Is the pre-op diet to shrink your liver by causing you to lose ten lbs? Or does the pre-op diet shrink your liver because it is low carb? Shoot, I've been on it one day and lost 5 lbs! LOL...I WANNA EAT!!!!! I don't even want to eat bad things...heck, just some Protein in the evenings: a scrambled egg, some tuna, a fish filet, a lean pork chop, chicken, cottage cheese, anything! This is hell on earth...I'm so tired and weak...teaching school all day on NOTHING! :faint:

Last night I told my daughter...if I don't eat something and I have to down another one of those shakes, I'll do it, but then I'll go to bed and :notagree so I don't have to think about food! Isn't that awful?

I guess I'm a bigger baby than I realized.

Ugg....Day 2. This is horrrrrible. I'm supposed to be able to have a 'plate of specific steamed veggies" once a day, along with my 3 Optifasts a day... but I just don't feel like steaming veggies. I don't wanna eat plain hot veggies! I want butter or cheese on 'em! Last night I cooked a whole bunch of sliced mushrooms in a spritz of mushrooms and added a sprinkle of butterflavoured powder. Tonight.... a container of baby tomatoes. I do have a cucumber I might gnaw on later. How groooooss. What else can I possibly eat!? I don't want a salad, cause I can't have salad dressing...

I don't ever want to be hungry again! *shakes fist* lol

Sorry, I'm just frustrated, reading about crab legs and pecan-crusted grouper - I don't even know what that last thing is, but i wannnnt it!

p.s. I'm in Canada! and I just quit smoking, and I've got my period, so everything's sooo much worse!

Oh Miss Scarlett...you are in a BAAAAAAAAAD way! LOL...well, grouper is a very light fish...not fishy or heavy at all. I'd better start my period before PV! Otherwise, I'll be POed! :angry

Hi, I was just wondering if you could tell me what pre-op diet you are on? I would appreciate it very much. Thank You!!

Gladly...I'm on three soy shakes a day with sf Jello, broth, Crystal Lite, etc. between. I'd say this is hell on earth...but I'm not positive. If not, it's a close :hat:

your liver holds about 4lbs of glycogen this is the "spender" of energy and its saved for the likes of marathon runners for when they hit that wall, out comes your glycogen and gives you a second wind.

so the first thing you lose when you starve and need a lot more energy than your taking in is your glycogen deposit, as soon as you eat carbs again it comes back though

natrurally if you lose the 4lbs of glycogen your liver gets a lot smaller and its easier for the surgeon to work in there.

I KNEW IT! I JUST KNEW IT! I'm starving to death! Grrr...:faint:

Ohhhh!

I'm here giggling over your plight, but I am right behind you! I have banding on April 5. Even though I will only have a week of low carb, no fat, Protein shakes, etc, I know I will be the biggest :sick :baby: of all!!!

It's not my birthday for a few months and I came home so exhausted after teaching all day and had a piece of :hat:, thinking I had earned it.

Hey, DON'T MISS IT TOO MUCH, it's not that great and now I feel awful!! :cry

So please. enjoy your birthdays in a positive way. "Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels."

(And my husband asks, "Can't you just eat less to lose the weight?"........

Duh.)

Heck! If it were that easy, we wouldn't be doing this, buster! LOL...my family is saying the same thing. It's like...hello? Where have you been the last 30 years that I've been struggling with my weight? Now, I must say my dh said to my son (who was giving me hell), "I've watched your mother struggle with her weight for 30 years. She has a right to be healthy and happy. Leave her alone." Yay!

I am so in the same boat as everybody else right now. I have my first pre-op appointment on Friday and my letter states that I need to start following a high Protein, low carb diet today (the letter came on Tues.) This includes meat, chicken, fish, cheese, and veggies only. NO FRIED FOODS, fruits, or starches (bread, Pasta, rice, potatoes, alcoholic beverages, etc.)

Of course I had just ordered a pizza before I checked the mail since I'm in the middle of spring break. So I'm starting this evening or at least trying to. Boy, won't I be a fun teacher when school starts back on Monday!

Audra

my pre-op is 5 protein shakes a day and light steamed or raw veggies if i need them - for 2 weeks.

what are you allowed to have on the pre-op diet I do not have a date for surgery yet so I don't know when I will be starting this.

my pre-op is 5 Protein shakes a day and light steamed or raw veggies if i need them - for 2 weeks.

Woo! At least you're close to my diet! 5 shakes a day! I wish. No, actually I don't wish... I want meat !

Skippy, it depends on your surgeon... some don't require any pre-op diet at all.

I am not banded yet. but I will have to go through the same thing. I was wondering if you can eat lemon? Because tomato and cucumbers with fresh lemon juice and a little dash of salt and pepper is a good snack. I don't like tomatoes but I love cucumbers. just an idea.

I am so in the same boat as everybody else right now. I have my first pre-op appointment on Friday and my letter states that I need to start following a high Protein, low carb diet today (the letter came on Tues.) This includes meat, chicken, fish, cheese, and veggies only. NO FRIED FOODS, fruits, or starches (bread, Pasta, rice, potatoes, alcoholic beverages, etc.)

Of course I had just ordered a pizza before I checked the mail since I'm in the middle of spring break. So I'm starting this evening or at least trying to. Boy, won't I be a fun teacher when school starts back on Monday!

Audra

Well...............I'd love to be on that diet! This 3 shakes a day with broth and Jello...ICK!!!

mmmmm.... broth and jello.... i'll dream about it tonight!

I just bought my supply of protein shakes last night. It's a spercial pre-surgery variety that is supposed to be an immune system booster as well as liver reducer. I get 3 per day for 7 days plus water, sf jello, clear broth, Crystal Light, decaf coffe or tea (sf of course). I'm scheduled for 3/28 and can't wait. If it all works out, I'll be recovered enough when the weather gets warmer so I can paddle my kayak. I need the break from the office. Great support on this board. Thanks!

Ellen

Hey Argon... shhhhh, but if you call the Dr. Couburn's office and explain that you can not do this anymore Marie will tell you a little lean chicken would be ok.. at least it was for me.. shhhhhhh. It saved me.

it you guys think this diet is hard, which it is, just wait until you get banded. My doctor have us on 2 weeks of clear liquards before we move onto full liquards for 2 weeks. Right now I'm living on sf jello, broth, water, and crystal lites. It is very tuff, especially after the first week. I can't wait until 3-22 when I can go on full liquards which is sf pudding, creamed soups, I'm counting down the days.:hungry:

Nothing happens if you drink low carb drinks, a doctor I know, Who´s name is Dr. Cantu, in Mexico, he told me that he gives his patients a special liquid diet 1 week before lap-band or gastric bypass surgery