I do fine until about 5pm then I am craving some flavor! I've never had to abstain from food like this. Hardest thing I've done in a long time. I'm about to have a bowl of chicken broth and hopefully that will help. Can I really do this for 10 more days?

Oh, you will feel so much better tomorrow! And even better the day after that! Keep going!! It's so worth it, too. Being strict about your pre-op will greatly speed up your recovery time and may even result in fewer incisions.

Just think ONLY ten more days and you will be done with this liquid diet and be a whole new person. Someone that doesn't have to worry about hurting all the time from the extra weight. Someone that has so much energy she doesn't know what to do with. Someone who has no addiction to food anymore. I could go on and on. Make a list or look at your list of all the positive that will be your rewards after ONLY ten more days of this crap!!! Girl you got this!!!!!!!

Day 3 & 4 are the hardest days. For flavor try a sugar-free popsicle. You can do it, I swear. I am living on liquids and I had 14 days pre-op and on Monday it will be 4 weeks on full liquids. On July 9th I find out when I get to move to pureed food. I seriously think I have the strictest doctor I've seen lol. Ah, but I'm doing well and that's the important thing.

Good luck, have faith in yourself and keep telling yourself you are worth more than the temptation to cheat during this important phase.

Unless you have my surgeon, you probably will be moved along a lot quicker through the food phases.

Best of luck.

I do fine until about 5pm then I am craving some flavor! I've never had to abstain from food like this. Hardest thing I've done in a long time. I'm about to have a bowl of chicken broth and hopefully that will help. Can I really do this for 10 more days?

YOU CAN DO IT girl;) I'm on day 9 of my liquid diet, my band to sleeve surgery is in 6 days. I WON'T lie to you, days 1-5 were absolutely horrible, but I KNEW that my body was & is still in the process of detoxing from eating incorrectly for so long. Realize that what you think are 'cravings' for food is actually your body ridding itself of the impurities, & it DOES get better. It's 'mind over matter' for me at this point . Stay strong, you WILL get thru this and on to a new you! (that's what excites me the most, the emergence of the new 'me', a HEALTHY me. Good luck to you

I've had to stop my self several times from mindlessly reaching for something. It's like I reach out for a bag of chips on the counter (from the kids) and I have to say "oh, yeah, liquid diet, duh!" lol. I'm so used to just mindlessly grabbing stuff! I have not cheated one time, and don't plan to either. I'm the type that if I take an inch, I take a mile. So no cheating for me.

I've had to stop my self several times from mindlessly reaching for something. It's like I reach out for a bag of chips on the counter (from the kids) and I have to say "oh' date=' yeah, liquid diet, duh!" lol. I'm so used to just mindlessly grabbing stuff! I have not cheated one time, and don't plan to either. I'm the type that if I take an inch, I take a mile. So no cheating for me.[/quote']

Me neither, there is a bigger reward on 'the losers bench' for all of us :-) you've got the right mind set for sure SophieJsneB! You'll be fine