Hi All,

I am getting sleeved on Oct 17th by Dr Nick Nicholson in Texas. I was determined to be sleeved before turning 50 next summer. I am sooooo looking forward to having a birthday at a reasonable weight.

I started my two week pre-op diet today and I quickly remembered why Slim Fast did not work well for me as one of the myriad of diets I have tried in the past. I am to have 5 SlimFast shakes or bars (any combination) each day plus 5 oz of lean meat and up to two cups of non-starchy veg for dinner each day. I have one heck of a headache and my stomach is upset. I'm getting the 64 oz of Water in and hoping the head and stomach will calm down in a day or two as I get used to this pre-op thing.

I am taking my 11-year-old son to the state fair tomorrow (we homeschool) and am not looking forward to avoiding all the fried food and yummy stuff they have like funnel cakes, candy, etc.

Hope things are going well fo the rest of you guys!

Mamasez (Leah)

Hi Leah, welcome to the October group!

What a great 50th b-day present to yourself! I turn 40 in January and I only wish I had learned about VSG sooner!!!

Good Luck on your pre-op diet, remember this will all be sooooooooooo worth it in the end!

Welcome!

Hi Leah!

I'm being sleeved on the 18th and started my pre-op diet today. So far so good...I'm also battling the headache though. I keep telling myself that this will be so worth it in the end and pretty soon the pre-op diet will be a distant memory! Just wanted to wish you luck!!

Kristin

Been on the liquid pre-op diet for a week. The first 3 days were rough but I pushed through them and have adjusted to the lack of food. The fact that I have lost 10lbs since starting is a great motivator.

his2my2our4, here's a tip for the headaches. Keep hydrated. I made sure to be constantly drinking Water or/crystal light and it helped with the headaches and a little bit with the hunger.

Thank you! I'm refilling my glass now!!

This second day of the pre-op diet was a bit better but I had a good way to keep myself occupied more fully today as I took my son to the State Fair. We live in Texas and the whole fried food thing is really big here. We went with some friends who's son is a big time foodie and he wanted to try every deep fried thing on offer. I took some bars and drank tons of Water so it wasn't bad at all to abstain.

Tomorrow is my pre-op although my surgery isn't until the 17th. Glad to be getting at least this small portion done and over with though. Bring on the sleeve!

Congrats and best wishes to all of you!

Leah

Thank you! I'm refilling my glass now!!

Hi everyone,

Good luck with your pre op diets!! Two weeks is a long time but in the grand scale of things...we are almost there!!

I am in France and will be sleeved next week on the 13th of October. I only have to do 1 week pre op diet where I am only allowed to eat yoghurts. I am allowed 6-8 a day which does not sound much!

Today is my last day eating as a 'normal' person as the yoghurt fest starts tomorrow. I am in a strange way looking forward to not being allowed to eat as I normally would. I am just thinking I will never be at this weight again and that is a good feeling.

Best of luck to you all over the next couple of weeks