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I started my 1 week pre-op diet 2 weeks pre-op because I knew I was going out to dinner last weekend. I didn't OVEREAT but I sure as heck enjoyed it.

I have a family dinner the Saturday before I leave on Sunday for Mexico but I can eat salad and no one will say anything. They don't know, but will be happy to hear I'm "on a diet" :)

Oddly, on the liquid pre-op diet, I'm gaining weight - must be last weekend's dinner :(

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Silry,

I wish I hadn't taken Dr. Miranda's advice on eating the "light meal" of carne asada - it was terrible! The meat was almost inedible to me it was so full of fat - yuck! I did eat the rice, Beans, and "cactus paddle" which was actually very yummy! It tasted like a cross between artichokes and asparagus.

I wish I had gone out for a nice hearty steak!

Oooh - so Dr. Miranda will let me have a last "real" meal? Any suggestions on where to go in TJ?

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I've had the "last supper mentality" since November, when I decided to go ahead with surgery. Luckily, I have gotten sick of pigging out, so I have definitely slowed down. I am trying right now to eat good foods, and to be honest, they are usually more satisfying than the crap I was eating before.

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I was scheduled for surgery Jan, 16 and i pigged out, a lot. I ate a lot of spicy and fried things and that combined with stress led to severe gastritis. I had to postpone my surgery till June. My advice, watch out, it was NOT worth the agonizing week of pain i went through.

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I know that nothing anybody says will convince you but you can and will eat your favourite foods again - only this time not in excess and they wont have the hold over you they once did. There is no need for you to have it "one last time".

I felt a bit the same but for me, my new life started the day I said to my surgeon that I wanted to go ahead with the surgery. My last supper was tinned Soup and toast, lol.

Thank you for this. I just want to experience a meal and feel "full" like a normal person does.

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I went through this Last Meal Syndrome too. For me it began about 30 years ago and every day I ate like it was my last meal.

The night before surgery, I went to FuddRuckers and had a HUGE burger with fries AND onion rings.

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I think I had the "last meal" syndrome the whole last week before my surgery!! I too used Dr. Spivak and besides my weight I was very healthy as well, I didnt have to do a pre-op diet either.

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I actually had my last meal without realizing it or it may have gotten ugly - My DH took the kids and I out to Pappas, I couldn't eat it all so I got a to go box - the next morning I got up and ate it - I went to my pre-op and they said only liquids tomorrow. I thought nothing of it and went about my day, I did go to Popeye's and Sonic (Tuesday Night Special) - Had 1 piece of chicken, 1 hamburger. Today I only got to have Clear Liquids.< /p>

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Oh I sure have the last meal feel....before my preop diet.tonight was it...I had Kraft dinner ...how pathetic..but its really what I wanted ...I have been Dieting for so long ( and gaining) that I can not remember the last time I had KD?? Tomorrow I begin the journey..Wish me luck

Bev

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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

        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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