Hey guys..

Starting my new journey today. Surgery is scheduled to march 21 (if insurance doesnt decline, which please help me pray they dont lol)

My diet consists in:

FREE ZONE:

sugar free beverages

broth only Soups

Sugar free Popsicles and sugar free Jello

Items in moderation, as they contain larger amounts of sugar.

2 cups or less of juice/gatorade/powerade

3 or less regular jello/popsicle/no sugar added fudgicles

3 or less 1% or skim or lactaid milk/ 6oz light yogurt, 1cup low fat ricotta or cottage cheese

1-3 Protein shakes

Supplement Guidelines:

At least 15g of protein per 8oz serving

Less than 20g carbs per 8oz serving

Less than 5g fat per 8oz serving

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I intend to take 1000cal a day. I'm not sure if is too much, but its probably what i can do right now.

And i MAY take some powdered Soup that i found in a brazilian store, it has 60calories which 1.3g fat, 12carbs, 2g Fiber, 3g protein, maybe 2 a day (in case i get bored of the broth)

Who's with me?!?

love your positive attitude

.this little picture is for you (any any other newbie).

Thank You Carolina

Heck, i got to be positive, right? Hahaha i have no other choice! Lol

Just feed my girls some french toast and i was able not to try a bite (or eat left over) as always! I'm feeling proud of myself already hahahaha

Thank You Carolina

Heck, i got to be positive, right? Hahaha i have no other choice! Lol

Just feed my girls some french toast and i was able not to try a bite (or eat left over) as always! I'm feeling proud of myself already hahahaha

your positive attitude will get you through the (rough Patches ahead)..

I'm starting my pre-op diet today also!!! We can do this

I'm starting my pre-op diet today also!!! We can do this <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

Lets keep in touch we can help each other!!

Do you have a smartphone? You can get this app Kik and we can chat there my username is bras1987

I'm probably the only person on earth that does not have a cell phone. Its either on here or Facebook...

Helpppppp here please!

I'm craving pickessssss.. I have one here at house with 0 calories... I really want to eat :/

Would it be too bad? ???”???­

My pre-op diet allows me anything with very low calories and/or a vegetable....in my mind a pickle fits in both categories. I had one yesterday and it got rid of my crunchy/salty cravings i get in the evenings...On another note, i'm on about 800-900 cal a day, for the past 3 days, and I havent seen the scale move at ALL!! I cut back on salt also. I'm wondering if its normal??? Does it take a couple days to kick in???

I asked my nutritionist yesterday how many carbs i was ok to take a day, as the first day i ended up with 80g.

Surprisingly she replied saying i could take up to 200g a day. She also said that i do not need to count calories, but i'm doing a 900cal goal.

I'm still on 700as of now, the pickles i have here has 0 calories, 0 carbs, 0 everything (just sodium of course), so, that woundt be too bad, but im scared of the fact of eating the solid.. Maybe that is bad

Ugh

Oh, and i lost 1.4lb since yesterday. (I forgot to check my weight monday)..

Actually its a low fat diet for 12 days and 2 days prior to surgery I have a liquid diet. Apparently 2 days is enough to "clear" most solid from the bowels.

The purpose of mine is to shrink the liver, being only on liquids for 10 days!

Same for me also....but everybody is loosing 10-12-14 pounds it seems and for me, nothing!! I'm hoping i'll see the numbers go down after a week...And i do have a crappy scale (not digital) too so that might be the problem...

Ugh, just cheated!

Please dont judge

I was feeling sick, and tried to drink my EAS and couldnt ;( i almost throw up.. Yikes..

So, i eat a can of tuna with a plum tomato like salad with some lemon and pepper.

My day so far:

Fat: 11g

Carb:45g

Fiber: 8g

Protein: 98g

Im supposed to follow a liquid only, but my nutritionist said that my allowance is 1200cal, maximum 200g (yes 200) of carbs!

So, i'm reallllllyyyy bellow..

Would this hurt my diet? ???”

If you're already cheating, you need to think about if you really want this. I had a 3 day liquid diet and wanted regular food so bad but I wanted my surgery more so obviously I didn't cheat. I'm now on day 3 post op and of course in not cheating now bc this is what I want. I still have two more weeks of liquids. I'm not trying to sound rude, but if you're already cheating now do you think you'll be cheating afterwards too when there's a possibility of band slippage?