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Many Dr's require different pre op diets. I was allowed to have Protein shakes 4-5 x a day. It is good to have a variety! I got tired of the sweet stuff so I got the powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury chicken Soup and it was great when mixed with broth. I would also do broth for a change.

I drank a lot of Water, Sobe Water, tea, apple juice, cranberry juice :)

Good luck! It is much easier than I thought it would be and goes by very quickly!

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I was allowed three of New Direction Protein shakes (made with water) and only sugar-free popsicles or Jello and sugar-free crystal light. Nothing else and it was a mandatory 14 days!

Every doctor is different, what is your doctor expecting?

I do have a few suggestion for this time.

Most importantly be patient with yourself and don't spend time thinking negatively like I can't do this, this is too hard, all that bologne. It is hard, but you can do it. The more time you spend thinking negatively it reinforces the negative thoughts. Keep telling yourself how proud you are that you are doing this and that you can do this. Reinforcing the positive and staying positive is paramount to success.

You are not going to starve during this time, thin elderly people live on shakes for months on end and thrive and survive. You will probably be getting better nutrition on the shakes than you did beforehand.

You may get a headache for the first few days, that's because you are weaning from Carbohydrates, some people get it because they quit caffeine or carbonated beverages.

After day 4 I did much better.

Keep BUSY. Use this time to take walks or walk in your home, march in place or whatever, keep busy. I took all my biggest clothes (size 4x) and I moved them in a pile. I cleaned out my closets and my drawers and looked for smaller clothes.

Remember that liquid in, liquid out, you most likely will have a day or two where out of the blue, you have to go potty, hence the threads "never trust a fart", "night sharts happen", etc.

This time is a very good time to purge your body of carbohydrates and prepare yourself for the road ahead.

Good luck to you and way to go, I look forward to hearing how you progress.

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Just stick with it, you will be craving stuff like crazy and it'll drive you nuts but the effects are worth it. You will shrink your liver and get your colon clean - which you'll appreciate post-op when you won't have to push to go to the bathroom.

Best of luck!

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Thank you all for the encouragements ive bn feeling a bit deasy I ate some watermelon not sure if that was good or bad but it took the headache away.

My dr. just told my to reduce carbs and take alot of protien oh n alot of Vitamin c drank my shake earlier n im having chicken broth for dinner I have to do this n im ready for change :)

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I was allowed three of New Direction Protein shakes (made with water) and only sugar-free popsicles or Jello and sugar-free crystal light. Nothing else and it was a mandatory 14 days!

Every doctor is different' date=' what is your doctor expecting?

I do have a few suggestion for this time.

Most importantly be patient with yourself and don't spend time thinking negatively like I can't do this, this is too hard, all that bologne. It is hard, but you can do it. The more time you spend thinking negatively it reinforces the negative thoughts. Keep telling yourself how proud you are that you are doing this and that you can do this. Reinforcing the positive and staying positive is paramount to success.

You are not going to starve during this time, thin elderly people live on shakes for months on end and thrive and survive. You will probably be getting better nutrition on the shakes than you did beforehand.

You may get a headache for the first few days, that's because you are weaning from Carbohydrates, some people get it because they quit caffeine or carbonated beverages.

After day 4 I did much better.

Keep BUSY. Use this time to take walks or walk in your home, march in place or whatever, keep busy. I took all my biggest clothes (size 4x) and I moved them in a pile. I cleaned out my closets and my drawers and looked for smaller clothes.

Remember that liquid in, liquid out, you most likely will have a day or two where out of the blue, you have to go potty, hence the threads "never trust a fart", "night sharts happen", etc.

This time is a very good time to purge your body of carbohydrates and prepare yourself for the road ahead.

Good luck to you and way to go, I look forward to hearing how you progress.[/quote']

I know understand wat u ment bout the sharts lol.......

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I am on day one of my pre-op diet. I do not like the Meal Replacement shakes. I have read this post about three times already. It really helps. Thanks!

I'm really concern because my doctor gave me a pre op diet to follow. I must have 1200 cal with only one meal, the rest with shakes and bars. Today I had two shakes of 110 cal each and three bars with a total of 460 cal. My one meal only came to 200 calories. My concern is that my total cal intake was about 700 calories and 70g of Protein. Does anybody know if this is still ok?

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I'm really concern because my doctor gave me a pre op diet to follow. I must have 1200 cal with only one meal' date=' the rest with shakes and bars. Today I had two shakes of 110 cal each and three bars with a total of 460 cal. My one meal only came to 200 calories. My concern is that my total cal intake was about 700 calories and 70g of Protein. Does anybody know if this is still ok?[/quote']

Well wat is your meal plan wat do u eat as your meal because I dnt think im getting enough of anything I cant stomache the shakes (cant imagine how ill do post-op) and i love yhe bars but they have ao many carbs grrrr n I eat nothing but broth and creamy Soups.

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I'm really concern because my doctor gave me a pre op diet to follow. I must have 1200 cal with only one meal' date=' the rest with shakes and bars. Today I had two shakes of 110 cal each and three bars with a total of 460 cal. My one meal only came to 200 calories. My concern is that my total cal intake was about 700 calories and 70g of Protein. Does anybody know if this is still ok?[/quote']

Wow! You can eat? I am on a liquid only with 3 meal replacement shakes a day. I'm having a very hard time with the shakes.

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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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