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No. I get my recommended macs in almost daily. Maybe one or 2 days a week I fall behind
I'm going to try the warm tea and drink more and let yall know how it goes.
Also try to get out of my head and walk more
I don't think it's boredom or depression but I'm willing to try almost anything lol

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Ty. I never thought about that [emoji848] [emoji173]
I'll definitely try it.

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No. I get my recommended macs in almost daily. Maybe one or 2 days a week I fall behind
I'm going to try the warm tea and drink more and let yall know how it goes.
Also try to get out of my head and walk more
I don't think it's boredom or depression but I'm willing to try almost anything lol

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I do everything I'm told by the doctor.
He said I'm doing fine and it's probably head hunger. I don't think so when my stomach is gurgling but I'm going to try a few of these suggestions and see how it goes. Ty for responding

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Ty. I'll try to drink more. It's hard to drink 60 plus oz a day with not being able to eat 30 minutes before or after [emoji26][emoji173] but I'll definitely try.

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Now that I have mentioned her I think she will get a notification. Im sure if so she will respond, but if not maybe you can look for some of her posts about hunger all the time.

Some information is required to help with suggestions....
How many calories a day are you consuming and what does a typical day's menu look like? What exercise do you do, for how long, how often?

Is it head hunger? Boredom? Stress? What are your daily macros in terms of calorie intake and Water intake?

Drink more water/ fluids. I had this right from the start it an empty gnawing hungry even straight after i ate. I found drinking 15 minutes before a meal not a lot maybe a small glass and a small drink about 30 mins after helped. I also find if i havent drunk much during the day i get really hungry.....which is probably thirst

Lizonaplane went through this. She ruled out all the other causes and it was true hunger. There are many things it could be disguised as hunger though. Hopefully she will respond but one thing I remember she said helped satisfy the hunger was warm beverages such as tea.

I'm so sorry for all you've been through! That all sounds so awful...
You're not a failure but it sounds like you might be in crisis mode. Are you safe?
I see that you're seeking counseling, but I have some "practical" advice as I also spend a lot of time in hotels:
1) go to a grocery store to buy things like deli meat, cheese, fruit/veg already cut up
2) to avoid sweet cravings, there are two schools of thought: you can give it up completely which makes cravings less, or you can try to limit what you eat per day, like make a game out of it, or don't keep it in your room. Some people have to give up artificial sweeteners too, but I haven't found this to be the case for me
3) Try to track your eating on something like MyFitnessPal, so you can see what you're eating and when
Good luck and keep us posted!

Hi, everyone!
I’ve been on my two week pre-op liquid diet faithfully for eight days now. My surgery is six days away. Today, my mom made chili and the aroma overwhelmed me. I caved and put spoonful in my mouth along with three Ritz crackers, chewed it up, and then spit it into the toilet without swallowing. My dietitians have stated and restated how important it is to shrink my liver before surgery. Will this hiccup put me in danger of postponement? I haven’t deviated from liquids any other time and don’t plan to do it again. I rinsed my mouth with Water afterward, feeling paranoid that I may swallow a small bit after spitting. In hindsight, it was not worth this feeling at all. Has anyone had a similar experience?

No danger whatsoever--don't give it another thought. If you are generally compliant with the liquid diet, you'll shrink your liver. One little slip-up is not going to make a difference. (Full disclosure: I had two pieces of pizza at an office party during my 2-week liquid diet and everything was fine.). In fact, I've read here that some surgeons don't even require a liquid diet before surgery. Honestly, I would not even bring this up with your doctor.

I think you are fine to be honest. I know many patients that never did the liquid diet at all and still had their surgery. It makes it harder on the surgeon because now they have to move a fat liver away to get to the stomach but this won't be your case - you have been compliant. Go easy on yourself. You are fine.

I had my share of slip ups during the liquid diet- I didn't tell my Dr., surgery went off no problem.