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brandnewme2013

By brandnewme2013, in Food and Nutrition

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Nel    189

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It's losing fat so rapidly from the hardcore diet. Mine told me "no weight loss, no surgery"

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brandnewme2013    97

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It's losing fat so rapidly from the hardcore diet. Mine told me "no weight loss' date=' no surgery"[/quote']

It seems like everyone is losing weight so easily on the all liquid diet, I wonder if its the same dor people who can still eat regular food?

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Nel    189

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I don't know. Mine was a 2 week shake diet. I could have dill pickles the first week. I only cheated once and that was a few days in when I ate a handful of crackers because I was nauseous I dropped 22 pds. I was jealous of those that could eat food though.

My doctor, I think, had the shock value thing going on with it. If you can't stay on a shake diet for 2 weeks, why think you could do this? This is WAY more severe. It's basically divorcing every single thing you love in food. I guess that why he didn't give the food option.

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SoccerMomma73    1,867

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I don't know. Mine was a 2 week shake diet. I could have dill pickles the first week. I only cheated once and that was a few days in when I ate a handful of crackers because I was nauseous I dropped 22 pds. I was jealous of those that could eat food though.

My doctor' date=' I think, had the shock value thing going on with it. If you can't stay on a shake diet for 2 weeks, why think you could do this? This is WAY more severe. It's basically divorcing every single thing you love in food. I guess that why he didn't give the food option.[/quote']

Maybe our doctor has an evil streak??????

HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 217.2

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Nel    189

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Maybe our doctor has an evil streak??????

HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 217.2

lol, it's entirely possible! He did say he's had people come in and not do surgery because they couldn't give up the food. I think he just doesn't want anyone to make a mistake.

Maybe.

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Obeasta    92

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I can def relate girl!

Also on shakes for 2 weeks. it was HECTIC. longest 2 weeks of my life. Well, apart from the time in hospital that I had some complications.

I was also extremely paranoid that my liver wouldn't have shrunk enough (because I was diagnosed with enlarged fatty liver).

Just push through it, and do your best.

In 2 weeks everything is gonna change.

I KNOW you can be strong. And sometimes one stumbles, but by dear god, get back up immediately and give yourself a good talking to to not do it again, and just PUSH FORWARD!

good luck!!

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SoccerMomma73    1,867

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It is HARD....giving up food is one thing....the headache and ridiculous fatigue and moodiness are another....it sucks, but it absolutely can be done! We are living proof!!! :)

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brandnewme2013    97

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Thank you ladies I really appreciate the kind words and motivation! My surgery is Monday anyway. I've gotten through 11 days already and I only have today, tomorrow, and Saturday to get through and then Sunday is all liquids. So I will push through.

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bjroberts417    102

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Like my nutritionist told me, you can do anything for two weeks! Good luck!!

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NikiMarie    18

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It is HARD....giving up food is one thing....the headache and ridiculous fatigue and moodiness are another....it sucks' date=' but it absolutely can be done! We are living proof!!! :)[/quote']

The headaches and moodiness are killing me!! I never thought I could be such a rotten person lol. I'm on Day 3 of the liquid diet and hope this passes quickly!

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erikaloftin    62

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Even if your liver doesn't shrink completely, you'll be fine. When a liver is fatty, it is stiff and bleeds easily when it is moved around. With weight loss it becomes soft and (usually) shrinks. Mine didn't shrink much ( she said I had a rather large liver) but that it was soft and that's what they're most worried about, because they have to retract it during the surgery and don't want it to bleed.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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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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        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.

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