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Ahaha,, thanks so much for this thread :) I been wondering what qualifies as liquid diet, , I have my first appointment on Dec 12th and wanted to start on a liquid diet priot, but having milk shakes from low carb stuff at the store (slim fast type) was not enoug and I was having trouble,, this is great. TYTYTY :clap2:

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Hello, I am curious, I have not been banded yet. Did anyone try the liquids before banding? I would like to get a head start on my weight loss.

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You said you are hungry all the time? I thought the lap band would help with the hunger issue. This concerns me.

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kmefaith - Doing the liquid diet before the surgery is probably a good idea. It will help you get used to it after the surgery but you may be hungry since the reason people are not hungry right after the surgery is because the stomach is swollen and healing so you really can't eat much.

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Thanks SweetPea, do you have a copy of what the liquid diet contains by chance?

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kmefaith - the liquid diet is at first only clear fluids like broth, apple juice ( i mixed it with Water, less calories that way ) Jello, etc. - anything that has no chunks or isn't too thick. the next step would be more creamy things like cream Soups, pudding, yogurt, etc. there really isn't much to eat on the clear liquids but as I said after surgery I really didn't feel like eating much anyway. go to the food section and you'll find some more clear liquid ideas.

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I made a yummy Breakfast this morning. My dr considers cream of wheat to be liquid, so I made some plain cream of wheat with milk and some sugar free Torani Syrup to give it some flavor. Then I put half a scoop of vanilla Unjury in it. I actually can't taste the Protein. It tastes like strawberries and cream, very good! This will be my breakfast for the next few days! I'm counting about 15 Proteins in it too.

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I'm so glad to have found this information about the second stage of liquids. I bought a bunch of shakes that are 100% soy, but they are too sweet for me. I like savory better. I just made Soup with seasoned tofu, duck egg, organic soy sauce, Mrs. Dash garlic/herb seasoning and ran it through a blender. It was delisious, not hungry anymore either!

Thank you all.

Fran

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my guidelines says cream of wheat thinned down. it is a nice change. Add some Protein powder and seasonings and it takes on a life of its own.

I'm not a big time sweet eater, so I season with Mrs. Dash, sesame oil, blended tofu to make cream Soups.

I read through all the pages of this link and it gave excellent ideas.

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f9/lapband-food-stages-lists-suggestions-3995/

I am on day 7 of liquid and can't wait until i'm on pureed foods. I will measure and count everything, but want to go back to real foods. ** Sigh**

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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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