Hey everyone...

Okay so I'm getting nervous now... My surgery is 10 days away and I start my Pre op diet in 2 days... Can all the veterans or people on their Pre Op diet give me some tips, and also brands or ideas of protein shakes or broths they made. Thanks I appreciate it

I have 4 days left on mine and I won't lie to you, it's not a fun experience. My advice is to stay busy and just take it as the final challenge before the surgery. It's late in the 4th quarter and you need to dig deep and find that little extra to get through no matter how much it hurts and how bad you feel. It will all be worth it in the end.

Mine was 14 days long and I got through it easily, here's what I did....

* vanilla and chocolate powder (4-5 times per day)

* PB2 Peanut Butter powder to add to chocolate shakes

* I made coffee and cooled it then mixed vanilla powder and caramel SF Torrini syrup in and poured it over ice :wub:

* lots of SF Jello

* I got sick of chicken broth so I bought a family size can of chicken noodle Soup and poured the broth out then kept adding Water to the noodles/chicken mixed it around and strained it out again x2. I restrained that mixture and used that as broth, way more seasoned! I also added Mrs. Dash for some zip

I really missed chewing. I would chew gum once in a while to help with that. I also got so tired of all the sweet drinks!! chicken broth was very helpful then too.

sugar free popsicles are another great treat during this phase.

the pre op diet went much better than I thought it would. Make sure you don't get too hungry. If you start to feel hungry drink a Protein shake. Just keep looking at some of the before and after pics on here. That will be YOU some day soon!

Good luck

I also have 4 days left --- It's been a bit of a struggle for me, but I was not taking NEAR enough calories. I talked to my nutritionist and she said that point of this is not to lose weight but to prep for surgery. She told me to eat (or should I say drink in this case) whenever I was hungry. After meeting with her, day 5 and today (day 6) are going much better! I too look at this as the final test, if I can't do this, how can I expect to be successful with the sleeve, and I am super motivated to start seeing the number dropping on the scale!

Best of luck!

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* Vanilla and chocolate powder (4-5 times per day)

* PB2 Peanut Butter powder to add to chocolate shakes

* I made coffee and cooled it then mixed vanilla powder and caramel SF Torrini syrup in and poured it over ice :wub:

* lots of SF Jello

* I got sick of chicken broth so I bought a family size can of chicken noodle soup and poured the broth out then kept adding Water to the noodles/chicken mixed it around and strained it out again x2. I restrained that mixture and used that as broth, way more seasoned! I also added Mrs. Dash for some zip[/quote']

Thanks for the great tips!! I'm gonna use that soup one

I really missed chewing. I would chew gum once in a while to help with that. I also got so tired of all the sweet drinks!! chicken broth was very helpful then too.

sugar free popsicles are another great treat during this phase.

the pre op diet went much better than I thought it would. Make sure you don't get too hungry. If you start to feel hungry drink a Protein shake. Just keep looking at some of the before and after pics on here. That will be YOU some day soon!

Good luck

Thank you!! I'm gonna go buy some SF gum lol