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I am on day 6 of 10 of my pre-op diet. I am so hungry all the time. It isn't just "head hunger" either. My stomach is actually rumbling so loud that other people are noticing. I am having a Protein shake for Breakfast and lunch and taking in a lot of broth, crystal lite and diet soda. I am just grateful that I am on the downward slope!

:smile2: Katie

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I am on day 6 of 10 of my pre-op diet. I am so hungry all the time. It isn't just "head hunger" either. My stomach is actually rumbling so loud that other people are noticing. I am having a Protein shake for Breakfast and lunch and taking in a lot of broth, crystal lite and diet soda. I am just grateful that I am on the downward slope!

:biggrin: Katie

Maybe you should cut the diet pop out... it makes you hungry! Plus after you get banded no more pop!!!

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I agree with Nean, the fake sugar in the soda makes me even hungrier. AND there is the fact that soon, you can't have it anyway. maybe limit yourself to one a day? (Thats assuming you are drinking more than one..sorry lol) try it, you may see that you are not as hungry. Hang in..it is all worth it in the end. :biggrin:

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I hadn't really thought about it that way. thanks! I figured they were filling me up because of the carbonation. I will give it a try. what do you think about seltzer?

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I did the exact same thing during my pre-op, and had no problems. Just be sure you do what your surgeon wants, and I don't think you'll have any problems. I think the reason why you're not so hungry is because your stomach has shrank some, the same thing happened to be, but Water def helped me curb the hunger, so I drank A LOT. GL on your pre-op!

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IMO, I would think that the seltzer is better (diet even more so) HOWEVER, I say try to break the habit NOW, before your surgery and then you wont have to worry about breaking it later. The carbonation is a no-no and why not start now? Also, the carbonation is not what makes you full, it just makes you burp :biggrin: Let us know how it goes, or what you pick :thumbup:

K

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blech. on day 3. my Multivitamins from BA made me sick so i think i'm going w/ flintstones or something. had pre-op dr's appointment where i got an ekg, mini physical, and blood drawn. don't think that helped since i can't eat but what can ya do? they wanted me to go get a chest xray too but i couldn't do the hour-long wait thing. that's soooo not in the cards today so i have to go early in the morning. and STILL trying to get over this cold. sorry for whining but i'm just really hoping i feel better tomorrow. :thumbup: hope everyone else is doin better than me :biggrin:

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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