I'm very confused about the pre op diet!!! It says pretty much no carbs but the skim milk that I drink my shakes with have 11 grams! What do I do?? I am doing the two protein shakes and small dinner. I'm dying for something sweet! I'm on day 3 and I really feel like crying. I'm so hungry

Dont give up.it sounds like my doc had me on the same plan. Liquids for breakfast and lunch, then 4 oz lean meat and a non starchy veggie for dinner. On day 3, my head was about to explode. I was a big soda drinker- the nurse told me I was withdrawing from the sugar and caffeine. During the night of day 3, I got physically sick and actually threw up. After that I felt much better and the rest of the two weeks were much easier. I have heard a lot of people say that if you can make it through the first 3 days, you will be fine.

I'm very confused about the pre op diet!!! It says pretty much no carbs but the skim milk that I drink my shakes with have 11 grams! What do I do?? I am doing the two Protein shakes and small dinner. I'm dying for something sweet! I'm on day 3 and I really feel like crying. I'm so hungry

I wouldn't worry about the carbs in the milk. I'm pretty sure they just don't want you eating bread, Pasta and the other carbs out there.

I would ask if they want you to make the shakes with water. Some doctors do. In general though fat free milk while it has carbs also has protein. There is also a difference between carbs from ice cream, cake, candy, even white potato's and fat free milk.

I use unsweetened almond milk with added protein.It's only 35 calories and hardly any carbs (I think 1g) or sugars and has 5 proteins. Once it's mixed with the powder and ice in the blender I can't tell the difference between that and regular milk.