Okay, I'm having surgery Feb. 11th and I was suppose to start my pre-op diet 2 days ago but everyday I do good until dinner time then all hell break loose!!! It's hard to not eat when u have to cook for a family of 6. So, do you think if I start for real for real:) tomorrow my liver will shrink enough to make my surgery not so difficult?

And this is exactly why we need the sleeve. I'm not sure when I will start the pre-op diet. My surgery is on the 21st. The surgeon did say a 7-10 day pre-op diet for me. It makes me want to pig out now before I can no longer do it

Hope you have a better day tomorrow.

I know right!!! I mean don't they know its hard to stop eating now when you know pretty soon your life will change and you prolly won't get to taste some of these yummy foods for months n months- lol.... I'm being terrible but imma try even harder to get on track tomorre

don't gamble with your health. I know it's hard..hang in there.

My pre-op was pretty easy THANK GOD!!! Protien Shake for breakfast and then a lean cuisine or healthy choice dinner for lunch and dinner. And I had a sf icepop as dessert. I just had my surgery on 1-23 and now I am on full liquids and that is a tough bullet to bite!! I go see surgeon tomorrow and I am hoping to get a little something else like mashed potatoes or something with texture!! Good Luck, hopefully we will be so thin and healthy soon we will look back and laugh at this time!! Yea right!!LOL

I feel your pain, I'm on day 2 of the preop. It's not as bad as I thought it would be but my outlook at this point isn't past my surgery date (feb 5). My diet consists of up to 6 protein shakes a day. I'm having 4 at work and then unjury chicken w/ some broth and a bit of a cheat w/ either sugar free jello or sugar free popsicles.

I miss food and I'm starting to realize just how much food has entertained me and how much I enjoyed it. My friends are being supportive. They keep sending me texts with 'It's only 63 more days!'

My doc has me on liquids for 8 weeks after surgery, so I just want to get get to my birthday, april 1, and see how it goes from there. At this point, I'm committed to the surgery even though I've lost a lot of the excitement that others still seem to have. This is a very serious surgery and I don't want to do anything that's going to put my life at even greater risk than I already am. If it's 8 weeks...then it's 8 weeks.

Any diet you do before surgery will help, whenever you start, just do it and don't look forward and don't look back, just get through right now.

I dont know why I don't have a pre op diet ? Is this for everyone . I just called my doctors office n they will contact me Before 8 ? Just curious

I've seen others not have to diet. The theory is that a diet will reduce glycogen stores in the liver which effectively shrinks the liver. Smaller liver=less chance of complication.

Some doctors don't think it's going to shrink the liver in any meaningful way, so they just skip the diet and give you something to clean you out either the day before or the day of.

Yes juny that's all I got. Was the prep for the day before . But being that I seen so many people have the diet applied to them I thought I was missing something . Thanks for the infor

I'm on Day 11... It gets easier. Just remember to drink lots of water, keep busy, and drink your protein

Im on day 9 and I cheated a tiny bit in day 4 with a small slicer of pizza that I ate very very slow and on day 5 I had a naked side salad with boiled shrimp on it. It was very small but we were at the beach with friends and they all wanted to go out to eat afterwards and I couldn't just sit there so I had that and a lite beer. There was probably less calories and carbs in that then in one protein shake. The weekend was the hardest but I do fine on the weekdays. My surgery is this Monday. Augh!!!!!! Super Bowl is ruined for me. ????????????

Okay' date=' I'm having surgery Feb. 11th and I was suppose to start my pre-op diet 2 days ago but everyday I do good until dinner time then all hell break loose!!! It's hard to not eat when u have to cook for a family of 6. So, do you think if I start for real for real:) tomorrow my liver will shrink enough to make my surgery not so difficult?[/quote']

My surgery is Feb 11th too:)

I dont know why I don't have a pre op diet ? Is this for everyone . I just called my doctors office n they will contact me Before 8 ? Just curious

I didn't have a pre op diet either but I'm 8 days out and I've lost 21 pounds so its no uncommon to no have to do it

not having my surgery until 3/25, but I have been trying to ease my w into the liquid diet, it's hard now, so i know its going to be hard when i start the liquids, but we can do this, hang in there.

not having my surgery until 3/25' date=' but I have been trying to ease my w into the liquid diet, it's hard now, so i know its going to be hard when i start the liquids, but we can do this, hang in there.[/quote']

Yayyy my surgery date is 3/25 also....let's do it

I only had a 48 hour pre-op which sure worked for me! And yes, they gave me something to clean me out. Could depend on the amount of weight you have to lose and if you have any co-morbidities? But even though it's weird after the surgery, you don't have any cravings so it's really easy. I didn't eat for 8 days after surgery and it was no problem. Hang in there everyone....I am 15 months out, at goal and loving my new life!!!!!