September 15, 201213 yr Author Good idea cooksie. Wish I could be on this list . When is your surgery?
September 15, 201213 yr I have no clue yet. I have bcbs Highmark and required to do a 6 month supervised weight loss plan in which I started in April. This month makes the 6th month but since it has to be consecutive October will make final weigh in. I still have the psych evaluation to do on October 3rd being that said its all in how fast insurance approval is after my appointment October 23
September 16, 201213 yr Im scheduled for oct 3rd..... And no liquid diet necessary except or three days before surgery..... Sooooo scared
September 16, 201213 yr Author Im scheduled for oct 3rd..... And no liquid diet necessary except or three days before surgery..... Sooooo scared Oh my!!! I have to do a 4 wk pre~op diet!
September 16, 201213 yr Author Hi I'm having a band to bypass conversion on oct 1st Yay!!! Welcome!!!
September 16, 201213 yr When do you start pre op diet cooksie? Is it like the 1 to 2 week liquid diet before surgery? Or is it just low low carbs and protein drinks?
September 16, 201213 yr My doc said only protein shakes adding up to 70 grams of protein and less than 30 grams of carbs for the 2 weeks prior to surgery but in my case since its a revision they wanted me on it for 3 weeks I've been on it for the last 2 weeks 2 more to go
September 16, 201213 yr Oh my!!! I have to do a 4 wk pre~op diet! Im on my 7th day of my 4 week diet and lost 16.4lbs my surgery is set fot Oct 8th @ 10am and I cant wait.
September 16, 201213 yr Anume is it a pure liquid diet? Or so you do protein drinks? Just curious if it can help me lose some weight before the 24th
September 16, 201213 yr My surgery is scheduled for Oct 9th at 8:00am. My nerves sometimes gets the best of me! Anyone else feel super anxious??
September 16, 201213 yr My surgery is scheduled for Oct 15th at 6:30am. My nerves sometimes gets the best of me! Anyone else feel super anxious?? Thats normal just keep the positive outlook of it in mind all times the day is near ur mind is gonna be playing games with u even ur emotions but after your going to wish you did it so much sooner im a year and 5 mnth out and if theirs any regrets its the fact i didnt do it sooner but theirs a time for everything your gonna suceed pray for the best
September 16, 201213 yr Anume is it a pure liquid diet? Or so you do Protein drinks? Just curious if it can help me lose some weight before the 24th I take in 7 Optifast supplements a day. I can have unlimited amount of sugar free popsicles, sugar free and caffeine free soda if I drink anything that has caffeine in it I have to replace it with Water, because you have to get in 64 ounces of fluids a day, and caffeine drinks does not count. I can have up to 1 cups worth of vegetables a day which are cucumbers celery any color bell pepper and any color lettuce, and you can have red wine vinegar on the lettuce. Also you can have sugar free gum & mints and 1 cup of sugar free Jello. The dietitian also told us ways we can doctor up the Soups & shakes so they won't be so plain, you can add herbs as long as they don't have sugar or salt I like the Mrs Dash in my soups. You can add instant decaffeinated coffee, vanilla, almond or mint extract to your shakes. I personally like the coffee in both the vanilla and chocolate shakes it taste like a mocha shake or you can put root beer or orange soda in your vanilla shake to make it takes like a vanilla cream popsicle or a root beer float, oh yeah the water that goes into the shakes and soups counts towards the 64 ounces of fluids a day. I hope that helps.
September 16, 201213 yr Anume is it a pure liquid diet? Or so you do Protein drinks? Just curious if it can help me lose some weight before the 24th I lost almost 17 pounds in 1 week and I only started working out on the 6th day due to side effects from the Opti fast, I had the nausea, headaches and the fatigue so I've just been kind of taking it easy this first week, but yesterday I started walking on my Wii Fit and doing aerobics on it and I tell you it works I have a treadmill but I didn't want to risk getting dizzy and hurting myself. a friend of mine had surgery about 4 years ago and she said she didn't lose any weight on the fast now I don't know if she didn't do something right or if she did some thing wrong but she said she could loose. I can tell you I was really worried about this part of my journey I thought that I would struggle really bad, with having 2 kids to prepare meals for but so far I've been doing great I have not cheated not 1 time I just pray that these next 3 weeks are smooth. When do you start?
Cooksie....Oct 9.....Carla....240