I am on Day 7 of the pre op diet with surgery on 6/1. I am going through sugar withdrawal, coca-cola withdrawal, you-name-it withdrawal and I am having second thoughts. I thought this would be no problem, but it is tough. I will get through it, but I am having a tough day. I have no energy, I have a chronic dull headache and I just want to sleep. Will this pass? Please help... Has this happened to you? Did you get through it? I need to just suck it up and deal.

eeeek.....I think I have been messing up. I am on day 4 of my pre-op diet and thought I could drink diet cokes. I have only had a few, but still! I think I misunderstood. HOpe this isn't going to set me back!

You should be fine but my suggestion would be to go ahead and stop drinking them now since you can't drink it after surgery. Also, you will most likely have headaches due to withdrawal from the caffeine and you would much rather go through that now than when you are recovering from surgery. I haven't had a diet coke since November (when I started my pre-op diet) and I took a sip of my son's yesterday and I told my husband that I couldn't believe that I used to be so addicted to it...it actually tasted horrible!

Thank goodness I found this post! I am now on day four and yesterday I thought I was gonna throw in the towel! I felt like crap - tired, irritable and STARVING! I finally realized that maybe I was something called "HUNGRY" and made and drank my Protein drink. I felt a MILLION times better right after I drank it. I agree that we are so used to not listening to our bodies that all of this is new territory for us.

I like the idea of putting up a little note with the number of days left for the liquids only. This makes it so much more tangible and reachable.

I hope all of my co-pre bandsters find solace in this forum and know that you are not alone.

WE CAN DO THIS!!! :woot:

I had a hard time the first week of the pre-op diet too, and then it was somehow like something just fell into place, and a pattern started, and like you say, it's all about listening to your body and what it needs and wants. I also have given up coffee and diet pepsi now as well, since I figure it's good practice for afterward when I really can't have it. The other great thing I found about the pre-op diet was that I actually did really start losing, and each pound lost I felt a really great sense of pride, like "yeah, this really is the next stage!" I actually lost 25 pounds on the pre-op diet. Tomorrow I switch from full liquids to clear; and then Wednesday is the day!