Any help would be awesome!

[italian-girl 152]

That's awesome Italian girl! Proud of you

Thanks! Learning after surgery is very different... Taking it one day at a time... But I'm very hopeful this will get easier daily..

[cindymg 629]

Drink broth WITH SALT! Your body needs salt and it give you an energy lift. I used to go to a restaurant and order chicken, veggie or French onion Soup and ask for just the broth. I guess a lot of people do that because they were always very accommodating. Panera bread was my go to place.

Good luck on your journey. It's going to be amazing!

[NotLookinBack 164]

I think I may of been the only person to ween herself off food about 5 weeks before surgery I replaced one meal with a shake for 2 weeks then three weeks before I did two shakes and one meal. Then two weeks before surgery was the liquid diet I was able to eat one cup of cottage cheese (nonfat) a day or Greek yogurt plus 2 shakes. If I was hungry I'd eat some sugar free Jello. I also drank Water through the day it made it very easy. The two days before surgery I did the clear liquid diet and used the ready made Isopure to stay full since it has a lot of Protein. I weighed 283 5 weeks before surgery and the day of surgery( monday 8/12/13) I weighed 263. Which I was actually very proud of..

Good luck!!

I did that.. It made things easier..