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mrstazar    0

mrstazar
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I am scheduled for the Sleeve Plication with Dr. Ortiz on May 10th. Since I'm a planner, I'm trying to get all my ducks in a row early. Because of some previously planned event, I am probably going with the 9-day liquid diet prior to the surgery. Any suggestions on what shakes to buy? I will probably make my own with whey Protein while at home, but I need some ready to drink for work during the day. I bought the AdvantEDGE Carb Control to test it out and it was just NASTY! Any recommendations for a good tasting ready to drink shake? Thanks!

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lilmissbigmouth    4

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I am scheduled for the Sleeve Plication with Dr. Ortiz on May 10th. Since I'm a planner, I'm trying to get all my ducks in a row early. Because of some previously planned event, I am probably going with the 9-day liquid diet prior to the surgery. Any suggestions on what shakes to buy? I will probably make my own with whey Protein while at home, but I need some ready to drink for work during the day. I bought the AdvantEDGE Carb Control to test it out and it was just NASTY! Any recommendations for a good tasting ready to drink shake? Thanks!

I tried many different Protein drinks bot pre mixed and powder to mix with skim. The only one I like is sugar Carnation Instant Breakfast. If you need it pre prepared for wor just measure it out and mix it all in a gallon jug. shake well before each use and it's fine. They make premade Carnation and the sugar free is easy to find in chocolate but it's impossible to find in strawberry. The only place I could find those flavors in sugar free was through the Nestle web site. I ordered a case which is a little more than you need for the liquid preop. But you will need it post op also. There are also different web sites with Protein Shake recipes that are really good.

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mrstazar    0

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Please let me know about your experience with Dr. Ortiz and staff. I am scheduled for the 12th.

I will, however you may have it before me now. I went to my family doctor to get a physical before the surgery and they found an abnormality in my EKG. He won't release me until I'm evaluated by a cardiologist. So, I'm frantically trying to get in and get it done this week. Wish me luck!

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genepha    47

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Good luck!

Try Unjury, and Isopure. I drink GNC Lean RTD shakes in chocolate, vanilla or strawberry. I don't like the milky ones but these ones are not too bad and have 170 calories and like 24 grams of Protein. I drink 1 in the morning for Breakfast since I don't like to eat breakfast. KUP.

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We're happy to announce the launch of www.SleevePlicationTalk.com ! A new community for pre or post Gastric Sleeve Plication surgery support

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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

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        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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