ok... so i started my liquid diet yesterday. the shakes i ordered from bariatric advantage (linked through my doc's office) have never come in and i'm working on trying to find out where they are. so i've been using some shakes i bought at the grocery store. but anyway... i'm supposed to have three to four shakes a day, two protein bars, and other liquids and that's it. well, it's been really hard. yesterday i had some canned chicken and a few pieces of cheese in addition to my shakes and other liquids. today i had some tuna and cheese. not a whole lot. yesterday was like one little can of chicken and three small pieces of cheese. today has been the one tuna patty thingy and two small pieces of cheese. is this ok? it's all mainly protein and not a lot of carbs or anything. what do ya'll think? i'm having such a hard time with this. i feel like crap. my husband is doing it with me to be supportive he says but i think the fact that he's handling it so well while i'm not is really just making me feel worse.

Great attitude Drasan!

You should fly through this.

Good luck!

Thanks btreiger!

And congratulations to you for your successful 3 week liquid diet! Wow!

I'm a March Bandster with you! High five to us!

Dontgoggilme, you're a March Bandster too, right?

We're pulling for you.

thank ya'll so much! and yes, i'm a march bandster, too. march 12. sooo close!!!! i am feeling better about things. tonight i went online and found some good soup recipes and my husband is going to cook them for me (i'm a bad cook lol). like i said before, he is doing the liquid diet with me so i'm not alone. lol i really appreciate all of your encouragement and support. ya'll are great!

Hi I also am in my liquid stage of the pre op.The information that I recieved was 'NO' it's not ok to nibble here and there to curb the hunger,but I would like to know of one over weight person who can do this 100%.So don't be discouraged and try to do better one day at a time.It is very hard but it will be worth it.Good luck.:thumbup:My pre op diet is (4) 237ml Boost/day for two weeks.

I did it - no cheating whatsoever!~~ AND lost 25 lbs pre-op. If I can do it, YOU can definitely do it!! If you're anything at all like me, your inner fat person may start to try to sabotage your efforts! It will lie to you - it will try to justify cheating by telling you that you're dying....you're not dying. You will survive!! Think of it as WAR! Do not let it win!!! You can beat this, and you will be happier with yourself for it later!! I promise!!

I'm 5 weeks out from surgery and 3 weeks from pre op, so this was very enlightening for me, Thank you all. And you are all doing very well, and this is so good for us!

I love that this is so supportive, and the advise and the kudos! Whenever I feel like I'm chickening, I just come on here to get some BOOST! :thumbup:

Day 2 of my liquid diet and I'm jazzed!!!

I have to stop and catch myself every time I reach for something I shouldn't eat. So far so good and I plan to keep it that way. I have been eating mindlessly for so long, it's a hard habit to break.

The liquid diet is successfully interrupting my eating habits. I keep telling myself that I am in training for the band.

Dontgoggilme, didn't you have to work really hard to get to this pre-op stage? I know that I did. I want this to happen in my life. Up to this point, I've lost the war with weight. I am ready to be a winner.

You can do this. Look at all of us who are pulling for each other, for you!

The next Protein shake I drink today, I'm holding it up to cheer everyone who is having one with me!

CHEERS!

I'm toasting my Protein Shake with you now!!! :thumbup: To all of us!! CHEERS!!!

Wow! I thought my pre-op diet was bad but I at least get to have one solid meal a day. I am on my second week of the pre-op diet and I feel great. My band date is March 10th. All of your post are so inspiring. Keep up all of your hard work.

dontgoggilme--We haven't heard from you in a couple of days, hows it going?

it's going ok. just had my morning protein shake about an hour ago and so far so good. yesterday i slipped up one time. the soup recipes were helpful and my sister (awesome cook that she is) is making me something special today, too. some kind of soup i'm sure. but as long as things taste decent i have no complaints. it's a lot easier to stay on the liquid diet when there are a variety of options. different soups, broths, etc. getting really nervous about banding as the date is getting closer and closer. i go for all my pre ops on monday.

My surgeon recommended the Medifast 5+ Lean and Green plan over a couple of other choices. It was more expensive, to be sure, but I also had a fairly wide variety of things to choose from- and it wasn't all liquids. I started on 23 January, thinking that I'd be having my surgery the second week of February, but due to weather issues and my insurance company, I ended up not being banded until last Friday. I chose to stay on the preop past the required 2 weeks, so if there was a cancellation in the meantime...and, lo and behold, that's exactly what happened. Out of the 8 or 9 patients he had waiting, I was the only one ready to go at short notice.

The immediate preop period is challenging...adding a new diet plan on top of all the normal preop jitters...but hang in there and follow his recommendations- the results will SO be worth it!

Best wishes to you!

Christine