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Anyone cheat on the pre-op diet? if so, how and with what and how many times?

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I haven't really"cheated" but last night I caught myself taking a bite of my kids dinner and today my husbands chicken d salad. I'm going to really watch myself though. its not about listing weight during this time its about shrinking the liver.

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I tired my hardest to be good during mine, but then again my doctor was very very strict if I didnt loose 10% of my weight before surgery they would not do it.. so I was on my P's and Q;s so to say... plus who wants a fat liver during surgery that could cause serious complications if they accidently injure it..... I say stick to the diet as much as possible its for your benifit and health that they require it .. the month before surgery and after surgery were the hardest but worth every single minute of it.

(Note that I did on occasion put somehting in my mouth chew it up and spit it out but I dont consider that cheating since I didnt swallow it ... lol )

November 6th marks my two month post opt and I am already 58 lbs down.... :tongue2:

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im on day 5 of the 10 day liquid diet......its not so bad, i have my moments....im allowed cream Soups so thats a big help, Tomato Soup with skim milk is my go to food....well, drink i should say..... eye on the prize, november 12...good luck all

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OK so my surgery is Nov 6th. My pre op is 10 days. I've lost 12 pounds and yes I cheated twice in the beginning because I am allowed a small meal once a day. I ate 4 hard boiled eggs instead of 1. I also had about 7 fries and 2 nuggets. But I am totally driven and very scared of being opened up. I have no room to cheat cuz surgery is in 4 days. I know I've made great progress so I'm gonna stick to the plan. Good luck to all of us. It is hard but we can.and will succeed!!!!!!

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My surgery is 11/7, today was my first day on liquids. I'm so hungry lol I just wanna dip a piece of bread in my broth so damn bad lol but I won't, cuz....man I've had lots of bread before...that's what I keep telling myself lol smh time for some broth! :-) I'm gnna go to bed early hoping it helps pass my time.

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I felt like i cheated "a fair amount" although in retrospect I think honestly I was pretty good. I had coffee with Creamer every day- but just one little container. I broke on day 5 of 14 and had a sausage biscuit and again on day 7 of 14 for a pig in a blanket. So I felt pretty bad about those 2, but I stayed on the straight and narrow for the last week.

I certainly wouldn't encourage cheating, but I also think realistically that if you slip once or twice you probably shouldn't berate yourself, as long as you're honestly trying to stick with it.

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My surgery is 11/7' date=' today was my first day on liquids. I'm so hungry lol I just wanna dip a piece of bread in my broth so damn bad lol but I won't, cuz....man I've had lots of bread before...that's what I keep telling myself lol smh time for some broth! :-) I'm gnna go to bed early hoping it helps pass my time.[/quote']

I'm 11/7 too..this is my third week..and I had a dinner out tonight..I cheated..it Clear Liquids for me from tommorow on..even though my doc doesn't require..I feel horrible for eating outside what I normally do!

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If my surgeon opens me up and finds out my liver did not shrink enough..he will close me back up and cancel the surgery...I cannot take that chance......been waiting way too long for this to happen...been so faithful it is unbelievable...Slim Fast shakes 4 times a day and Water..that is it.....have not taken a bite of anything in 12 days......

I envy all of you who get to drink broth and eat a meal daily .......:(

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I am on my 3rd day of preop my stomach is so rumbling not even funny. Im also very grumpy. I cant have any solids only 4-5 shakes a day. I feel like a drug addict going through detox!!!!!

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I hear you........

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I'm getting ready to do my pre-op diet...and I can just know it's gonna be hard, but I'm gonna do my best!

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Cheated twice I didn't get caught I was scared to not get my surgery if you slip instead if beating yourself up and causing more stress to cause cheating again move on and try again

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I started my pre op yesterday I felt weak like I had a temperature in my head but not hungry

My hubby says it all on my had lol I thinks so too.

Well tomarrow I travel to Mexico. Monday is mt surgery cnt wait to get it over with and be bk Nassau to my 4 kids and family

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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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      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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      1. summerseeker

        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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