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I can't help myself the liquid diet is killing me. Once a day I am eating tuna salad on crackers to keep my sanity. I am losing weight but feeling guilty.

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No way man!!

OMG! Dont you know?? If you cheat on your diet, your toes will turn purple... your teeth with fall out... the FBI will post your pic in all the hospital waiting areas!

*snickers*

Youre only cheating yourself. And its vital to get your liver smaller for safer surgery. If it is too fatty and cannot be safely moved aside to access the banding area of the stomach, you could wake up with no band. (This is what my Dr told me. I know not all Drs put ppl on the pre-op diet.)

Do your best. THIS is the start of your journey. Don't start out by going backwards.

Best wishes to ya. Look to us for support and suggestions. There's plenty here to go around. And not all of us are smartasses. *winks*

I just "gave this lecture" yesterday, so perhaps you deserve the shorter version:

The PRE-op liquid diet is the FIRST of MANY liquid diets you will have to endure. Pre-op "cheating" (and I hate using that term because it seems like it's kind of a game, that way) might not only make your surgery more difficult, it might also convince you that you can continue to "cheat" post-op...and THAT could cause physical damage to your newly banded stomach.

So..the big question...are you READY to make changes...or not? If you are ready, bite the bullet (but don't chew and don't swallow) and get on with it!!! If you are NOT ready, postpone your surgery until you ARE.

You won't be having brain surgery...and you WILL have liquid diets prescribed post-op and with some surgeons, with fills, and sometimes for irritations or swelling. And you will need--in just a couple of weeks--a way to deal with this very issue.

So, make a committment or make a call to postpone, but don't try to play the old games (not that ANY of us here would recognize the games obese people play about food issues) on a newly post-op body...you'll physically hurt yourself.

good luck.

No! No cheating! This isn't high school, this is YOUR LIFE!!! You really need to be able to commit to follow your doctor's instructions. There are going to be some very difficult (food) times following surgery, and you can damage yourself if you "cheat." Really, Soundman. This is important.

However, maybe a phone call to your doctors office will result in some alternate liquid suggestions. If your liquids don't have to be clear, they may OK creamed Soups. (Trader Joe's and Image soups in a box.) That helped me a lot.

Besides, like Photonut said, "your toes will turn purple... your teeth with fall out... the FBI will post your pic in all the hospital waiting areas!" :biggrin1: