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Help :scared0:, I ate potatoe chips and a kit kat bar today - it just happened. Now I'm afraid I won't pass the liver test. I did not mean to - I was socializing and before I knew it I was eating just like they were. I stopped when I realized......wait OMG what was I thinking. Now I'm worried. My pre-op is Tuedays and surgery Wednesday of next week. Any advice? Do you think I'll make it? Does it really take two whole week of no carb and Protein diet to shrink the liver? Any feedback will help.:frown1:

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Hi Dale, take a deep breath and relax, lol. You know what you did, you recognized it and now you need to move on. What is important is that from this point out, you stick to the pre-op diet as prescribed by your surgeon. If this is the only slip up, I am sure you will be fine. Many doctors don't even prescribe pre-op diets for their patients.

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Thanks, Susan for your words of encouragement. I just didn't know if I still had a chance at this opportunity and really did not know how serious the surgeon will be if I slipped (mistakenly). Trust me I want this.

Thanks again. :scared0:

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Dale -

I agree with Susan - just chill - you will be fine -- and don't even mention it to your surgeon - one day of a "screw-up" isn't going to undue what you've already done and what you will do from here on out.

Next time, though - pay attention!:scared0:

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Really, cut yourself some slack! You're being too hard on yourself.

If you don't do it again, it won't make any difference.

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Really, cut yourself some slack! You're being too hard on yourself.

If you don't do it again, it won't make any difference.

Ditto that.

But it's a good example of what we do...I know I am guilty...of mindless eating. Before you know it, the whole bag of (whatever) is GONE.

Now that I am sleeved, that has stopped for the most part. There have been a few instances where I have taken a big gulp of whatever I was drinking, without realizing it...but my sleeve promptly "woke up" and "screamed" at me....STOP THAT!! I listen, believe you me! Mindful, aware eating is best.

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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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