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I stored my pre-op liquid diet today and I feel like such a whimp. I keep thinking about what I would like to eat and have to remind myself that I can't have it lol. Not sure how I am going to make it without chewable food till the 14th. I'm not crazy about the Protein Shakes. Any suggestions from anyone?

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sugar free Jello, sugar free popsicles, and lots of low sodium broth, and ice, hang in there, it will get easier in a few days

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Thanks I'm hoping once I get through the first couple of days it'll get better.

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My surgeon's office assigned me Protein Shakes from Bariatric Advantage that contain Fiber. They were filling and controlled hunger. I did not lose a single pound on the one-month pre-op liquid diet, but it definitely shrunk my liver, which was the main goal. I wish you the greatest of success on your journey! I had surgery 9 months ago and am very glad that I did.

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My surgeon's office assigned me Protein shakes from Bariatric Advantage that contain fiber. They were filling and controlled hunger. I did not lose a single pound on the one-month pre-op liquid diet' date=' but it definitely shrunk my liver, which was the main goal. I wish you the greatest of success on your journey! I had surgery 9 months ago and am very glad that I did.[/quote']

Thank you so much. I am glad that you are doing well.

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My surgeon's office assigned me Protein shakes from Bariatric Advantage that contain fiber. They were filling and controlled hunger. I did not lose a single pound on the one-month pre-op liquid diet' date=' but it definitely shrunk my liver, which was the main goal. I wish you the greatest of success on your journey! I had surgery 9 months ago and am very glad that I did.[/quote']

I have to do the same thing, and am so glad to hear they are filling lol. My mom wants me to do a cleanse before the liquid diet and I was like I'm counting down the days for normal food don't take that away from meeeeee lol

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I have to do the same thing' date=' and am so glad to hear they are filling lol. My mom wants me to do a cleanse before the liquid diet and I was like I'm counting down the days for normal food don't take that away from meeeeee lol[/quote']

Lol I know the feeling. I spent the weekend before my liquid dieting eating my favorite foods and Snacks. Good luck! It's weird the first three days were the worst for me but after that It got better.

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I havent been told a month on liquid diet- dont think i could stand it b4 surgery. They have had me on 1300 calorie mediterranean diet for 3-4 months, going to education, nutrition exercise classes... When i get my surgery date i will be on 1100 calories/day for two weeks, but they didnt say liquids only-- i guess everybody gets a different plan.

Anyway i Lost 30 lbs...but It took forever to jump through their preop hoops. Now just waiting on insurance, and backsliding on my diet. Probably gained back 10lb this week- im afraid to check. Im a big bad cheater this week.

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I havent been told a month on liquid diet- dont think i could stand it b4 surgery. They have had me on 1300 calorie mediterranean diet for 3-4 months' date=' going to education, nutrition exercise classes... When i get my surgery date i will be on 1100 calories/day for two weeks, but they didnt say liquids only-- i guess everybody gets a different plan.

Anyway i Lost 30 lbs...but It took forever to jump through their preop hoops. Now just waiting on insurance, and backsliding on my diet. Probably gained back 10lb this week- im afraid to check. Im a big bad cheater this week.[/quote']

I've done pretty good about not cheating. I was told the purpose of the two week liquid diet was to shrink my liver before surgery. Good luck and I know you'll do great.

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    • Alisa_S

      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

        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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