I'm not even going to sugar coat, I'm kind of envious of some of these pre op diets I've been reading on the forum. Some people say they only have to do a liquid 24 hrs before surgery, some are not required to do liquid at all before surgery. Some people only have to do it 2 - 3 days before surgery.

But I am following my dr's instructions and actually doing pretty good with mine. I started on Feb. 18, surgery date March 4th. But I sure wish I could eat some food I really miss it and at times I'm really craving it. Now I did cheat twice last week with saltine crackers & tortilla chips. I ate a total of 9 crackers on tuesday of last week and about 20 tortilla chips this past saturday. Other than that I haven't had any other morsel of solid food during the week I've been on this liquid diet. I do like my Protein drinks though and I have several flavors so the variety has been great. The last time i weighed myself was on friday 2/22 and I lost 11lbs. I'm like 11lbs in 5 days, quite surprising.

But anyway I just wanted to get that out. Wish I could eat this turkey salad my husband made earlier. I would love it on some toast. Yummm....oh well

I was one of those who had no restrictions. Well actually soft foods 2 days and clear liquids the last day. Don't worry this only will get you ready for what's up ahead. Good luck and hang in there !

OMG Mine was hell! Chardonnay for breakfast' date=' Pinot Gris for a snack, Cabernet for dinner...it went on and on and after the first several meals the days seemed to run together in a bit of a fog...

Oh wait, I was just told to stay under 40 carbs a day...I "chose" to make those wine based <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

Really....hugs! I was one of the lucky ones, with an easy preop, but my post opp was hell. Maybe a stricter preop program and a great surgeon along with that would have been a better option!!!

And by the way, you can have 8 glasses of wine and stay under 40 carbs <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> Not that I know stuff like that...but umm just saying....[/quote']

How do u do the tongue thing ? I like that . Wait that didnt sound right lol

I am on day 3 of my 1 week preop diet. Not bad so far' date=' I get 1 Protein drinks a day and a light meal, like WW or Lean cuisine. Boy do I look forward to supper time for that meal though! Lol!

Been faithful to get that Water, 64 ounces in and sugar free Popsicles are my new best friends! Lol!!! My surgery is March 11th and tomorrow I meet with admissions to get per admitted to hospital and do all my labs. Wish me luck. Getting so close now!!!! Yahoo!!![/quote']

Drink the Isopure those filled me up a lot ! When I was on liquid diet!

How do u do the tongue thing ? I like that . Wait that didnt sound right lol

I've always heard I do the tongue thing well heh heh

You do the : and then without a space do a little p (so those two together) and that turns into a smartie pants tongue thing

Oh gawd, me too.

My pre-op diet was hellish, and then on top of that I was forced to do a bowel prep that was more extreme than anything else I have read about on this site. But looking back, now that I am 6 weeks post op, the pre-op diet really helped me wrap my mind around what I was doing. It got me ready for what was about to come, and there was something sort of traumatic about it but not in a bad way that sort of changed my mindset and got me real serious about what I was doing.

Different doctors do things differently, but I think people who didn't have to do the pre-op diet might have a harder time AFTER surgery because its such a shock, and going in for surgery at your heaviest is certainly more dangerous. Any weight you can lose prior to anesthesia is only going to make you safer.

I start pre-op tomorrow. I am going to use the premiere protein shakes from Costco for breakfast and lunch and then a light meal for dinner. That is for 7 days and then 5 days before 3oz of protein 3x a day and all the diet jello, Popsicles you want, broth and water requirements. If I can get through that I know the after will be fine. I am just worried about the head hunger after surgery. Will it really be less? Praying it is!

I was one of the lucky ones too. But that's not to say I didn't have to do something. After having my first appt. and class, I was put on a pre-op diet. That was Oct.2012. I did really good ate sort of what I wanted, just kept portions down. And by my last appt. which was Dec 10 I was down 20#. That was the goal my Dr had given me to lose before surgery. So he scheduled my Sleeve Jan. 14 , 2013! It's been going good ever since, and because I was eating healthy for 3 1/2 months before surgery. I just followed the pattern after wls. Of course way way smaller meals now:)

I WISH someone would force me into pre-op diet. Motivation has always been my roughest thing, and since mine is a program that doesn't seem to require anything, I am struggling to keep myself on track for the surgery date. I'm jealous of everyone's pre-surgery successes and admire how strong they had to be. I'm just hoping to get a little under 400 by my surgery date.

I wasn't required to do it because of my lower BMI, but I did it anyhow. I lost like 6 or 7 lbs. then gained it all back during surgery / IV retention.

Today is day 6 of my preop and happy to report have lost 9, count em 9 lbs soooo happy. Getting really excited surgery March 11th.

Day 9 of liquids. Not hard at all. Still crave solids but once I was broke mentally, it was easy peasy.

Look at it this way, yes I was not required to do a pre op diet but, you will lose more weight before and after. You will have leg up!