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Hey All,

I am entering Day 1 of my Pre-op and I am sooooo excited. I think I am almost too excited to be hungry! It's been an okay starts. My husband and I have been up since 7 with our DD. He keeps slipping up. He brought me some French Vin coffee in bed. But then I had to remind him that start my pre-op today. So only Water. I think I am going to try to plan each day out the day before. While there aren;t any calorie restrictions, I still want to make sure I look at my carbs (no more than 40 a day) sat fats (no more than 5/serving). So here is what I had and what I plan on for the day

  • 9:00 am 16 oz of water and a plain hard-boiled egg
  • 10:15- 16 oz of water a a half of banana (other half is my daughter's :-)
  • 11:30- 16 oz of water and a apple
  • 1:30- Protein Shake (150 cal/ 1 gr of sat fat/ 6 g of carbs/ 26gr Protein) and 8 oz of water
  • 4ish -Some snack within guidelines (I was thinking Greek yogurt with frozen strawberries) with 16 oz of water
  • Dinner- Plain chix breast w/ sweet pea with 16 oz of water
  • Late night snack if needed- Protein shake (280 cal/ 2 sat fats/8 gr carb/ 56 gms of protein)

Wish me luck!

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wow that is what you get before your surgery!? thats amazing. I am having my surgery tuesday and my pre op diet has been Clear Liquids only. the only acception to the rule was my Protein Shakes. everything else had to be clear. YUCK...it has been hard at times. thats awesome! Good luck to you on your journey!

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wow that is what you get before your surgery!? thats amazing. I am having my surgery tuesday and my pre op diet has been clear liquids only. the only acception to the rule was my Protein shakes. everything else had to be clear. YUCK...it has been hard at times. thats awesome! Good luck to you on your journey!

Yeah. The main thing that was stressed was getting in lots of Water, fresh fruits at least two a day, and mainly Proteins. As little carbs as possible too.

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Hey All,

I am entering Day 1 of my Pre-op and I am sooooo excited. I think I am almost too excited to be hungry! It's been an okay starts. My husband and I have been up since 7 with our DD. He keeps slipping up. He brought me some French Vin coffee in bed. But then I had to remind him that start my pre-op today. So only Water. I think I am going to try to plan each day out the day before. While there aren;t any calorie restrictions, I still want to make sure I look at my carbs (no more than 40 a day) sat fats (no more than 5/serving). So here is what I had and what I plan on for the day

  • 9:00 am 16 oz of Water and a plain hard-boiled egg
  • 10:15- 16 oz of water a a half of banana (other half is my daughter's :-)
  • 11:30- 16 oz of water and a apple
  • 1:30- Protein shake (150 cal/ 1 gr of sat fat/ 6 g of carbs/ 26gr Protein) and 8 oz of water
  • 4ish -Some snack within guidelines (I was thinking Greek yogurt with frozen strawberries) with 16 oz of water
  • Dinner- Plain chix breast w/ sweet pea with 16 oz of water
  • Late night snack if needed- Protein Shake (280 cal/ 2 sat fats/8 gr carb/ 56 gms of protein)

Wish me luck!

Good luck! You can do this! remember it's only temporary soon you'll be sleeved and sitting on the loser bench with the rest of us!! I'll be rooting for you! Just like Nike states JUST DO IT!!!!!!

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Good luck! You can do this! remember it's only temporary soon you'll be sleeved and sitting on the loser bench with the rest of us!! I'll be rooting for you! Just like Nike states JUST DO IT!!!!!!

Thanks! I am FOCUSED!! I keep reminding myself "You need to shrink your liver. It's not about losing weight, but shrinking your liver." Happy and uneventful surgery is keeping my eyes on the prize.

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I start mine on the 13th and my surgery is the 27th, but I have to do my psychological exam on the 10th. I live in Georgia and they are saying we will have snow and ice on the 10th. To make a long story short I'm running out of time to get all my appointments in before the surgery, but I will go on thr pre-op diet just in case. I might be on a liquid diet longer than any one person can handle.

It's worth it.

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Wow. I start mine on Mon. Its 2 weeks. Guidelines are:

4 protien shakes a day

64 oz Fluid

sf popsicles

fatr free broth

sf oatmeal

raw veggies

sf Jello

sf pudding

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