Oh god! slipped off the pre - op wagon!

[rosieposie88 16]

Morning all, hope your all well. so I'm now on day 6 of my 14 day pre op milk and yoghurt diet, i was doing so well until yeaterday. I had a friend over that doesn't know about my surgery and ended eating a couple of sandwiches and a small amount of chocolate. Back on it 100% today. Will that effect my liver shrinkage? I want and need this op so badly. Do you think ill be ok by next Thursday? Im in a panic! Thanks ladies.

[terrydumont46 1,954]

you are okay. if we were good dieters we wouldn't need wls. thats what i yelled a lot when i was on the pre-op. although i was on a carb free pre-op for 60 days. but it is important to follow your doctor's advice. you will have to follow advice from here on out.

[kll724 3,055]

Just jump back on! As terry said, we all make mistakes. Try to stick with the "diet" now, tho'. Bets wishes. Karen..aka.kll724

[☠carolinagirl☠ 18,722]

its done and over now...do better now and until surgery..

crying over spilt milk does nothing but bring us down...so stop it..

get back on it as the other wonderful posters said....and if you want

this surgery that badly (as we all did including myself), then do what you

need to do to make it happen.......do it and make yourself well........best of luck

[kimk1999 450]

It's not too late and you can do it. First and foremost you need to follow your doctors orders.

One thing that helped me when I slipped was that every doc is different. My doc allowed two shakes and a healthy dinner. Sandwiches would be semi close to a healthy dinner (closer than fried food for sure). Some docs don't require any preop diet. The closer you stick to your docs rules the more likely you'll have a better and smooth surgery. I didn't want complications so I tried hard to comply. Plus surviving this phase makes it easier to comply with the liquid post op diet. Good luck on the upcoming surgery.

[The Icy One 518]

Ugh! The pre op diet was the worst! I hit it hard core. Mine was two Protein Shakes and a lean and green meal a day. I was allowed frozen fruit for my shakes if I wanted it. Pretty liberal. My only "cheats" were the occasional handful of raw almonds on my salad and one day, for some reason I was hungrier than a horse and I chowed down on a pile of deli pepper turkey. Those two small deviations didn't affect my outcome. I think that the pre op has that built into it. As long as we hit the pre op hard a small bump in the road isn't going to wreck us.

[rosieposie88 16]

Thank you ladies. Really needed to hear your words. Today I've been 100% perfect. This diet is worse then lighter life that I did for 6 months! It's harder then any diet I've ever done and ive done them all! I think it's because I'm only allowed 2 pints of milk and one 250 gram yoghurt a day for 14 days. Plus Water of course. It just doesn't satisfy me , I don't really like milk either so it's very hard. Only 9 more days so hitting it hard from now. I know I can do this! I'm so ready for the changes post surgery. Just need to have to surgery for my brain to kick into place. Xx

[PrettyThick1 1,860]

No worries Frantic Frannie - you haven't done any damage. I'm not going to share my story with you because it might make you develop bad habits for the duration of the preop. Just do your best and don't sweat it. Seriously.

Morning all, hope your all well. so I'm now on day 6 of my 14 day pre op milk and yoghurt diet, i was doing so well until yeaterday. I had a friend over that doesn't know about my surgery and ended eating a couple of sandwiches and a small amount of chocolate. Back on it 100% today. Will that effect my liver shrinkage? I want and need this op so badly. Do you think ill be ok by next Thursday? Im in a panic! Thanks ladies.

[PrettyThick1 1,860]

Be grateful this period doesn't last very long and before you know it it will be a distant memory that seemed like "nothing".

Thank you ladies. Really needed to hear your words. Today I've been 100% perfect. This diet is worse then lighter life that I did for 6 months! It's harder then any diet I've ever done and ive done them all! I think it's because I'm only allowed 2 pints of milk and one 250 gram yoghurt a day for 14 days. Plus Water of course. It just doesn't satisfy me , I don't really like milk either so it's very hard. Only 9 more days so hitting it hard from now. I know I can do this! I'm so ready for the changes post surgery. Just need to have to surgery for my brain to kick into place. Xx

[Jim1967 3,569]

Fall down 5 times, get up 6. Just keep your eye on the prize and remind yourself every day why you want/need this. You can do it!!

[The Icy One 518]

Thank you ladies. Really needed to hear your words. Today I've been 100% perfect. This diet is worse then lighter life that I did for 6 months! It's harder then any diet I've ever done and ive done them all! I think it's because I'm only allowed 2 pints of milk and one 250 gram yoghurt a day for 14 days. Plus Water of course. It just doesn't satisfy me , I don't really like milk either so it's very hard. Only 9 more days so hitting it hard from now. I know I can do this! I'm so ready for the changes post surgery. Just need to have to surgery for my brain to kick into place. Xx

You can do this! Go hardcore, now. Keep reminding yourself what is at the end of this very temporary pre op diet is! My pre op was three weeks and I thought it would. Never. End. Then, all of a sudden, it was my surgery day and it was over. Trust me, this too shall pass and sooner than you can believe, when you look back on it.

Do you have sugar free Torani syrups? Maybe you can add some to your milk, give it some flavor and make it more interesting? Can you have coffee? You could blend milk, instant coffee, ice and Torani and have a frozen latte type thing... Ummm, blend ice, milk, yoghurt, Torani, to make a smoothie kind of thing... Get as creative as you can within the parameters of what you are allowed to have to make it a little less boring than just slugging down glasses of plain milk and a dish of yoghurt, every day.

Hang in there. You can make this pre-op diet your b*tch! And then the band will be yours.

Edited January 8, 2014 by The Icy One

[carriekos 25]

I'm on my third day of the liquid diet. I was told by the dietician that I could add sugar free-fat free pudding mix to my smoothie for change of flavor. I add 1tsp of choco pudding mix to mine with ice and what a difference. Add a couple of drops of peppermint extract and Yummy. I have 11 more days until surgery. Good luck.

[mad2013 2]

I just finished up day one preop diet and yes it was hard!!!! I'm on 2 shakes a day and lean meat and veggies too!! I WANT chocolate but I will be good!!

[B-52 7,113]

Pre-op diet.....I was told, starting on a certain day, I would have to loose XX amount of weight (can't remember the amount) in order for him to perform hr surgery....or else he would postpone it.

He did not care how I did it, as long as I did....so I could eat anything I wanted, as long as I lost the weight....

It just so happens, that a full liquid regime is the quickest and easiest way of dropping the weight....

But I did have regular food from time to time...there was no falling off the wagon, so to speak...other than Loose it, or no surgery...so it was in my best interest to do the best I could.....

I had my final "weigh-in" on a Friday, for a Monday Morning Surgery....I lost more than I needed.....

Saturday, we all went to a Restaurant I knew I would never set foot in again, for my "Last Meal"

Sunday I fasted, and Monday Morning I was good to go.....had the surgery, was home late Monday afternoon.

Everything came down to those final days...and after everything I had to go through to get there, I was not going to blow it then....

Edited January 11, 2014 by B-52

[rosieposie88 16]

Thanks for all your replies. Very helpful and supportive. I'm literally only allowed 2 pints of milk with added coffee or vanilla essence, 1x 250 gram yoghurt and 2 litres of Water. I'm on day 10 now and doing great. Only that one slip up. The aim for me isn't to loose weight but to shrink my liver. Weight loss is a side effect but not the aim for me. Hopefully I've done it right and all will be ok. I lost 10 lbs in the first 5 days but nothing since. Maybe it's too low in cals to continue loosing weight. I'm ok with that though as long as it's shrank my liver for surgery. Xxx