Day 1

take care... And you will do great!!

take care... And you will do great!!

Thanks laura hurger now and it is just day 1

I know and remember that part well!

Someone here last night said that they thought that the pre- op diet was the hardest part...

Just know that it's only for a little while.

And remember how blessed you are to be given this opportunity!

I say that because I feel so lucky that I was able to do this when I see so many people that for whatever reason are obese and can't have this surgery.

You can do it

well done keep busy and stay focus x

I start my Pre op diet tommorrow, surgery is on 3/6/13 in TJ at MI Hospital

My surgery date is also March 6 at INT hospital with Dr. Ponce Deleon. Yeah! It's getting close.

Day 1

I start Friday. How did day one go?

O my not good in the morning it was ok by for I need real food I also found out that I can have popsicle jello and broth I was just doing the protein shake with a salad

Go get yourself some good broth! It really helps.

O my not good in the morning it was ok by for I need real food I also found out that I can have popsicle Jello and broth I was just doing the Protein shake with a salad

Oh no,maybe the extras will help.

Go get yourself some good broth! It really helps.

What's good?

You really want to know?? I make my own chicken broth.. The canned stuff is yucky:o

I just buy a chicken and put it in a pot of Water with salt pepper and garlic ( I buy the frozen cubes a trader joes) cook for about an hour skimming the top once and a while. Take the chicken out cool the broth for a little while and skim some of the fat out, not to much though..

I shred the chicken off the bones and make dinners with it for the family (burritos, Soup, enchilada etc)

You asked Amy

Edit) short of that though a lot of people go to their favorite restaurant, buy their favorite soup and ask for mostly broth and go home and strain it and drink.. Good idea I think

I started my pre-op diet today gearing up for the sleeve on the 26th. My doctor has me drinking 4 of the BariEssential shakes. I was so relieved to add the PB2, because I was struggling with just the protein added to Almond Milk. It was too foamy for my liking.

You really want to know?? I make my own chicken broth.. The canned stuff is yucky:o

I just buy a chicken and put it in a pot of Water with salt pepper and garlic ( I buy the frozen cubes a trader joes) cook for about an hour skimming the top once and a while. Take the chicken out cool the broth for a little while and skim some of the fat out, not to much though..

I shred the chicken off the bones and make dinners with it for the family (burritos, soup, enchilada etc)

You asked Amy

Edit) short of that though a lot of people go to their favorite restaurant, buy their favorite soup and ask for mostly broth and go home and strain it and drink.. Good idea I think

I used to use a whole chicken but now I use mostly backs because they're cheap and give fantastic broth. I boil a bunch of chicken backs and leg quarters in a pot of water with bay, onion celery and carrots, salt pepper and garlic cloves. Boil for 1 hour take the meat off the bones. save the meat for another use. return the bones and skin to the pot with veggies and simmer for 5 hours. Strain the broth but do not try to squeeze out the veg/bones just let the juice gently drain from them. refrigerate until it sets up. I scoop off ALL the hardened fat from the top. This makes quite a concentrated stock, I thin it down with water and add a little adobo seasoning (or garlic salt) before drinking. for a nice different flavor, I'll sometimes add a bit of ground sage.

How ever you make your broth, homemade broth is soooooooooo much nicer than canned!

BTW, if you've roasted chicken legs in the oven for your family, you can scrape all the drippings into a pot (especially the really sticky brown bits... TRUST ME on this one you want to scrape ALL of those fabulous drippings), and save the bones and add those to the pot too.. add some veggie scraps and boil for 5 hours. then skim the fat. The resulting broth is dark in color, but has an AMAZINGLY delicious taste

I'm on day 4 of my pre-op only 17 more days before I start clears.

I'm on 3 shakes plus one "lean and green" meal (a lean Protein plus a dark leafy green based salad). I can also have sugar free drinks, broths, and sf Jello. For the shakes I mix my morning shake with skim milk, and the others I mix with Water or sugar free drinks like diet berry green tea. I also can enjoy cottage cheese instead of one shake.

This isn't really much different than the 800 calorie high protein/low carb VLCD I've been doing for the past two months so the adjustment has been easy.