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Preop liver reduction.

couger94

By couger94, in Post-op Diets and Questions

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NoneYa    380

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Awesome!!!! I have my pre-op appointment on July 11th. My A1C was high as of a few weeks ago & I am worried he can't do my surgery. I bet you are so excited!!!!

Yes, I'm so excited and so ready to be on the other side of this thing! 6 months in sounds like a good place to look forward to. I really he that it all works out well for you and you get your sleeve very soon.

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breederb    22

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Yes' date=' I'm sorry excited and so ready to be on the other side of this thing! 6 months in sounds like a good place to look forward to. I really he that it all works out well for you and you get your sleeve very soon.[/quote']

Good luck & let me know how you are doing. - Rebecca

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Greta Copeland    1

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Yes...today is the last day of my pre-op diet...tomorrow is surgery...YAAAY!!! Since last Thursday, 6/20, I've had 2-3 Protein Shakes a day, 60 -80 oz crystal light drinks and 1/4 - 1 full bottle of Isopure Protein Water (depending on if I had 2 shakes or 3) I think this one is pretty restrictive, but I believe it will be worth it in the end! I've lost about 9 pounds, so I'm pretty happy with that!

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Melixxa    125

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Yes...today is the last day of my pre-op diet...tomorrow is surgery...YAAAY!!!

Holy man...that does seem restrictive! I'm in awe of your commitment!

Yesterday was much better for me, and I'm cruising along today....Hope all our end of June and early July sleevers are doing OK with their plans!

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RDC    11

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I'm on day 13 of two week pre op diet. A couple Protein Shakes, lf cottage cheese, chicken broth. Down 28 lbs

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Melixxa    125

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Down 28 lbs

Wow!!!!

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NoneYa    380

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I'm on day 13 of two week pre op diet. A couple Protein shakes, lf cottage cheese, chicken broth. Down 28 lbs

How many calories is that per day? Your loss is outstanding! My drslan is 1200 per day and I'll not lose on hat, I never have.

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RDC    11

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How many calories is that per day? Your loss is outstanding! My drslan is 1200 per day and I'll not lose on hat' date=' I never have.[/quote']

Between 700 and 900 calories per day.

I've got a lot to lose so that may explain some of the hefty loss. I haven't cheated as well so that helps.

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KittyLouSou    41

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As my tummy was rumbling yesterday, even with the Protein shakes and chicken breast/salad, I pouted and decided I needed more info on why we do this diet...does it really work, etc.

This had the best detail I've read so far, http://www.lapbandtalk.com/topic/61166-how-to-shrink-your-liver-and-increase-st-weight-loss-%26-8211%3B-the-low-carb-pre-op-diet/

And I finally had the guts to watch a video of the procedure, and understand what they have to do with the liver during the surgery, and now I get it...it's not just a mean thing doctors do to stick it to us, hehe (although after reading the detailed whys and mechanisms...the obscenely restrictive ones still feel a little like that...). Anyhow, knowing how important it is will help me stay with it. Hope the donut dreams stop soon. :) Good luck fellow pre-oppers! May we all have an adorably tiny liver by surgery day.

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NoneYa    380

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Between 700 and 900 calories per day.

I've got a lot to lose so that may explain some of the hefty loss. I haven't cheated as well so that helps.

No matter where you're starting from that loss is awesome!

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couger94    19

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Tomorrow surgery. Down 16 pounds from liver reduction. Nervous but excited. To all my fellow July 1 sleevers good luck.

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bethxxx    304

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I was on a very similar pre op diet for 2 weeks to shrink my liver. It involved 3 shakes a day and 2 cups of leafy green veggies.

I really struggled, I added in extra fruit and veggies (after confirming it was ok with my surgeon) which helped. Drinking heaps and heaps of Water helps as well, put a squeeze of lemon juice to liven it up.

Good luck and keep reminding yourself, this is only for a short time and sticking to this will help you in the long run to reach your goals!!

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Ms.Nya    27

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I'm on day 3 of my 10 day liver reduction diet. 4 Protein Shakes, 1/2c of green veggies a day, and all the Water, sugar free drinks and popsicles I want. The first two days were Ok but today was horrible. I've been hungry all day! Thinking of food all day and just completely miserable. Please tell me it gets better

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    • Alisa_S

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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