Did anyone follow the 2 week liquid diet all the way through? Or did you cheat?

You mean after surgery? On Day 12 I ate some Boars Head sliced turkey (day 10 I was practically delirious thinking about it but I held off til day 12....)

Pre-op sorry for not being specific. Im having a gard time

Pre-op sorry for not being specific. Im having a hard time

Big Joey, this site will be tremendous help for you so every answer you can find here. My husband was 320 lbs., 6'1. He followed the plan. He either starves himself or stuffs himself all his life, so he was able to keep himself occupied and drink cup after cup of broth, and a lot of SF popsicles, along with the shakes. I added a lot of SF syrups to the shakes to change them up, along with SF pudding powder added, or Crystal Light powder sprinkled in vanilla shakes. SF Jello also was a lifesaver. I do remember at some point after surgery my husband went for some beef Jerky, and chewed it to death. He is able to chew longer and slower than I am. Most of us have been where you are and we made it. Don't know how sometimes, LOL. Best of luck!

BTW he is diabetic so the biggest challenge was keeping his blood sugar stable, so the doctor allowed him to have fruit at bedtime and fruit in his shakes. His surgery was 12/2/13. We started the program in October (he was 320), lost about 15 lbs pre-op, and he now weighs 259.

I weigh 492 6'1 might weigh less now. My surgery is march 26th. Cant wait.

You can do this! It's hard but you so can do it!!!! Hang in there. I'm one week post op and no regrets. I can't wait to chew something but I'll get there eventually! 40 pounds down since preop. You can do it!!

Thanks for the encouragement.

Read about head hunger, because you are used to being hungry. After surgery, if you are sitting around bored, you will be thinking eat. You have to find food that is good for you, my husband's go to food is smoked salmon. He will take 45 minutes eating a small plate of slivers of the salmon. Big Joey, fill out your stats because you will be here with us for awhile and you will need the support. At every phase of this journey you will find so many people who will offer you advice and help - things that got us here. The stalls come and go. Be prepared. I just went through a 5 week stall that ended this weekend and I lost 5 lbs. After surgery you will need support. Just ask and you will find it. Best of luck you both! Linda

Pre-op was SO hard!! I ended up having this chicken Soup with Brussels sprouts in it, and on days 3 and 4 I ate a LOT of that soup. I called my dietician in a panic!! I didn't eat too far outside the lines (maybe 1300 cals instead of <1000) and I didn't eat ANYTHING that wasn't allowed... But I still worried!

On a couple days I ate an extra piece of cheese or had an extra 100-cal shake if I REALLY needed a snack. I drank a lot of chicken broth.

The very last day before surgery, I had extra cheese and a very narrow (like <1" wide) sliver of quiche, and I even ate the crust...

Still, I lost 20 lbs during the pre-op diet and my liver was WELL out of the way... So I think I did just fine.