Hi I am in day 4 of my pre op diet. I am scheduled feb 10th for my gastric sleeve. I am wondering if there are some filling recipes anyone has found for the pre op. I'm starving!

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I am on day 10 of the pre op an I am so tired! Is that normal? A little down in the dumps too. Only3 more days to go!

Any words of wisdom out there?

That was my experience also. Fatigue and grumpiness.

I am on day 9 with 5 more days to go. The first days were hard, especially since I was at a workshop and surrounded by food all day. Now it is not so bad. I don't think it could make it without my broth dinner. It makes a change from the sweet shakes. Being tired is normal I think. I am slower at work and I can't wait to go to bed. The end result is worth it though.

Today makes my 5th day. I still am struggling. Yesterday was the hardest. But today is a new day!

Ok. So I will be stocking up on Gatorade that's for sure! Thank you all for your words of encouragement. This helps me so much!

What I learned 2 months ago prior to surgery is that it is feast or famine with the surgeons for everyone here, either you eat normally, that is no diet, eat moderately, or eat sparingly with much restriction. Whatever your plan is, deal with it. Distract yourself, find things to keep you occupied, shop, read, eat many popsicles lol, because before you know it your surgery time will be here and you will barely remember being deprived!! What is wonderful right now is that screaming hunger pain I always felt has gone somewhere else, and I am so thankful. You will be so thankful you suffered a little to get this end result. It is wonderful! God Bless!

They are limiting the number of green veggies you can have? I ate at least one HUGE cucumber every day on my preop diet. It helped. My diet was a lot like yours, but I got 2 meals of lean meats and veggies, a yogurt, a fruit, and at least 2 protein shakes. I could never eat that much now. (Funny...it seemed like so little then!) Maybe you NUT can offer advice?

The hunger will go away. I am actually on the preop diet for an unspecified amount of time because my insurance company is taking forever to authorize my surgery and my surgeon wants me to stay on the diet. Originally I was to have 5 Protein shakes a day with green veggies (also allowed sugar free jello/popsicles plus calorie free beverages) but since I'm going to be on the diet for a while longer she has allowed me to have nonfat Greek yogurt and egg whites. The first 4 days were hard. I was fatigued and had terrible headaches from the carb detox. On the 5th day I felt a lot better and now I barely get hungry. I'm actually eating fewer calories than what my surgeon has allowed me to have. Believe me, things will get better if you just stick with it.

I'm jealous Heather! I wish I lived in Texas!!

Today def seems better. I am having daily headaches tho. But I'm trying to stay busy to keep my mind off of it.

Two possible reasons for headache? Were you on a lit of caffeine prior? Detoxing will cause headaches

If not, check and see if something you're eating contains aspartame. You may be allergic. That is a problem I had when I was on a liquid diet previously

I had a little caffeine withdrawal on my two week liquids. It lasted a couple of days.

I'm not a big caffein drinker at all. A lot of things I've read says headaches are from ur body detoxing from sugars and carbs.

Tamika78 be sure to use Gatorade G2, low cal were in AZ are you?

I get 5 optifast shakes a day plus low fat/fat free liquids lots and lots of water I have 2 shakes left for the day not really hungery but I'm a knitter so I keep my hands busy and my mind occupied.