I see a lot of people doing this 2 wk clear liquid diet. I am going thru Kaiser and havent been told I need to do this. Anyone else going thru Kaiser? Were you told you needed to do this?

Every program is different. I had to watch what I ate, but only had to do the clear liquid diet the day before surgery.

Howdy! I start my 2 week 'liquid diet' on Tuesday - scheduled for surgery Sept 3rd. Its not really a liquid diet to me. It is like 3 protein and fruit shakes per day, yogurt and fruit for lunch...and 4oz of meat & a 1/2 of potato for dinner. Like I said, not all liquid. I think it does vary from Doctor to Doctor.

I will have to go on a clear liquid diet 2 weeks b4 surgery... I'm kinda nervous about those 2 weeks but I will do it!

I am in Ms. Dr. King in Oxford will be doing my surgery.

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Yeah all different. Mine is 10 days, 9 days is 3 protein shakes a day, 2 small meals consisting of a total of 5oz of lean protein, 2C of salad and 1C of cooked veggies. 1 day clear liquids. Day one for me and so far great! Finishing today at 890 calories, 117g of protein and 92oz of water and 1 piece of gum :-)

Howdy! I start my 2 week 'liquid diet' on Tuesday - scheduled for surgery Sept 3rd. Its not really a liquid diet to me. It is like 3 Protein and fruit shakes per day' date=' yogurt and fruit for lunch...and 4oz of meat & a 1/2 of potato for dinner. Like I said, not all liquid. I think it does vary from Doctor to Doctor.[/quote']

Well lucky u . Mines all liquids :-/

Surgery on 9/3 and i start my 2 week diet on Tuesday, 4 shakes a day, broth, jello and sugar free Popsicles only. This is going to be rough...

I should have my surgery date in a couple weeks, I've already started to try to practice my changes, and Yes I'm right there with u - it's gonna be rough, I'm more anxious about keeping up with the diet restrictions then the surgery

I started my pre-op diet last Tuesday. I have to have no more than 30 grams of carbs and at least 90 grams of protein per day. I have been faithful to the plan and have written down every bite I have put in my mouth. I have not been good about my water, I'll confess. When I weighed this morning after 5 days, I've only lost 2 lbs. is this okay? I'm scared to death the doc won't be able to do the surgery because of fatty liver!

Surgery on 9/3 and i start my 2 week diet on Tuesday' date=' 4 shakes a day, broth, Jello and sugar free Popsicles only. This is going to be rough...[/quote']

Tell me about , I know same here

Surgery on 9/3 and i start my 2 week diet on Tuesday, 4 shakes a day, broth, Jello and sugar free Popsicles only. This is going to be rough...

I'm on day 11 of the same diet. Day 3 was the worst but it does get better. I do have hunger occasionally but some more sugar-free drink mix or jello takes care of it. Broth does too but I have to limit broth because it makes be retain Fluid.

I'm on day 11 of the same diet. Day 3 was the worst but it does get better. I do have hunger occasionally but some more sugar-free drink mix or Jello takes care of it. broth does too but I have to limit broth because it makes be retain Fluid.

Thanks for the warning, I'll be sure to lock myself in a room away from people on day 3, lol. Have you lost a lot on it? I'm thinking its got to be some significant pounds with so few calories

I started my pre-op diet last Tuesday. I have to have no more than 30 grams of carbs and at least 90 grams of Protein per day. I have been faithful to the plan and have written down every bite I have put in my mouth. I have not been good about my water' date=' I'll confess. When I weighed this morning after 5 days, I've only lost 2 lbs. is this okay? I'm scared to death the doc won't be able to do the surgery because of fatty liver![/quote']

I'm on the same pre-op diet. Been doing it for 3 weeks now. One more week to go then Clear liquids the day before. I lost about 7 lbs the first week. But then gained and lost 3 lbs twice the next two weeks. Even though I was following the rule. It was frustrating. This weekend I was desperate for the scale to drop so I made a large batch of vegi Soup from the list of vegi's my NUT gave me and grilled some chicken so i'd still get my protein in and I ate that for two days and this morning I got on the scale and I didn't gain those three back. I was actually down 2 lbs. I'm going to continue the vegi soup with lunch and probably dinner for this week too (I made way to much) and hopefully I will continue to see the scale go down.

Good luck wih your pre-op. I hope the scale moves for you.

I started my pre-op diet last Tuesday. I have to have no more than 30 grams of carbs and at least 90 grams of Protein per day. I have been faithful to the plan and have written down every bite I have put in my mouth. I have not been good about my water' date=' I'll confess. When I weighed this morning after 5 days, I've only lost 2 lbs. is this okay? I'm scared to death the doc won't be able to do the surgery because of fatty liver![/quote']

I've been on my diet 9 days and have only lost 5 lbs :-( 2 more days off 3 shakes and low fat dinner then one day of only clear liquids left!!! Surgery is Thursday..... good luck to u

I've been on my diet 9 days and have only lost 5 lbs :-( 2 more days off 3 shakes and low fat dinner then one day of only clear liquids left!!! Surgery is Thursday..... good luck to u

Good luck To you as well. My surgery is Tuesday the 27th. I'm furiously trying to get everything ready both mentally and physically!

Thanks for the warning, I'll be sure to lock myself in a room away from people on day 3, lol. Have you lost a lot on it? I'm thinking its got to be some significant pounds with so few calories

I have lost 14.4 pounds since I started this 2-week pre-op diet on August 8. And I had lost 10.7 pounds when I did a one-week trial of the clear liquids back in June. Overall, since I saw my surgeon for my initial consultation on April 25 & started the high Protein, low carb diet the same day, I've lost a total of 42.7 pounds. I look at it as a head start on my post-surgery weight loss.

My surgeon is very strict on the diets. Post-op I'll be on clear liquids only, no Protein shakes for a week then the clears & protein like the 2-week pre-op for 3 more weeks. On week 5 I start pureed foods for 2 weeks, then soft foods for 2 more weeks. Finally, on post-op week 9 & beyond, I introduce regular, solid foods. But this process since April has showed me that I can do it.