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I have completed all my tests and have met with the surgeon and everything has been signed off, and surgery will be in January. My insurance requires the standard 6 month medically supervised diet before they will approve. I just had my 4 month weigh in this week and I'm down 15 pounds. The surgeon wants me to lose another 20 pounds by Dec 13th. They recommended a partial Liquid Protein diet which I'm willing to try but what I am not educated in is what and where are the best Protein Drinks. They are asking for a Protein Drink for Breakfast and lunch and my total Protein intake in a day is 110 grams. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

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I say find a Protein Shake you love! I think you can do it, but it will definitely be mentally trying. I prefer the Premier chocolate Protein shake. It has 30g of protein and 5g of carbs at 160 calories. For shaking up the flavor, I like to add sugar free syrups from Torani like black cherry (it is like eating a chocolate covered cherry) or cinnamon vanilla. They have no carbs or 1g of carbs and they are delicious!

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My 4th weigh will be next week. I'm waiting to meet my surgeon for the first time. I'm so nervous. For the past week I've been stalled. The scale moved up and down at first and now nothing. I know what's wrong. I've been eating too many carbs.

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Thanks Wishes, I'll go check that out. I'm thinking maybe a sugerfree hazelnut could be good too.

Lostalongtheway, it has been a struggle but the best thing they told me was to cut back on the carbs. Absolutely no carbs at dinner, that was tough at first but much easier now. I have to get 110g of Protein in a day so I really have to watch it so that I get it all. Basically I have just been cutting back on my portions and that has helped. Moved from a dinner plate to a sandwich plate, went from a whole sandwich to half a sandwich and lots and lots of Water. I actually find that I'm not as hungry and less fills me up quicker now so I'm hoping that moving to the Protein drinks for breakfast and lunch won't be too tough. The best thing is cut down the carbs and pump up the protein. Keep in touch and let me know how you're doing and when you get your surgery date. It would be nice to connect with someone on the same time line.

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    • Alisa_S

      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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