So today is day 2 of my pre-op diet. I'm more hungry today then I was yesterday. But on a plus note, I've lost 4 lbs.

I am also on day 2 of the diet & can't seem to quit thinking about food. I'm not starving, I think it's the whole I want what I can't have:( I know the end result will be worth it!

I am also on day 2 of the diet & can't seem to quit thinking about food. I'm not starving' date=' I think it's the whole I want what I can't have:( I know the end result will be worth it![/quote']

I know it will be worth it in the end also:-)

Good luck - the pre-op diet is the hardest part. It will get easier

Keep drinking your fluids. I drank over 64 ounces each day and it seemed to bloat me. I wasn't worried about gaining water weight, just shrinking the liver for surgery.

Surgery on Monday, and the pre-op diet is nasty. I am not sure whether it is to shrink the liver, or prove that you have the will power to make the band work

Keep drinking your fluids. I drank over 64 ounces each day and it seemed to bloat me. I wasn't worried about gaining Water weight' date=' just shrinking the liver for surgery.[/quote']

That is what I have been doing. Usually I drink a lot of water, but since starting the diet I have added crystal light to the water to appease my sweet tooth.

Hi guys Im on day one if the diet and I'm really hungry everything smells extra good today. lol

Hi guys Im on day one if the diet and I'm really hungry everything smells extra good today. lol

I'm on day one of the pre op diet too. I'm starving!!! I had my two Protein shakes and couldn't wait until dinner. I cooked two ounces of chicken, two ounces of steak and then put onions and green peppers with it....basically a fajita without the tortilla. I used a small plate too to feel better. This adjustment is hard for sure but god I can't wait to loose all these pounds!!!! Good luck with all the rest of you and please keep posting.

I rember day 2. It was awfull but that was 137lbs ago.Hang in their it will be worth it.

My day 1 pre op diet is coming to a close. I've been obsessed with food all day. Wanting thIngs I don't even really like just cause they show it on tv. Lol. Having family go out to dinner without me is rough. I have checked this website more twenty times today looking for encouraging words, it has helped huge. I keep saying to myself "it'll all be worth it"

I was on 4-6 protein shakes a day every day for 15 days. Don't over think it. Take it day by day and plow through it...you will make it. The food will still be there after surgery. You ladies can do it! As long as I didn't smell food I was fine. The smells really tested my will power but I made it 23lbs lighter by my surgery date and you will too...hang in there!

The first several days of the pre-op diet were hard for me also. I'm not going to lie - the first couple of days I probably had a couple extra ounces of protein or more than 1 cup of vegetables, but I was still able to lose weight prior to surgery. I cleaned out my refrigerator so I really didn't have anything that I could go crazy with. Get yourself some no sugar added fruit bars (the little ones that have only 25 calories each), sugar free jello and Crystal Light or make Kool-Aid with a no calorie sweetener. Try to keep yourself busy. The other thing I thought about was how much I weighed and how humiliating it was to say that number out loud. Once you get a few days in and see some weight loss, that will hopefully give you some motivation to stick it out. Don't forget, they will weigh you the day of surgery so they will know if you followed the pre-op instructions or not. It helps when you are held accountable to someone.

I'm on day one of the pre op diet too. I'm starving!!! I had my two Protein shakes and couldn't wait until dinner. I cooked two ounces of chicken' date=' two ounces of steak and then put onions and green peppers with it....basically a fajita without the tortilla. I used a small plate too to feel better. This adjustment is hard for sure but god I can't wait to loose all these pounds!!!! Good luck with all the rest of you and please keep posting. [/quote']

My recommendation would be if you need more food to eat more of what your doctor has prescribed. So I would have had another Protein shake instead of having the chicken and steak and vegetables. I recommend going on YouTube and. watching a video of an actual surgery so you can see how they're moving around your liver etc cetera I think it helps you understand why it's important to follow your doctor's orders. And no I'm not trying to be mean I'm just trying to let you know why they give you such specific requirements.

Well, if Saltlife is on the same pre-op diet I was on, the chicken, steak and vegetables are okay. Mine was two protein shakes per day plus one meal of 3 - 4 oz of protein 1 cup of vegetables plus 1 cup of fruit. No breads, pasta, rice or potatoes.

My recommendation would be if you need more food to eat more of what your doctor has prescribed. So I would have had another Protein shake instead of having the chicken and steak and vegetables. I recommend going on YouTube and. watching a video of an actual surgery so you can see how they're moving around your liver etc cetera I think it helps you understand why it's important to follow your doctor's orders. And no I'm not trying to be mean I'm just trying to let you know why they give you such specific requirements.

Honk, I actually am following doctors orders. 4 ounces of protein a day with unlimited green vegis. Plus the two Protein shakes a day. Keep it positive please. And thank you Instyle.