I was told to eat no more than a 1000 calories a week before surgery. The day before surgery to limit myself to liquids. Does this sound right? My surgery is Dec 12th.

I start my pre-op diet in the AM and mine is a liquid diet (800 calories per day) for two weeks before and then clear liquid only the day before. My surgery is Dec 13th and they want me on liquids only for a month after surgery too, so yours sounds about right.

I was on clear liquids for two weeks. I was allowed two protein shakes that were not clear, and I'm glad I didn't cheat and hung in there. I had my surgery yesterday and doc said Bc I followed it to the T, my liver was small enough and my surgery was smooth and fast with no complications !!!! Stick with it, it's hard but it gets easy after the third day, also bonus I dropped 17lbs during my preop good luck !

What is the difference between clear and if your drinking a chocolate protein shake. May sound like a stupid question but I tried a shake and couldn't! So I'm using fruit punch protein from gnc with 60 grams a piece and i only have top consume 138 a day. I'm mixing it with fruit punch crystal light

I could have drank clear protein shakes but I liked isopure strawberries and cream it has 50 grams a piece !

My doc calls for two weeks of Protein shakes plus one lean protein meat and a salad per dayv then three days of clear liquids.

I'm doing a high protein VLCD for three months until surgery in order to get as much weight off as I can prior to surgery.

Awesome ! I would have loved a high protein meal ! But it was just liquids for me totally worth it though !

Thanks all for the feedback. It looks like the pre-op diet differs from person to person and dr to dr. But nonetheless it's all similar.