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Today begins my 7 day liquid diet - pre-surgery. I went out with my family last night and enjoyed a nice dinner, we divorced my old life and are welcoming the new one beginnign today. 1 week from today, I will receive the tool I have worked so hard to get and then truly be on my way.

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Congratulations! I've got a 2 week diet, which I started today as well. My last meal was Olive Garden. Good luck on your journey!

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Congratulations!!!

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Today is my 7th day of the 2 week pre-op diet and i am 5lbs down, I am so excited, didn't think I will make it to the 3rd day at all but is seems to be getting easier with each passing day. My surgery is on the 7th of April. Good luck guys all the best.

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My last meal was at Outback Steakhouse. I am not a steak eater, but I do enjoy babyback ribs. The weird thing is, I have been watching what I eat for so long now, I could not finish...I felt satisfied and stopped eating. I was going to only order 1/2 rack, but my significant other said...no get the full rack, I want some. He didnt eat any of them, I left more than 1/2 on the plate and I only took a few bites of my potato. I did enjoy a very small piece of cheese cake, which I also could not eat, I literally only took 3 - 4 bites of it. So long to that life and on to the new one. I thought I would be miserable, but Im actually feeling really up beat about it all so far.

Congratulations! I've got a 2 week diet, which I started today as well. My last meal was Olive Garden. Good luck on your journey!

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I am not a coffee drinker, so no I am not drinking coffee. I got my caffeine from soda, which now I cant have. My intention is to just drink unsweetned ice tea. I do not get the satisfaction from it that I get from soda, but it has the caffeine I need givent he hours and life style I lead.

I am starting my 2 week preop diet on Friday. Are and of you drinking coffee?

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I am on my 2 week pre op diet too, today is day 9. My diet is all liquids. My nurtitionist said I could have coffe, just no more than my 4cup pot a day. My sister told me yesterday that I wasn't nearly as bitchy as I was last week, I guess im getting used to not having solid foods ;)

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Congrats, I am half way through my 3 week pre op diet, i have lost 14lbs so far.My surgery date is April 11th i can't wait to start my new life with this key tool..I didn't think i was going to be able to do this Protein Shake diet but its not bad at all..Keeps me satisfied..My last chosen dinner was my homemade chicken cordon bleu..

good luck to everyone...

I am new as well and look forward to reading everyone's success..

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Okay so yesterday was day1 of my pre-op diet. I kept to it all day, by the time I got home from work, I had a severe head ache and I was shaking like mad. I have never felt so hungry in my life. I caved and ate 2 hard boiled eggs, I felt a little better, but still shaky hands. I sure hope I can make it through my liquid died and not have to cave on some solids but I did not in anyway like how I felt yesterday.

So far today, have had about 24 ounces of Water, 32 oz of unsweetened fresh brewed ice tea, 8 oz yogurt, and now eating a bowl of Tomato Soup for lunch. The headache is already starting and I sure hope I dont have the uncontrollable shaky hands by the time I get home tonight.

Anyone else ever feel like this?

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I feel like that. I also eat a hard boiled egg too. My doctor is not that picky about the liquids. I can do Protein shakes. The shakes make me wanna gag and they only keep me full for about hours plus they make my stomach updet. I think your headache might be from the sugar and carbo withdrawal. I get headaches too. If you like shrimp or fish make some of that and keep in the fridge. Shrimp cocktail makes a good snack to take the edge off and is packed with Protein.

I wonder if the Protein Shakes bother anyone else's tummy?

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I felt horrible for the first 4 days of the pre-op liquid diet, the headaches were really bad, but i think that was just our body reacting to the drastic change, by the 5th day i was feeling much better. today is my 8th day and it only gets better everyday you will see.

Okay so yesterday was day1 of my pre-op diet. I kept to it all day, by the time I got home from work, I had a severe head ache and I was shaking like mad. I have never felt so hungry in my life. I caved and ate 2 hard boiled eggs, I felt a little better, but still shaky hands. I sure hope I can make it through my liquid died and not have to cave on some solids but I did not in anyway like how I felt yesterday.

So far today, have had about 24 ounces of Water, 32 oz of unsweetened fresh brewed ice tea, 8 oz yogurt, and now eating a bowl of Tomato Soup for lunch. The headache is already starting and I sure hope I dont have the uncontrollable shaky hands by the time I get home tonight.

Anyone else ever feel like this?

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I am on my 2 week pre op diet too, today is day 9. My diet is all liquids. My nurtitionist said I could have coffe, just no more than my 4cup pot a day. My sister told me yesterday that I wasn't nearly as bitchy as I was last week, I guess im getting used to not having solid foods ;)

Yayyy for not being bitchy!!! loll

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Congratulations. I just got my surgery date yesterday. April 7th. Good luck on yours.

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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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      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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      1. summerseeker

        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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