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Ok, I'm on my second day of my pre-op diet and YIKES!! I'm CRANKY!!! It SO doesn't help that my "monthly visitor" came yesterday and that I'm dying for some chocolate AND I'm craving carbs!! Please, someone tell me this gets better!! I'm really trying not to open my mouth, because when I do, I want to bite someone's head off!! *sigh* This too shall pass....right?!

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Look on the bright side ... TOM will not be during surgery.

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I am on day 13 and I can tell you that after the 4th day things got better for me. I have my rough moments late in the afternoon but if I keep busy and drink a lot of Water or have a sugar free Jello and the cravings pass. I have surgery the day after tomorrow and I think tomorrow might be the worst day of all because everything has to be clear.

Good luck. You can do it. It is hard but it is only for two weeks.

Dawn (another Disney Mamma)

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It will get better! Just stay strong and get your Protein.< /p>

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I am on day 6 of my two week pre-op and I, like yourself, was about to send heads rolling if I didn't get some bread of rice but as of today, I am so over them. I didn't believe people when they said it gets better but it totally does! My Protein shakes have been filling me up and I've learned to love my sugar free popsicles and jello! It's also amazing that I am already starting to physically feel better. I have more energy and feel like I can move better and not in so much pain. I know this may be a mental thing but I still enjoy it. Keep up the good work! Keep us posted of your progress and congratulations on deciding to start this journey to a new life. WE CAN DO THIS!!!! Sleeve date is 3/3!

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I'm on pre-op day 3 and like you I had my period last week. I'm glad it will not come during the weeks right after surgery.

I had my gall bladder out last year and the day I got home from the hospital I started my period. At least I had good meds.

the worst part is i'm an Advil person for cramps and switching to Tylenol was not as effective.

I think I mentioned that I made my own vegetable broth and that has been a god-send.

I used onions, garlic, mushrooms, celery, carrots, some fresh herbs and seasoning, cooked it down for about an hour then strained it. Lots of flavor. I cheated and added a small touch of soy sauce today to give it a flavor more like wonton Soup. play with it a bit to get it to your liking but its slow to eat and fills a void of salty style foods. I'm not a sweet eater so while the shakes work I get tired of the sweet.

I do think it is getting easier. I just had to order a cheese thin crust pizza for my 12 yr old and didn't even sniff it. Usually i would have had a piece.

hang in there.... Hey. Bonus I've lost 5 lbs in the first 2 days. I'm hoping for 7 lbs total before surgery. Only 2 more to go in 5 days. Fingers crossedtongue.gif

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I am on day 3 of my pre-op and I am doing better, but I find that I am so tired by the end of the day. When I come home from work I am so hungry that I feel like a school kid coming home from school. I want to eat everything in the house. Today I had warm broth and some tea. Made me feel normal. I am counting down the days. Just curious if I get weak and cheat...What happens?

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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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