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Had mine Sept. 6, one week check up on the 12th. No problems at all, but I do have a complaint [emoji3]. I'm still on the liquids until the 27th, I see on here, some people say they go home to grits, oatmeal and Soups. I've been sampling meals a little [baked talapia, cabbage, okra very soft foods] when I cook for my family. Am I wrong to taste very small pieces?

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Had my band and hernia repair yesterday, sept 14, 2017.

When home from hospital felt like hell. Lots of pain on left side of my body, from abdomen and up through ribcage and into arm, shoulder and neck. Dr and nurse told me it's gas from where the abdomen was expanded and that it should go away soon. Walk more to help.

No appetite, but am making myself try to eat broth, juice, Water and Jello. Nothing has any taste to me.

Hopefully this will all lead to a much better life around the corner!!

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Yes, I had the liquid diet, basically shakes for two meals and then a regular heathy meal. I actually lost 13 pounds doing that! Almost made me wonder if I should have the surgery and just stick to this diet. Then I had just clear liquids for the day before.


What kind of shake did you have?I'm doing my 2 week low carb preop diet prior to my scheduled surgery.

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My surgery is Monday the 18th! I am excited to get this done and over with and back home Tuesday or Wednesday. I am having the VSG! Been doing preop diet, lost 8 pounds this last week. Using Jay Robb strawberry Protein, can't stand any others at this point and I choose to avoid artificial sweeteners like sucralose as much as possible.

HW 273, CW 242, goal - happier and healthier :)


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Hi Jess...Congrats on your upcoming surgery. I am also on the path for a happy an healthier lifestyle. My surgery is the 27th[emoji5] an i am on my 2 week preop low carb/less 20 grams of carbs diet. What did your prep diet consist of?

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5 minutes ago, Jai Q said:

Hi Jess...Congrats on your upcoming surgery. I am also on the path for a happy an healthier lifestyle. My surgery is the 27themoji5.png an i am on my 2 week preop low carb/less 20 grams of carbs diet. What did your prep diet consist of?

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My pre-op consists of 4 to 5 slimfast advanced Protein Shakes, broth, sugar free popsicles, and crystal light.... not much fun here! 11 more Days - I have a count down calendar!

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Hi Jess...Congrats on your upcoming surgery. I am also on the path for a happy an healthier lifestyle. My surgery is the 27th[emoji5] an i am on my 2 week preop low carb/less 20 grams of carbs diet. What did your prep diet consist of?

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Two Protein Shakes a day with less than 6 grams of carbs each and 20-30 grams of Protein made with Water. Then two small meals a day consisting of 3-5 ounces of protein and 1/2 to 1 cup veggies.


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My surgery is September 26th:D..IM SO EXCITED! but a little nervous.. I want to make sure I'm taking all of the Vitamins and get the correct amount of Protein my body needs daily..I DO NOT like protein shakes:(.does anyone have a favorite Protein Shake that you recommend..and what do you say I need to STAY AWAY from?

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1 minute ago, TraceyBishop said:

My surgery is September 26th:D..IM SO EXCITED! but a little nervous.. I want to make sure I'm taking all of the Vitamins and get the correct amount of Protein my body needs daily..I DO NOT like Protein shakes:(.does anyone have a favorite protein shake that you recommend..and what do you say I need to STAY AWAY from?

I'm on the 26th too! My surgeon was very particular for the pre-op diet.... no Premier shakes which seems to be popular pre-surgery.... I can have them post surgery. Pre-op, I'm having 4 to 5 Advanced Protein Slimfast Shakes - they are okay - well let's be honest, all Protein Shakes are pretty terrible - I just so my best to get them down :-)

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My surgery is September 26th[emoji3]..IM SO EXCITED! but a little nervous.. I want to make sure I'm taking all of the Vitamins and get the correct amount of Protein my body needs daily..I DO NOT like protein shakes[emoji20].does anyone have a favorite Protein Shake that you recommend..and what do you say I need to STAY AWAY from?

I am in my 2 preop diet stage an I bought the Premiere Protien shakes which were recommended by my nutritionist an quite a few people on some of the threads an they are not to bad, not chally and very tolerable.

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Hello I'm new to the group- my surgery is Monday September 25th🙏🏽

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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

        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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