Pessimist- Hit day 14 and this just sucks.

Optimist- Oh well only 7 more days to go.

Wish this was it but will have to wait it out. Anyone else have to do 3 weeks?

Mine was 3 weeks...3 "meal replacement" meals, and 1 "normal" meal (but the meat portion was limited to very lean meats, and no more than 4 ounces). I could eat any non-starchy veggies I wanted, all day, as much as I wanted. Hang in there....this too shall pass!!

I have to do 10 days. I start this Saturday! But I will try to keep my eye on the prize. I am also on vacation next week then go right into surgery on the 10th so I will use next week to get my house in order for when I am recuperating. I also plan on going through all my clothes closets to sort out sizes. I am sure I have at least 3 to 4 back sizes for the way down!! At least I will know what I have to wear for a while. I do not want to go spend a lot of money in the beginning of the weight loss. Once I get down lower then I can splurge!!

i just started my two week pre-op diet yesterday - except I'm not calling it a diet - I'm calling it my pre-op prep phase - I HATE THE WORD DIET - to me it just means failure. But I am lucky, 1 get one regular meal a day, plus an egg and toast/bagel/english muffin for breakfast and just 2 shakes a day. So since I've been prepping for this for months - I eat 1/2 my lunch and then eat the other 1/2 at dinner (I checked with my NUT and she said that's fine, as the salads we have here at the office are HUGE). I make a shake at home in the morning and finish that - then make another one that I drink around 3pm....so all in all this has been pretty easy.

So sorry for those of you who have terrible liquid only phases.....

I'm 3 days into a 31 day pre-op. My surgeon said at least 3 weeks was required, so I'm doing an extra week. So far this decision sits well with me, but I'm sure I'll hit 2 weeks and just crave to eat something! 3 shakes and non starch veg and loads of water is all I'm allowed to have. I'm just thinking of the weightloss I can achieve before I get the sleeve- trying to concentrate on that instead!