So I finally have my surgery date and I'm on day two of this Optifast, I'm struggling. Will this get easier for me?

It's soooo hard I'm not going to lie. You will have days where your like ok this is easy I can do it and days where it sucks. I had 2 weeks clear liquids and the first 3-4 days were the worst. I would rec drinking your shakes as much as you can and having jello puddings and ice pops handy. I occasionally got tropical smoothie smoothies with extra weigh added bc eventually the protein drinks were killing me. I don't know if that was technically allowed bc it has fruit in it. I still lost 12lbs on the preop diet. Good luck.

You can do it!! You will be amazed at how much weight you will lose in just the pre-op diet phase if you work through it.

What worked for me was eating something/drinking something every other hour so I was never "hungry". I would start at 9 then have something again at 11 then at 1;3;5;7;9:00.

You can have Protein shakes, Greek yogurt (Chobani with fruit is high in protein, low in sugar and the most protein for the calories) sugar free pudding made with fat free milk. No sugar ice pops, fudge pops (those are great for after surgery also!) Healthy Choice Soups are great as well low sodium.

Sometimes I would also add a small salad at dinner if I really needed something extra.

If you keep your hunger at bay and don't go too long between you will find it's not so bad and you get into a routine that will really help you after surgery as well.

Best of luck!

Thank you so much for the encouragement. I'm hoping that I do shed a few pounds prior to the procedure. I do see that today is a lot easier than yesterday. I think I may trade in some shakes for bars. I think that maybe my issue that I only ordered shakes. No bars or soups. I'm going to keep pushing. This is a lifestyle change so its one day at a time.

Not to be a bad influence, but when I felt like giving in I would just chew whatever I wanted to eat and spit it out without swallowing. Do that and follow it up with a protein shake and water and you'll be fine.

Thank you so much for the encouragement. I'm hoping that I do shed a few pounds prior to the procedure. I do see that today is a lot easier than yesterday. I think I may trade in some shakes for bars. I think that maybe my issue that I only ordered shakes. No bars or soups. I'm going to keep pushing. This is a lifestyle change so its one day at a time.

Great attitude! Keep the big picture in mind. Before you know it you will be well on your way.

Good luck to you, you can do this.