My surgery is scheduled for May 16th (WOOOHOOOO!) and I am so excited I can't stand it. I've been mulling this decision over for a few years now and watched four of my friends go through the process last year, all of them very successful but all of them with various pre-op diets. None of them had to do the two week liquid diet pre-op as I do, one of them actually had to do nothing at all. She ate like a piglet right up till the night before. :faint:

I am pretty physically active now for a fat girl. I do martial arts 3-4 times a week and for my job, I am from one extreme to another. I am either walking all day or sitting on my fat ass in front of a computer for six hours. I work from home, so I try to do computer work on martial arts day and vice versa. I've not yet gotten the details of my pre-op diet (that will be next Thursday), but I figure I have two weeks to start easing myself into the transition.

I am extremely obsessive compulsive, so I want to make sure I am setting myself up for success and not going overboard too fast.

I am thinking I am going to start substituting a Protein shake for Breakfast each morning starting today.

EAS Carb Advantage

110 calories

4 carbs

17 protein

1 Fiber

For lunch, it's easiest to buy a roasted chicken breast, add in some veggies, and I really need to throw some carbs in there while I wean myself off.

For dinner, repeat lunch but with a different protein.

If I can hang on to this for a few days, I will have the same breakfast, same lunch, and swap out dinner for another Protein Shake.

I am most worried about my heavier physical days. I do not want to break down and eat the house down as I am prone to do on the days I swim laps for a few hours. I also don't want to feel weak and dizzy during the big martial arts testing day I have coming up halfway through my two weeks hence my need to prep myself. I am truly tired of setting myself up for failure as I am sure most of us have experienced in this never ending yo-you fat person world.

Thoughts? Tips? What worked for you?

Also, my family doctor gave me a script for phentermine and I love it. If anyone has used this, were you allowed to do so during your two week phase? I'm so scared to give up all my crutches, but I **WILL** do what I have to do to get to the finish line.

I did the same thing, shake for breakfast 4oz of Protein with salad for lunch and the same for dinner. Then 3 weeks before surgery I was required to do my pre-op diet, I would have a shake for breakfast, a shake for lunch and 4 oz of protein and salad for dinner. I lost 50 pounds pre op.

BUT I did not take any diet pills, check with your surgeon, they may affect your surgery.

Good Luck and be safe!

Thanks! My nurse told me I could take them and I will ask again before the two weeker. Fifty pounds pre-op is fantastic!!