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My Pre-Op Diet Stinks!

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Uniqueladybug    80

Uniqueladybug
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Just needed to vent. I am on a ten day liquid diet, surgery is Sept 19. The mind games have begun. I really miss food. I keep thinking... Will I ever be able to enjoy food again??? Will I ever feel full and satisfied??? Do I really want to do this??? I know it's mind over matter at this point. That doesn't make it any easier. I missed work today. Woke up and I was dizzy and lightheaded. Took my meds and realized that I forgot my blood pressure meds yesterday. So today was like a double whammy! Uhgggg! Please tell me it gets better...

Jessica

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rurias    23

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Good job on getting this far Jessica :) I'm on day one and feeling that way. Except I'm not on a full liquid diet I get to have a small dinner and nothing but Protein Shakes for Breakfast n lunch. I hope everything gets better :) when I feel like eating I get on here instead it has worked for me so far lol

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Uniqueladybug    80

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Thanks... If we can get through this, surgery should be a snap! Every doctor is so different. It doesn't make sense. Some don't have a pre-op diet at all, some can eat a little, some are longer and some are shorter! You would think there would be a bariatric standard for this....IDK...

Jessica

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grannykathy    31

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I am on day 3 of my 14 day liquid routine...i agree...yuksville! I feel so sorry for myself...told dh he could cook outside since weather is nice. I'm thinking after surgery there won't be the hunger...isn't that part of the reason for surgery? My surgery date is Sept 24...a week from next monday! I have been on this road for 18 months...lean green diet last three months (lost 40 pounds). I would give anything for lean green right now. I feel yr pain...heck...i share it!! Lol

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mommaof4zs    3

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I am on day 3 of my 14 day liquid routine...i agree...yuksville! I feel so sorry for myself...told dh he could cook outside since weather is nice. I'm thinking after surgery there won't be the hunger...isn't that part of the reason for surgery? My surgery date is Sept 24...a week from next monday! I have been on this road for 18 months...lean green diet last three months (lost 40 pounds). I would give anything for lean green right now. I feel yr pain...heck...i share it!! Lol

I am also on day 3 of my 14 day pre-op diet with surgery on the 24th! Hang in there, we can do this!!!

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DLCoggin    1,788

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ALL pre-op diets stink!! Lol. But when you are looking amazing and feeling better than you ever have in your life - it's going to seem like a very, very small price to pay. You're gonna love the new you!!

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Uniqueladybug    80

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Thanks everyone!!!

Jessica

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TinyMamiOf3kids    1,280

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It gets better. I'm a little over 3 months & I can eat regular food in small portion & if I over eat which doesn't happen often out it goes but over all loving the new me.

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    • Alisa_S

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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

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        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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