So I set my surgery day for May 20!! I'm nervous but so excited that so much of life is getting ready to open up to me!! Any tips anyone can give me? This liver reduction diet is so hard! But I'm working through it.

My advice for the pre-op diet is: DO. NOT. CHEAT.

Seriously, it makes it SOOOO much harder. I was highly disciplined with myself for the first time IN MY LIFE on the pre-op diet, and my hunger pangs went away completely after about 3 days - and STILL have not returned and I'm 6 days post op. Those first 3 days were HARD. REALLY HARD. I wanted to cheat. I dreamed of cheating. But I'm so glad I didn't! When you cheat, it's most likely to be with something carb-y or sugary, and those things will put you right back in the cycle of fluctuating blood sugar that keeps you feeling hungry and keeps you craving more. So as hard as it is, DON'T CHEAT!!! Clear your cabinets now - say good-bye to that junk food life and take this part seriously.

You will find so many people on here that are enablers and tell you it's okay to cheat, that some docs don't even require a pre-op diet, that it's nuts to do the liquid diet because we're obviously addicted to food -- that's just justifying bad behavior, IMO. BE STRONGER THAN THAT! You can do it! It is possible! And you'll see weight melting off and it will be WORTH IT! The more you lose now, the less you have to lose later....

Just my 2 cents. I wish you luck!