I am hopefully having the lap band in mid December. When you were getting ready for the 2 week liquid diet, did you just go into it cold turkey? Or did you start the weeks before with the protein shakes to get your body used to them? Just looking for some tips to have a successful liquid diet, especially since it will be right around Thanksgiving and the holidays. Thanks for any help- advice!

I only had to do a 3 day full liquid diet prior to surgery, after surgery I had 6 weeks. The only thing I did to prepare for this was try different protein drinks/shakes before I was on the 6 week full liquid diet just to make sure I liked them.

I wouldn't do it a minute sooner than necessary. It gets very old, very quickly.

I would make sure I had Protein I really liked, though. (My doctor recommends a certain brand, but was fine with others, as long as it fell within certain nutrition parameters.) I really like the Inspire from bariatriceating.com. The Dutch chocolate Cake flavor is very good, as is the PURE unflavored.

I did it cold turkey and the first day was the worst, but it got better.