Just wondering if anyone cheated the pre-op liquid diet, if so, did it have any negative effects in you?

How long does it take to shrink the liver?

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No i never cheated but i understood it takes the fat off the liver

I'm guessing it takes 2 weeks to shrink the liver since that is the standard length of the pre op diet

I had to do a month of presurgery diet before my surgery. I didnt cheat per se...I followed the plan but sometimes I would eat a little more than I was supposed to. I was exercising A LOT though so I still lost enough weight.

Just wondering if anyone cheated the pre-op liquid diet, if so, did it have any negative effects in you?

How long does it take to shrink the liver?

i cheated with mcdonald once just dont do it again my doc said everything looked good i was so scared and no one would fess up if they cheated or not youll be fine this is all a learning process and it is very mental youll be ok

When you loose weight one of the first places to "shrink" is your liver. The thing is, it keeps shrinking. So If you are put on a pre op diet and screw up and cheat one time is your liver going to expand? Unlikely, however you can force your body to restart the process of what the diet is doing to you. The low calories and the low carbs is necessary to keep the process going and it wasn't that long ago that someone posted that their doctor said that even with her having lost weight AND being diligent on the pre op diet that her liver was still quite large. At my pre op seminar they said they had a patient that no matter the incision it was all liver. So are we human? Will we screw up? Maybe. It would be best to try to avoid it. Today is my last day of my pre op diet, was I perfect? No. I didn't follow word for word my my NUT said to eat. However I was quite diligent in maintaining the calories and carbs necessary. She wanted me to eat 2oz of lunch meat at lunch everyday and 3oz of lean protein at dinner everyday plus veggies etc. last night I made a beautiful salad and chose to save my meat for the day for my salad. I lost 10# in 9 days and was never hungry (from day 4 on)

Thank you to everyone that responded, surgery is on Wednesday 8/28!

I've been on liquid pre-op since 8/21, cheated a couple of times, nothing crazy and no fast food, so just wondering!

errr....I had a 3-day pre-op liquid diet. No cheating. Meh. My surgeon luh-uuuved my shrinky dinky liver!

I only did a 24 hrs liquid diet. My surgery was 8/20 I am felling perfect today!!!!! Good luck