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sleeveforkayla    24

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How are people handling the pre op diet or how have you handled it? First few days are seeming to be rough. I'm feeling a little hungry I think. Not exactly sure if it's hunger or habit????

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indecision    863

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I would say the first 4 to 5 days of the pre op is the worst. Your body and mind are revolting a bit. It does get better though!

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Teachamy    1,042

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I think it depends on your surgeon's version of the diet. I could have 1 piece of fruit, 1 yogurt, 3 Protein Shakes and 2 small meals (3 oz. meat with non-starch veggies), so I didn't find it that hard, but I know a lot of people are on liquids only, and I'm not sure how well I'd do on that!

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pjackson0523    158

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I'm doing really well. Usually have a boiled egg for breakfast, fruit cup before lunch, shake for lunch and then Protein and green veg for dinner. I'm trying to stay really busy so I don't think about food. Really haven't been hungry at all and down 6 lbs since Saturday, so that's encouraging.

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Italiancurves    117

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My pre op diet is the 2-3 Protein Shakes and a lean Protein with green salad per day.

My 14 days is still like 9 days out but I'm ready to get started early. I'm going to start tomorrow. Want to get through the sugar/ carb detox ASAP. Want to get as much weight off as possible pre-op. going to start my 30 min of walking early too. No time like the present. Gotta git r done!

Oh and my doc recommends a Metamucil or benefited capsule a day on pre op to combat hunger. We shall see...

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Arts137    1,811

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first 4 days can be tough as you "detox". But stick with it. You'll help your surgeon by reducing the size of your liver (which covers the stomach during the surgery.

And hunger or habit is something to ponder. I am convinced that I was never hungry before... I was just always eating...

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Italiancurves    117

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Good point Arts!

And they say it takes 21 days to break or form a new habit. So if I just suck it up now and get through the rough part, maybe post op would be so bad.

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sleeveforkayla    24

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All good points! Thanks. I will be sucking it up and following through as I know it will make it easier in the long run. Just wish I could go and get it done already lol.

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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

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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.

        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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