in there!

As the title suggests, I am having to do a liquid pre-op diet for 3 weeks, I’m getting sleeved 6/9. My diet started on Tuesday, 5/19 and it’s now Friday, 5/22 and I am HUNGRY!

I haven’t been hungry like this any other day. My stomach is rumbling and even though I can have broth and sugar free jello / popsicles, it’s not helping the hunger.

My diet is as follows: 3 protein shakes, 2 protein bars as snacks + unlimited low sodium broth, SF hello, SF popsicles.

Any tips or words of encouragement would be greatly appreciated. My tummy would appreciate it i’m sure!