Did anyone cheat on the pre-op diet? if so had did your surgery go?

i have been on the pre op diet since last thursday(6/28) and i have been wanting to cheat so bad. but i haven't. i just want to go to subway and get a turkey sub but i keep telling myself nooo way stick to the diet. my doc told me not to go and eat all of my favorite foods one last time so it sounded like a lot of people end up cheating but im trying really hard not to. i had to buy all these food/drink mixes that come in packets from my NUT so im not on a clear liquid diet but its still hard cuz they don't taste very good.

I'm not at the Pre-op diet yet. But I did try to get the "eating all my favorite foods" thing finished before I started the weight management classes. I was told by my doctor that I didn't have to lose any weight during the weight management classes but was told by the nutrtionist at the first weight management class that I shouldn't gain any either. I haven't been to the second class yet but I think I've lost about 2 lbs by my scale. I'm starting to transition into drinking protein drinks for breakfast and lunch and and then if I really feel like cheating and going to eat Mexican food or fried chicken in the evening, it won't be such a disaster. Also I can get my appetite down enough that the 2 weeks liquid diet might not be so hard.

I cheated on my pre-op. I'm not proud of it, but I did it. Several times. I was really afraid I'd get to my surgery day and the doctor wouldn't be able to operate. But he told me everything went fine, my liver was a good size, etc. So I was happy about that.

I had to do a 14-day pre-op of only liquids. For an over-eater like me, that was just too difficult. But for the last 5 days, I stuck to the pre-op strictly, which included the last 3 days of only Clear Liquids. I have a feeling the last 3 days is all that was needed. However, I AM NOT ADVOCATING CHEATING ON YOUR PRE-OP!! Try your best not to! I'm just being honest about my situation.

I am 4 days post-op. I had to do 2 weeks of optifast before surgery. A couple times I felt very dizzy and lightheaded and I had a little low fat cheese. It really helped get through. By 6 days into it, I didn't crave food and I found it fairly easy to just "stick to it". Just focus on the end goal.... You don't want that food temptation to mess up how far you've already come! I just kept telling myself that I am lucky to be at 2weeks liquid diet.... At least I am having my dream fulfilled when so many others don't reach this point.

I am at day 8. The first day I had one baby carrot. It has gotten easier and is easier than I ever thought it would be. I have my eye on the prize and dont want to jeopardize my health or surgery.

I cheated on my pre op then I got back on track. It's hard but you have to overcome it. The doc will know if you did what you were suppose to. I had surgery in April and my surgeon told me my liver looked good. It was normal size. Pre-Op diet helps it shrink down.

I am at day 8. The first day I had one baby carrot. It has gotten easier and is easier than I ever thought it would be. I have my eye on the prize and dont want to jeopardize my health or surgery.

Every dr is different! I think you are fine. I started tues and my dr allows veggies as long as they have no butter and I can use fat free dressing

Omgosh.. I cheated too.. I couldn't help it. Reading that some docs don't have a special diet gave me peace of mind to cheat :/ I feel so guilty.. I was doing so good saying no to all food.. I lost 10 pounds.. my bmi is 38.. I gave in yesterday and my surgery is Tuesday at 12 noon.. all I'm eating/drinking now is water, and protein drinks.. I also took a drink to flush my system.. someone please tell me that I will be okay and ready for surgery??

You'll be fine! You're BMI isn't that high, so you probably aren't at one of the higher risks. You sound like your head is back in the game. The pre-op diet is awful...to the point of cruelty. I slipped too, but gave myself a reality check and got back on track, and did fine!

You'll be fine! You're BMI isn't that high' date=' so you probably aren't at one of the higher risks. You sound like your head is back in the game. The pre-op diet is awful...to the point of cruelty. I slipped too, but gave myself a reality check and got back on track, and did fine![/quote']

Cariekap,

Thanks for responding I tried so hard.. tomorrow I see my surgeon so I will tell him if he asks lol. I won't do it again.. not like I can surgery is in 2 days! Wish me lots of luck.

Denise

I'm on day 2 of the pre-op diet....i have food from the Dr's office that I can eat but its awful.....the snack bars are ok....800 calorie diet for 2 weeks, i was so hungry last night...but im going to be tough and make this work, i have waited to long for surgery and im so afraid if i cheat my surgery will be cancelled....

I was supposed to have 4 Ensure High Protein shakes a day for 4 weeks before my surgery. I tried to do it, and only got a day and a half before I cheated, then did not do it again until 3 days before surgery and then I stuck to it. I was so scared that I was going to wake up from surgery only to have the surgeon tell me that they were unable to do it because my liver was too big. When I woke up from surgery that was the first thing I asked, "did they do it?"

The surgeon said that my liver was fine!

I know that some people have cheated and had trouble with the surgery but from what I have seen the majority of people don't follow the pre-op diet as instructed and it goes okay.

Did anyone cheat on the pre-op diet? if so had did your surgery go?

My husband had a successful surgery back in Dec. in the nutrition class they said if you can't handle all liquids try replacing 2 meals and having a TV for the third meal. This seemed to work well.

I'm replacing two meals and eating a reasonable meal for the dinner. So far so good, but it's hard not to snack like I did before.