I'm so paranoid that my liver will not be shrunken. I wonder what part of our diet makes the liver shrink.

I'm really worried. I've been sticking to the diet pretty well and I started on Monday. But I really haven't lost a lot of weight. The shakes they listed for me to use have a little more carb than I think they should. I'm wondering if I should call the doc and see if I can sub in some lower carb shakes. I'm really worried. Surgery is June 3 and I don't want anything to interfere with it.

What shakes are you using? I was very paranoid especially since unlike most pre op diets mine was not an all liquid diet. I think you wilk be fine as long as you stick to your diet.

What shakes are you using? I was very paranoid especially since unlike most pre op diets mine was not an all liquid diet. I think you wilk be fine as long as you stick to your diet.

We are allowed 5 shakes a day. Either EAS Myoplex Lite ready to drink, Boost Calorie Control or Glucose control, or Bariatric Advantage High Protein. I've went with the cheaper shakes which is the problem really. They don't have much in them to help with hunger. But I tried a sample of the Bariatric Advantage and I just couldn't drink it. It was so disgusting. So I was afraid to buy a different flavor and spend 60 bucks on something that I wasn't sure I could stand. I can have broth, sf Jello, sf Popsicles, and all the sf beverage that I want though so that's helping.

How much weight on average has everyone else lost on the preop? I'm trying to figure out what kind of weight loss they are looking at, but no one ever said you have to loose X amount of lbs or you have to stay below X amount of calories. So I'm a little in the dark here.

We are allowed 5 shakes a day. Either EAS Myoplex Lite ready to drink' date=' Boost Calorie Control or Glucose control, or Bariatric Advantage High Protein. I've went with the cheaper shakes which is the problem really. They don't have much in them to help with hunger. But I tried a sample of the Bariatric Advantage and I just couldn't drink it. It was so disgusting. So I was afraid to buy a different flavor and spend 60 bucks on something that I wasn't sure I could stand. I can have broth, sf Jello, sf Popsicles, and all the sf beverage that I want though so that's helping.

How much weight on average has everyone else lost on the preop? I'm trying to figure out what kind of weight loss they are looking at, but no one ever said you have to loose X amount of lbs or you have to stay below X amount of calories. So I'm a little in the dark here.[/quote']

If you lose weight that's great but the main point of the 2 wk diet is to just shrink your liver and that is what the high protein diet will do. The only time your liver will not shrink is if you basically don't follow the diet. But getting in the proper protein is what will shrink your liver. Plus if they really wanted you to lose weight in order to have the surgery they would have made you really lose weight before now.