So I started my pre-op diet of protein shakes Monday and everyday I have cheated! I'm trying so hard to keep in mind that this is for my best interest but it's gross! Any ideas how to make this pre-op diet any better?

So I started my pre-op diet of Protein shakes Monday and everyday I have cheated! I'm trying so hard to keep in mind that this is for my best interest but it's gross! Any ideas how to make this pre-op diet any better?

It's tough for everyone. Following the diet will make your recovery easier.

Unfortunately, for all of us (or damn near most of us) it's suffer now or suffer later. I preferred to suffer before.

Good luck.

True! It's hard though.

True! It's hard though.

Hi Cas,

What type of Protein shake are you drinking?

Im drinking the orange cream from Bariatric Advantage. It's ok for awhile after I add ice but then it's so gross after 5 drinks. Then I get light headed from not eating and water don't help since I have the band in me right now

Im drinking the orange cream from Bariatric Advantage. It's ok for awhile after I add ice but then it's so gross after 5 drinks. Then I get light headed from not eating and Water don't help since I have the band in me right now

Would your doc allow you to make your own shakes or choose a different one? My doc uses Prescripfit, which I cannot tolerate. It is gross. I switched to Atkins and Pure Protein shakes and I doctor them up. They taste like I'm cheating! Seriously! Can you explain your feeling to the nutritionist?

Stick to it!! There are other threads going at the moment where the person has stuck to their diet, gone under and the surgeon wasn't happy with the amount of liver shrinkage...so stitched them back up and wouldn't continue! My biggest fear is waking up in pain and finding out that thu dust go ahead with the surgery! I was supposed to do a 31 days diet but they bought my surgery forward so I'm getting sleeved on the 11th September. I'm currently at day 12 of 16 and am starving!!! I'm light headed and all that- but I do not want to be opened and closed without having the surgery done. You can do this!!!!!!!!

If you cannot stick to the pre-op diet after changing Protein shakes and all--- give it up. You will find the post-op diet to be harder still. And yes, my doctor's NUT assured me that the doc had opened patients, saw the liver and knew they had not done the diet, closed them and sent them home.

Do it if you are serious, no matter what it takes.

Call the doctor's office and talk to someone. Surely you are not the first patient to have this trouble. Variety is the spice of life, so don't stick to just one kind of supplement.

^{Yes the pre-op is tough, but you have to realize that it is helping to ensure you have a successful surgery. I got hungry, grumpy, sad, light headed and all that. But when you think about it in that if you don't get your liver to shrink, you could be putting your life in danger during a surgery. I took a picture of myself and kept that with me at all times during the pre-op diet. When I would get discouraged, I would look at that picture and was reminded of how badly I wanted my life to change and although it was unbelievably tough, I stuck to it. I didn't care for the protein shakes that my doctor's office had. But I just chugged them down and told myself it was fuel for my body and its doctor's orders. You can do this! You have to set your mind to it.}

those pre made shakes are all gross to me...so I make my own and this pre-op diet has been a breeze - it feels like I have a milkshake every day......and I mix it up with adding frozen cherries - there a site here that has literally 100's of Protein shake recipes - there is no reason why there is not something you would like there. Plus if my surgeon made me purchase 'their' brand or their recommended shakes, I'd just say NO - why give them more $$$. Seriously, what are they going to say - I won't do your surgery unless you drink 'such and such' shakes? no way...

Pre op is a breeze when you find a protein mix you like - I like the Premier Protein from Walmart - jug for $20 - cant beat that. Add a 1/2 a banana and you got a great shake.