Oh goodness, I have 3 days to go. Well 2 1/2 technically. I am so, so hungry. I leave for TJ Monday morning. Tell me about your successes and how you made it through the pre-op diet.

I just made my daughter a grilled cheese and almost lost it

Well you are almost there! I am right behind you, today is day 8 of my pre op, I am on a 24 day pro op plan..... three weeks shakes & lean and greens, followed by 3 days clears only..... I too am going to Mexico..... my biggest fear at the moment is that I will not be able to buckle the seat belt on the airplane.

YOu've got this.... although grille cheese does sound yummy......

I'm on the pre op diet too and feeding my daughter is the HARDEST!!! Veggie patties and oatmeal, it's killing me!! I feel your pain. I leave NEXT WEEK!! So your ahead of me. I just chew gum all day long. It's been helping. I'm excited for you for Monday!! You'll have to update us and let us know how your doing!!

The preop diet has many benefits for you as we'll as the surgeon. You want to shrink your liver as well as the internal fat in your abdomen. This will make it easier for the surgeon to see and maneuver around your stomach. If it is easier for your surgeon to work, then your surgery will go faster and the less anesthesia time you will need. It will go by fast. I really liked Swanson's beef and chicken broths! They made it tolerable. Good luck to you!

Per-op was the hardest thing for me also, Italy Ice Sugar Free and Egg Drop soup I would put something in my mouth and spit it out you will hate the taste because your taste have change...Good Luck!! I'm on myfitnesspal app or online It has been a life saver...you can friend me at sastexan4u..

Thanks for the encouragement! I couldn't imagine 24 days of pre-op diet. I'm on day 4 of a 7 day full liquid diet.

I have the unfortunate problem of being extremely sensitive to artificial sweeteners and MSG. I did just get some no MSG added broth in the mail from Amazon and I tore into it like a wild animal!!!!

I will definitely update how I'm doing after!

My pre-op diet,

I start a proteines diet and exercice (gym) since 3 weeks and i drink a lot of Water. I wheight my self today and i gained 9 pounds, but i shrink in inches. I realy dont understand why i gained instead losing wheight? I took 3 proteines a day and a small meal ( meat and veggies) . I am very decouraged of my gained, SO I EAT 2 PIECES OF CAKES! i will have my surgery on april 23. I am staring my 3 days liquid and my laxatif tomorrow. I hope that i am going to lose that 9 pound that i gained since 3 weeks. I dont understand that. Any wansers someone?

Thank you,

Céline

Water weight! When you exercise, your muscles hang on to water. Keep your sodium down and keep doing the right thing.

I did the same thing It could be you have gain muscle weight also watch you salt in take ..Hang in there!!

I had a 21 day preop diet(high bmi), I did 2-3 protiein shakes per day and a salad with either chicken, lean beef, or tuna. If i was starving to death I had a little extra salad or chicken. My last 3 days were clear fluids only, I did jello, sugar free icepops, sugar free gum, lotssss of water. My biggest motivator was that I had already paid a deposit, and bought my airline tickets so there was no way I was going to mess it up. With 2 1/2 days left to go you can do this!

I'm feeling a little better tonight. I feed my daughter. My husband and teenage son have been warned to eat away from me

I'll just have to cook her less appetizing toddler food, although right now I could binge on about anything lol. I feel so bad for those who do more than a week!

Oh, and I won't binge. I want to so bad but I want to save my life more. The support really helps!

I am day 2 of 14. I am so glad that my pre diet guidelines are to stay under 40grams of carbs and that is all. Harder then you would think, but I am not hungry. Took forever to shop today though. Labels, smabels! They gave me a weeks worth of menus. So to save my sanity I am going to follow that and then mix and match next week. Lots of lean meat, egg beaters, cheese and thank goodness, low carb bread, tortillas, and some fruit. Sorry to hear some of you have such restrictive diets. i can only imagine the will power. You all ROCK! Good luck and best wishes with your surgeries.

You can have solids? Oh the envy! Lol

I thought the pre op diet was SO HARD!!

Then when I was a couple of days out from surgery I would of done anything to be able to go back to that awesome diet!! hehehe

It gets easier, it gets harder, then it gets easier,

It is a big undertaking and not without some sacrifices.

But the best move I've made in a long time!

Good luck to you