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My pre-op dieat is confusing me!! My surgery is on 3/21 which means I am supposed to be on Day 4 of my 2 week pre-op. Thing is, I cheated horribly the first 3 days and I am ready to get back on track because I DON'T want to get re-scheduled, gain weight and I realize how serious this diet is to the being compliant after I am sleeved. The only thing is, I don't know how many carbs, sugars or grams of fat ar too much. The diet they gave me was confusing Meal Replacement shakes and bars, which I brought the minimal amount. I thought about just doing a straight up liquid diet, fat free, sugar free, no carbs. All of the Protein Shakes I have purchased have carbs and fat. What is the max I can do in carbs and fats and still be able to lose weight or at least maintain (and have liver shrinkage) ?

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try doing an all liquid diet from here on out using otifast if you can get it. Some doctors say drink 3 a day and some say 5. I believe the 5 a day have 800 calories. I would not go over that. I hope this helps.

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try doing an all liquid diet from here on out using otifast if you can get it. Some doctors say drink 3 a day and some say 5. I believe the 5 a day have 800 calories. I would not go over that. I hope this helps.

Are they filling? What flavors do you recommend?

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Are they filling? What flavors do you recommend?

Yes they are filling. I recommend chocolate and vanilla

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Thanks where did you buy them? Do they sell samples?

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Thanks where did you buy them? Do they sell samples?

I bought them from my doctor's office, however you can also buy them from Amazon.< /p>

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I bought them from my doctor's office' date=' however you can also buy them from Amazon.[/quote']

I sure will thanks

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My pre-op dieat is confusing me!! My surgery is on 3/21 which means I am supposed to be on Day 4 of my 2 week pre-op. Thing is, I cheated horribly the first 3 days and I am ready to get back on track because I DON'T want to get re-scheduled, gain weight and I realize how serious this diet is to the being compliant after I am sleeved. The only thing is, I don't know how many carbs, sugars or grams of fat ar too much. The diet they gave me was confusing meal replacement shakes and bars, which I brought the minimal amount. I thought about just doing a straight up liquid diet,fat free, sugar free, no carbs. All of the Protein shakes I have purchased have carbs and fat. What is the max I can do in carbs and fats and still be able to lose weight or at least maintain (and have liver shrinkage) ?

You sound like me! I was going crazy over my Pre op. This is what I did. I maintained cals no more than 800/day. I kept carbs and sodium as low as possible. You still need carbs to an extent so if i had an high carb day, it was not over 30.

When I tried medifast, i really like the 5 and 1 where you have 5 replacements then a lean and green. I'll admit I cheated on my all liquid part and threw in the lean and green when i was about to loose my mind. I did this up until 3 days before then I went all liquid. I still managed to loose 10 and the surgeon didn't say anything about my liver being too big. Other than that I used EAS carbadvantage shakes, propel Water and tried to drink at least 12 cups a day.

Did they give you a specific amount to lose?

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Thanks ladies!! They didn't specify to lose any paticular amount. I don't want to gain and I want liver shrinkage

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Ok that's understandable.I hope you find the best way for you to get through. I read in the board that it doesn't take long for the liver to shrink, a week give or take. I also want to add this: the closer to all liquid you can stay the better. I'm realizing now that it really preps you for after surgery when you really CANNOT eat anything other than liquids :)

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If you inbox me your email address I will send you mine. It has details on total carbs etc.

Us sleeve sisters have to stick together. 3/21 new us!

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You ladies are awesome!!!!!!!

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I'm on day 2 of my 2week pre-op diet. They have me on 2 shakes and a frozen meal of 400 cals or less. Thank god I'm diabetic so they added in a fruit or veggie snack...but I'm still so hungry lol!

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I have a three week diet, all liquids day before surgery 3/20 I drink two shakes, one packet of Quaker Oats Weight Control oatmeal, 6 oz of low fat yogurt, sugar free Jello, 2 cups veggies, 3 oz of chicken/turkey/fish. I started week three on Tuesday and have lost 18 lbs as of today. I have had more protein/carbs three days on the diet but have been working out EVERYDAY. I'm gonna try to stick strictly to the plan here on out b/c I do not want to prolong my surgery or have any avoidable complications. I just hope those 18 lbs make a difference in my liver. Maybe this diet will offer you a little more during the day to make it easier for you to stick to.

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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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