Hello All,

Has anyone during your pre-op diet actually ate some food and what was the final outcome? Did it affect ur weight loss.

I was wondering the same thing!!!!!!'

I am on my 2nd week and in my cream of chicken there are small pieces of chicken. I refuse to feel guilty but I haven't lost as much as I did the first week.

I think in all honesty most people deviate from their pre-op plan. The diets vary so much from Dr. to Dr. so it is difficult to determine what is "right" and what is not. Here's the one thing that my Dr. told be about the pre-op diet. It gives you the opportunity to figure out your relationship with food and your eating habits. I gives you the opportunity to "break up" from the abusive relationship that you have with food. He went on to talk about how people that fail on their pre-op have a harder time post-op because they don't fully understand or have the proper motivation to do what it takes to make the surgery successful. At the time, I didn't get what he meant, but post op, I really get it. The sleeve is a TON of work. Probably more than if you didn't have the surgery as it is a life time of commitment.

My pre op diet (my surgery is this Monday -- conversion from band to sleeve) is Medifast, and it is really unappealing. Last night, I just couldn't face the chili again, so I made a green salad with a few berries, and a dressing of balsamic vinegar, Dijon mustard, and maybe a half teaspoon of olive oil. It was great! I am on day 5 of my diet - I am so happy I only had to do this for a week! - and have lost 6 pounds. When I had my lap band surgery in 2010, I also lost 6 pounds in a week and everything went fine.