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PREOP liquid FAST DAY 4. I AM NOT LOSING THE WEIGHT. I AM FOLLOWING THE DIET 98% 5 Optifast A DAY AND liquids. THE ONLY THING EXTRA I HAVE EATEN IS ON THE FIRST DAY 2 HARD BOILED EGG WHITES ONLY A BABY CARROT AND A CHERRY TOMATOE. I HAVE SPOKEN TO MY DR AND I HAVE TO INCREASE MY FLUIDS TO MAKE SURE I MEET 64 FL OZ. I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY I HAVE NOT LOST ANYTHING. IF I DONT LOSE 10 LBS BY 10/27 THEY WONT DO THE SURGERY. HELP WHAT AM I DOING WRONG. AND IF I CANT LOSE THIS WAY HOW WILL I LOSE WITH THE BAND? MAMADUKES

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Hi don't worry - keep doing what you've been doing and add as much Water as possible. I lost most of my weight in the 2nd week, so don't loss faith. Good luck!

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PREOP LIQUID FAST DAY 4. I AM NOT LOSING THE WEIGHT. I AM FOLLOWING THE DIET 98% 5 Optifast A DAY AND LIQUIDS. THE ONLY THING EXTRA I HAVE EATEN IS ON THE FIRST DAY 2 HARD BOILED EGG WHITES ONLY A BABY CARROT AND A CHERRY TOMATOE. I HAVE SPOKEN TO MY DR AND I HAVE TO INCREASE MY FLUIDS TO MAKE SURE I MEET 64 FL OZ. I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY I HAVE NOT LOST ANYTHING. IF I DONT LOSE 10 LBS BY 10/27 THEY WONT DO THE SURGERY. HELP WHAT AM I DOING WRONG. AND IF I CANT LOSE THIS WAY HOW WILL I LOSE WITH THE BAND? MAMADUKES

My hubby is also doing the opti-fast. Surgery Oct. 21. He is drinking 3 a day only. He is allowed clear liqiud 0 to very low calorie food such as diet popscicles, beef broth, diet sods, diet Jello. On his paln Dr. said you can have up to five optifast but he stresses he really wants us to stick to 3. So check and see if you can drop the optifast to 3 and add clear stuff. Hubby lost 10 pounds in 6 days. Good luck to you.

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I spent two weeks starving to death. There wasn't anything easy about it.

I ate a lot of popsicles, chicken bouillon, costco Protein Shakes and all

of a sudden I was 25 lbs. lighter. My wife had me write down everything

I put in my mouth, which kept me from eating anything other than what

I was suppose to. There's no easy way to do it, but It'll be worth it in the

long run. Best of luck.

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Hi don't worry - keep doing what you've been doing and add as much Water as possible. I lost most of my weight in the 2nd week, so don't loss faith. Good luck!

I am sticking with this and not straying although I am very much uptight not seeing weight loss. I am in the bathroom every 20 min peeing my brains out, lol I am very much have my heart and hopes set on Monday 10/17/11 I will be down a few pounds. Thank you so much for your insight and encouragment. Carole

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I spent two weeks starving to death. There wasn't anything easy about it.

I ate a lot of popsicles, chicken bullion, costco Protein Shakes and all

of a sudden I was 25 lbs. lighter. My wife had me write down everything

I put in my mouth, which kept me from eating anything other than what

I was suppose to. There's no easy way to do it, but It'll be worth it in the

long run. Best of luck.

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I spent two weeks starving to death. There wasn't anything easy about it.

I ate a lot of popsicles, chicken bullion, costco Protein shakes and all

of a sudden I was 25 lbs. lighter. My wife had me write down everything

I put in my mouth, which kept me from eating anything other than what

I was suppose to. There's no easy way to do it, but It'll be worth it in the

long run. Best of luck.

I actually started the sugar free Jello tonite, and beef bullion. I went to the pool and swam for 45 min and am going again tomorrow and sunday. I pray i lose a pound or two...thats all I am looking for just something to say hey its working. Thank you for your helping me. How long did it take to do the 25lbs? Carole

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I actually started the sugar free Jello tonite, and beef bullion. I went to the pool and swam for 45 min and am going again tomorrow and sunday. I pray i lose a pound or two...thats all I am looking for just something to say hey its working. Thank you for your helping me. How long did it take to do the 25lbs? Carole

About two weeks, but I was pretty hungry for those two weeks!

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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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