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Today's day one of my pre-op diet. Wish me luck!

Good luck... I'm on day# 8. It's been rough for me, but others dot have any problems. It has been much more of a psychological journey than actual hunger

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Good luck... I'm on day# 8. It's been rough for me' date=' but others dot have any problems. It has been much more of a psychological journey than actual hunger[/quote']

Are you spacing out your food evenly? The first 2 days were terrible, until I started spacing. My day :

8-930am Protein Shake

Noon sugar free Jello

2pm one ounce jerkey

4-530pm Protein shake

730-8ish meal

Kinda feels like I'm eating all day, helps my brain

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DAY 2 OF MY liquid diet WAS YESTERDAY AND I'VE GOTTEN UP 4 TIMES TONIGHT TO PEE!!!!! I DIDN'T EVEN DRINK ALOT LATE IN THE DAY I'M OFF TO A GREAT START :) {)i(} Sent from my iPhone using VST {)i(}
I was the same way! I think I did pretty good. My preop is Protein Shake or bar for Breakfast and lunch. I can have yogurt or small piece of fruit for mid morning snack, mid afternoon snack and evening snack. For dinner I can have 3oz lean meat, stem vegetable or salad with fat free dressing. All beverages must be calorie free.

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Good luck! What shakes are you using?

I was given a diet that included 4 ready to drink shakes per day. I chose Atkins and Slim Fast lo carb. I'm supposed to use shakes with 15-20 gr of Protein for pre-op. I can eat certain things throughout the day so it's not terrible. Had grits this morning and baby bell cheese. broth and Jello for lunch. Great first day!

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Good luck... I'm on day# 8. It's been rough for me' date=' but others dot have any problems. It has been much more of a psychological journey than actual hunger[/quote']

I'm not on liquids only. My diet includes some foods so it's easier. I'm sure a lot of it is in our heads but just think, you're almost there!! And we're all here to support you.

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I was the same way! I think I did pretty good. My preop is Protein Shake or bar for breakfast and lunch. I can have yogurt or small piece of fruit for mid morning snack' date=' mid afternoon snack and evening snack. For dinner I can have 3oz lean meat, stem vegetable or salad with fat free dressing. All beverages must be calorie free.[/quote']

My diet for 2 weeks is 3 shakes, SF Jello and SF Popsicles for Snacks, and unlimited leafy greens with calorie free dressing. I can also have a minestrone Soup once a day.

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I just received verbal ins. co. approval on 9/23. My doctor's office will not schedule with the written approval even though they also received the verbal approval. I hope the letter arrives on 9/25 since that is one week since it was mailed.

When I spoke to the doctor's office today, they told me they are scheduling surgeries for the second week of October. I am hoping for a 10/8 surgery. If that date is not available, then I will have to wait until 10/25 due to work obligations.

I am a band to sleeve revision surgery. My ins. co. waived the six month diet criteria due to lap band complications.

I am very excited and a little nervous even though I know I am making the right decision for me.

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My diet for 2 weeks is 3 shakes' date=' SF Jello and SF Popsicles for Snacks, and unlimited leafy greens with calorie free dressing. I can also have a minestrone Soup once a day. {)i(} Sent from my iPhone using VST {)i(}[/quote'] I think we are both on October 7!! I am too excited! I love salads so that's fine for me!

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I think we are both on October 7!! I am too excited! I love salads so that's fine for me!

Me too. The salad isn't bad, but I put kale in my salad today and it was a bit harsh. I also found some no calorie dressings and they're spicy but good!

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Me too. The salad isn't bad' date=' but I put kale in my salad today and it was a bit harsh. I also found some no calorie dressings and they're spicy but good! {)i(} Sent from my iPhone using VST {)i(}[/quote'] Tell me what Salad Dressing you tried and like as well as the shakes. I have a fat free balsamic that I tried by naturally fresh.

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October 11th is the big day for me! Is my Doctor the only Doc that doesnt have a Pre-Op diet? I feel fortunate but a little out of place :)

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October 11th is the big day for me! Is my Doctor the only Doc that doesnt have a Pre-Op diet? I feel fortunate but a little out of place :)

No ur nt the only 1..my doc doesn't have one either jus nthn after midnight the night before surgery..

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The dressings are by Walden Farms. They are fat, carbohydrate, calorie, gluten, sugar, cholesterol, any and everything free- so the label says.

They also have many other items like chocolate Syrup and Pasta Sauce. I was going to purchase them on Amazon but I found them in the grocery store.

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    • Alisa_S

      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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