So I started my pre-op Opti-Fast diet on Monday. Monday and Tuesday were okay, difficult but I did better than I thought I'd do. Yesterday was really difficult and I broke down with a few scoops of dry roasted peanuts then today I did the same damn thing. I knew this was going to be a struggle but, geez.. Didn't think it would be this hard. This is harder than it was for me to quit smoking! I think part of my problem is the whole issue with not having anything solid to chew. Opitfast does offer protein bars but I bought them in 3 different flavors and they were all terrible.. The shakes are okay so I just exchanged them for more shakes.. So basically I'm on only liquids and that is TOUGH. Anybody else cheat with peanuts or something that is high in protein rather than something sugary? I'm just concerned it's going to affect my surgery. I feel like the biggest dingbat right now lol. Ugh.

This may not be much consolation but post op you are going to have a period of liquid only - this is good practice!

Seriously, hang in there, don't lose the place over a few handfuls of nuts. Just don't repeat it today, tomorrow or any day between now and surgery. You aren't cheating, you are just making things a bit more difficult for yourself when you don't need to.

Start tomorrow with a clean slate, put this behind you and good luck. Nothing about this surgery is easy but, 11 weeks out, let me tell you it will be worth all the hassle you are going through now :-)

I'm so happy I was allowed to actually eat real, albeit limited, foods on my preop diet and not live off shakes. I had a shake with every meal but that was accompanied with food. Kudos to you because it isn't easy at that point in time. High in Protein is good ... it's the high in fat part that they don't want because they want the liver to shrink. I was allowed certain snack foods so since yours is stricter you are probably fine. What they told me was that I actually had to lose weight on the preop diet. If I didn't lose then I didn't get my surgery.

Post op is also all liquid diet but it actually filled me up and I didn't feel hungry so I found post op to be much easier than preop.

Don't beat yourself up over it. Do your best! Good luck!

Thanks guys. I was doing some googling on the subject and I don't feel too bad after reading what some people cheat on.. Some person said they at BK like nearly every day up until the week of surgery. Makes my half a jar of peanuts sound pretty okay. lol It's funny too.. I'm not a peanut fan but when I saw that can of peanuts it was like all of a sudden they were the best thing in the world and I just had to have them.. It's a bad day when some peanuts sound like a filet mignon. lol.

Yeah. I feel that way about apple sauce now LOL Best thing since sliced bread!

You should've heard the sound I made when I had my first handful of Peanuts.. I was like,"MMMMMMMMMMM".. LIke I was eating some award winning meal. I should be ashamed LOL.