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Pre-Op Diet

Rlmccoy

By Rlmccoy, in Pre-op Diets and Questions

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Rlmccoy    0

Rlmccoy
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I am having surgery on July 11th . I am doing a two week pre-op diet but today I had some watermelon. I won't do it again but how will the watermelon effect

my surgery?

Thanks!

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MinaT    669

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It's not really going to affect it but add more carbohydrates. The issue is you are trying to avoid carbohydrates to help shrink your liver.

It happened, now time to move on and forget about it.

Try some crystal light when you need sweetness or a sugar free frozen popsicle with less carbs.

Good luck. Day 3 & 4 are the hardest days, stay busy, stay positive, and realize you are so worth the fight to get through this.

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kimmy*custis    276

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Best of luck to you! One day with some watermelon isnt going to sabotage you. YOU CAN DO THIS!!!!!!!! Hugs!

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JenniJune    79

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We share a date! I have been struggling today too. Everyone's been telling me that days three and four are always the roughest. A taste of watermelon probably won't hurt you, especially since you have no intention of Doing it again. Stay strong! You can do it!

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SophieJaneB    92

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July 11 is my date too! Today was difficult.

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Rlmccoy    0

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Yesterday was hard for me. I am determined to drink just the optifast! It is difficult when you are constantly cooking for your family. Hang in there we can do it! :)

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JenniJune    79

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Yesterday was hard for me. I am determined to drink just the optifast! It is difficult when you are constantly cooking for your family. Hang in there we can do it! <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

I've had some broth, sugar free Jello, and sugar free Popsicles, but those are allowed. I'm proud to say I haven't cheated! I've come SO CLOSE, but I haven't. We're all doing great!!

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JTmoas    19

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July 10th for me - also on pre op. I have been doing good but find the hardest is really head hunger. Really learning how to deal with that this first week.

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SleeveDreamer    383

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If you want watermelon flavor, buy some Mio strwaberry watermelon flavoring! I love it and drink it all day long! After surgery, I find that watermelon fills me up really fast so I can't eat alot at one time. I get kind of a bloating feeling.

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DIRTYMESKIN    33

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Watermelon hurts me im almozt one month out

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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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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        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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