Anyone will lose 30 lbs with basically a liquid diet for a month. Makes me wonder why I don't just try to do that! Ha! Seriously though, I know my desire to eat wont be there but seeing my diet messes with my head.

My surgery is scheduled for April 12th, btw

I was put on mush 1 week out and i have lost nearly 30 in a month. As for doing it on your own i know I always justified cheating "oh i only see one movie a month ill get popcorn" or "i only eat out once a fortnight so i would eat big "and cheat my diet. You'll be fine hang in there. Xxx

Post op you just aren't hungry so that is what helps keep you from cheating.

Try doing a month long liquid diet with a normal sized stomach + ghrelin. See how well that works for you. Trust your doc and trust the process. It works if you do what you are supposed to do.

It is hard to the pre-op liquid diet, but post op, you will have problems just getting the liquids in. Like Junior Guru said, trust your dr's and do your best to follow the diet. Good luck!

Obviously if this diet scares you then you might want to rethink the surgery. This is a life change not a quick fix. Also you said that if you could only eat liquids for 30 days you could lose the weight. Well then what has kept you from doing just that.

We have all faced these same questions and dilemas and have failed miserably. Time to step up and take control of your life.

My mom told me that when I lost 12 pounds on my pre-op diet!! It was torture!!! I literally had to clear my house of all foods and not go out/interact much w/ people... I knew I couldn't do that long term w/o help.. My sleevina was a Godsend!!!

Don't allow preoccupation about post-op diet cause you anxiety... You're almost there.. I believe after surgery, you're gonna read this post and laugh!!

Blessings to you...

Thank you all for your replies. I didn't mean to sound like I could do this on my own, I was just voicing my thoughts and probably should have filtered them beforehand. I know I need this. If not for me, then to be a more active parent for my children. In fact, that's almost more of a reason for me, because I have no more will power to do this on my own. I've dieted in the past and lost 30, 40 and 60 pounds and gained it all back each time. I'm at a point where I just don't have the willpower to do it anymore, so this is what I need. Hopefully the lack of grelin (sp?) will really work and it'll be easier to do this diet post-op.

The pre-op liquid diet is the toughest part. I didn't think I could live with doing that for two weeks pre-op, but I knew I wouldn't live a year without doing that liquid diet. Afterwards, I didn't really care that I was on a liquid diet, because I couldn't put a lot down at a time anyway. The liquid diet definitely helped break my sweets addiction and detoxed me from a lot of things, including caffeine.

So, while the diet sucks, it pays big dividends. At 7 months out and down 90 pounds, I'm thrilled I managed to do the liquid part of this journey!

I am having to do a 21 day liquid diet before surgery and there will be 2 weeks of more liquids post op. I am on day 12 pre op and honestly I couldn't care less if I never ate anything else again. Food doesn't even interest me anymore (I'm sure this will change.) Like Lissa.. I am totally detoxed and really feel good. I did have a few days the first week of some slumps and no energy but that seems to have passed. Good luck on your journey and focus on the goal. No doubt I can do this now and so can you.

I like that you realize that you need to filter your words, especially with your children. Words are perceived by others so differently than our intent and with our children, they are so hurtful and stick with your little ones for life. After I had my surgery, the doc told me to expect 1-2 lbs of weight loss per week, and I thought, WTF, I could just stayed on a 1200 cal diet and accomplished that. Reality is, if I could have been dilagent enough to do that, I would of a long time ago. I couldn't so now is time I have to learn healthier eating habits and keep them. After all, the sleeve is only a tool.

I would just like to say that the way a few of you responded to him was really rude. If I were him I wouldn't come back to this forum after that. He was making a joke....I think that's allowed here.

Anyways...good luck on your journey and I'm really glad you you've made the decision to change your life for you and your kids! That's awesome!!

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Bethany1987: I'm just wondering who you thought was rude.

I read everyone's post and it didn't seem rude to me.

Some were about reality checking which is highly beneficial to the OP. And how do you know the OP's joking? Like I said in an earlier post, every perceives things differently. No is meaning to offend anyone here. We are all here to support and help fellow sleevers. Please don't take this as an attack, because it is not meant that way.

I hope your journey is awesome like mine.

Bethany1987: I'm just wondering who you thought was rude.

I read everyone's post and it didn't seem rude to me.

Some were about reality checking which is highly beneficial to the OP. And how do you know the OP's joking? Like I said in an earlier post' date=' every perceives things differently. No is meaning to offend anyone here. We are all here to support and help fellow sleevers. Please don't take this as an attack, because it is not meant that way.

I hope your journey is awesome like mine. [/quote']

The responses saying if you're scared of the post op diet than you should reconsider surgery. I think any of us would be lying if we said we weren't a bit scared before surgery. Not eating is a tough thing to grasp before most of your stomach is taken out.

I knew he was joking cause he said "ha!"

I just feel a few posts weren't supportive, but maybe it was tough love. I just know when I read it I felt like if I were the OP I would have felt a bit attacked. That's the fun thing about the internet...no way to get tone across.

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Thanks Bethany1987 ~ you are right it's hard to hone in the tone when it comes to the internet, or texting. Congrats on your 12 lb weight loss. When was your surgery? and how are you doing? If there's any way I can help, let me know, and I'll do my best.

Bethany1987.................I read the posts also and I do not think that anyone including myself was being mean. I for one was being realistic. On one of my many weight loss journeys I actually went on a liquid diet for 8 months. I had 5 chocolate shakes a day and had to take nasty tasting potassium supplement that made the liquid that you take for the lead test a treat. I did this for 8 months of no food and just skim milk, chocolate, vanilla and strawberry. And I know that I am not the most committed person on the world but I did it because it was my health that was at stake. I lost over 85 pounds on this diet but as soon as I went back to eating more normal food the weight was back within 2 years and I was even heavier.

Sometimes the truth hurts to hear. People post on her to get feedback and if at times feelings get hurt well you just need to pick yourself up and go on. I have also had things said to me and about me that hurt but I am still here and not going anywhere.

What really gets me are all of those who start off and in the first mont.............first month are cheating and eating things that they should not. If I was a little harsh in my previous post I am sorry you felt offended. That is not my goal but I just want people to realize that this is a LIFE CHANGE and not a quick fix. This take work and if you do not have what it takes to put in the work then I say "Do not waste your time and money"