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I'm on day 5 and I would kill for something to chew! :) So here I sit with a sugar free popsicle. How many shakes are you having? I am doing Bariatric Advantage and can have 4-5 per day. I have only been having 3-4 and the other day froze one and - that was pretty good. Today I added a banana and Peanut Butter to my chocolate 'diner' shake - it was good but this is still hard!
So my first week preop diet is over..it was really hard over the weekend...cheated a little with a celery stick and an ounce of chicken. Got on the scale this morning and I am down 11.5 lbs. That is just crazy! One week to go. I can do this.

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My pre-op diet consists of Water and slimfast shakes four a day. I cant eat cream Soups, yogurt, puddings or nothing. i did cheat and ate 3 wings and some shrimp...best ever. but i got like 8 more days to go...ugh!!!!

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Well, I got through day 6 of the diet, I am not as hungry. On day 4 I cheated just a bit and had a small Greek salad with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, black olives, feta cheese and dressing. I don't suppose that is too bad though. I think I've only lost about 4 lbs though.

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why are there such variances in the pre op diet rules?

I am on 2 weeks of liquid. Jello, Crystal light, Propel, G2, Water, flavored water, Protein Shakes with water or skim milk, beef broth, chicken broth. I think that is it for options.

Today was day 7. Been doing pretty good. I was going to kill someone for something to chew. I went to wendy's got a hamburger, chewed it up and spit it out. how pathetic is that?

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why are there such variances in the pre op diet rules?

I am on 2 weeks of liquid. jello' date=' Crystal light, Propel, G2, Water, flavored water, Protein Shakes with water or skim milk, beef broth, chicken broth. I think that is it for options.

Today was day 7. Been doing pretty good. I was going to kill someone for something to chew. I went to wendy's got a hamburger, chewed it up and spit it out. how pathetic is that?[/quote']i hope not pathetic...i did something similar :) i did buy a bunch of the sugar free desert gum that i chew when i get the urge. Helps a little but really cant wait for non-sweet food that is not broth.

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I am doing exactly what they said 4-5 Protein Shakes (Bariatric Advantage), have even cut back on the sugar free popsicles and Jello and it doesn't seem like I'm losing weight - either that or my scale is broke. My NUT says if you don't lose at least 9 or 10 lbs in the Pre-Op diet they will assume you didn't do it. Well, I've been on it a whole week and I only seem to have lost about 3 lbs - what could be the problem?

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why are there such variances in the pre op diet rules?

I am on 2 weeks of liquid. jello' date=' Crystal light, Propel, G2, Water, flavored water, Protein shakes with Water or skim milk, beef broth, chicken broth. I think that is it for options.

Today was day 7. Been doing pretty good. I was going to kill someone for something to chew. I went to wendy's got a hamburger, chewed it up and spit it out. how pathetic is that?[/quote']

Not pathetic, I do that. It satisfies the craving without compromising the diet. I'm following this girl on YouTube who is a year post op and said she does this

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I am doing exactly what they said 4-5 Protein shakes (Bariatric Advantage)' date=' have even cut back on the sugar free popsicles and Jello and it doesn't seem like I'm losing weight - either that or my scale is broke. My NUT says if you don't lose at least 9 or 10 lbs in the Pre-Op diet they will assume you didn't do it. Well, I've been on it a whole week and I only seem to have lost about 3 lbs - what could be the problem?[/quote']

Are u getting in all ur Water n Vitamins?

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Yes' date=' plenty of fluids and vitamins[/quote']

Are you drinking broth? Maybe too much sodium? Perhaps your body is in starvation mode and wont release the weight yet. I am sure it will soon. It took a few days for me.

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Are u getting in all ur Water n Vitamins?

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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Are you drinking broth? Maybe too much sodium? Perhaps your body is in starvation mode and wont release the weight yet. I am sure it will soon. It took a few days for me.

I'm hardly drinking any broth at all.

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