I have now tortured myself for three days. I haven't cheated even once. Yet, the scale is not moving? I am eating between 500-700 calories a day and I walk 4 miles every evening. What the heck?? I am drinking tons of Water and only eating the Medifast stuff and a few sugar free popscicles!! This is rather frustrataing!

Uuuuuugh!

Leslie

I am under 40 carbs and under 600 cals a day. That is probably what is making me feel fuzzy. I guess my surgeon is sadistic!! I went and exchanged some of teh shake things to easier to eat foods today.

I am a midwife and I love it!! It does make mealls hard to plan though. Usually we just eat what there is to eat. I think I wil take a few bars (even though I am only to have one a day) and some soup that is easy to make. Thanks for teh suggestions! I hope she delivers soon. She was due two days ago

For what it's worth, the detox symptoms went away fairly quickly for me. It was only bad for 2 days, then annoying for a few more, but now I feel great most of the time. I have to struggle to get more than 800 calories and I am never hungry unless it's been more than 6 hours since I've eaten. I look at my small plate of food and am satisfied with it, often quite full after I'm done and I'm still pre op. I never would have thought 5 ounces of protein and some veggies would fill me up, but it does. You'll get through it and start to fell so good that you won't crave bad things all the time.

I feel pretty decent today. I made my little pancakes and have been full for a few hours now. I think I am in ketosis and I noticed a drop on the scale today so it is all worth it! 11 more days! I am hoping my client delivers on a day I am feeling good though

Hi Everyone,

I also started my pre-op diet 6 days ago. I was on vacation, and am now home. I lost 4 pounds, I do feel hungry in the afternoon and evening, but I think I am not eating enough in the morning. We are all so close to starting the next chapter in our lives.

Good Luck Everyone

Kamay1234

Starting the pre-op on vacation would be soooo hard! Congrats for staicking with it. I have no cravings now and am feeling much better. I only have another week from tomorrow to stick to it and so do you!!

Well I bought vanilla Protein powder today to try this week along with the others I have. I also got my decaf coffee, Vitamins and Calcium chews. So I think I'm ready :-)

Hope everyone is doing well with the pre-op diet. Just another week or so and we will be on the other side. I can't wait.

I start my pre-op diet tomorrow and have been instructed to drink two protein shakes and eat a lean cuisine or grilled meat with steamed veggies for dinner. I think the pre-op diet instructions seems to vary widely from doctor to doctor but the intent of the "diet" is the same and that is to shrink our livers to make surgery easier. It really isn't designed to focus on weight oss even though that is a common reaction on the diet. Hang in there guys! We will soon be in the post-op diet phase where weight loss will be easier with our new VSG tools!

Good luck with your diet! I am just settling in for the night with a cup of my yummy Healthwise Hot Chocolate. It really is yummy!!