I'm so overwhelmed right now. I started this Journey in Feb and I have a date scheduled for the 23rd. I am supposed to be on my 2 week liquid diet and I keep cheating. Granted i'm not cheating with anything bad, I am eating Protein (egg white, chick peas) but none the less, I am not sure if I should tell my dr. i'm cheating or not. If I can't do this, how can I manage post-op???

I know I have to do this, I just know I can't do 2 weeks of no food and straight Protein shakes (which make me gag soo bad). What do I do??? I know some dr's do the 2 week some don't, I asked my dr. and he said they do recommend it but "do as you wish" which basically is telling me, your a grown up suck it up.

I"m confused, sad, alone and just friggin disappointed.

I believe the doctors know that in the two week diet we will not be perfect. If we were any good good at following diets, we wouldn't be here. I think the reason they do this is to put us in a certain mind set. I had my surgery 4/2, BUT I had my first date of 2/5 rescheduled pending a sleep test. Then I had surgery scheduled for March 19. I was sent home from the OR because I was getting over a cold. At this point I started to think that the powers that be were trying to tell me something. They rescheduled me for 4/2 and I was thinking I might die, but I continued praying and asking God to please take care of me and guide the surgeons. I was so frustrated from the being on and off the preop diet that the last time around I just ate salads and my Protein shakes with some light snacking in the evening. I did follow the 48 hour liquid diet before surgery because the stomach does need to be empty for surgery.

Bottom line is all went better than I dreamed of. I had the expected pain but it was totally tolerable. The incisions didn't hurt at all. I just had some moderate right side pain which got better every day, and I have been taken off all blood pressure meds since discharged from the hospital!! I am 11 days post op and 14 lbs down feeling like myself again. The first 7 days post op are mentally difficult because you still think of food A LOT but trust me, no matter how much you want it, reality kicks in, you can't have it. I was so hungry I had a couple of baby spoons of split pea Soup which I regretted. I was sick for 24 hours.

Don't think to hard. God is on your side and the doctors know why you are there. Just make sure you absolutely follow the 48 hour liquid diet before surgery and do the best you can with the 2 week diet. You will be just great!! Believe it in your heart. Ask. Believe. Receive.

I wouldn't worry about it. It's not like you are eating fries and chocolate. I think most doctors know that some of us are going to cheat, and that if cheating means eating some peas and egg whites that's ok.

They know we are food addicts or we wouldn't be fat.

The first week I had a little but of chicken breast every other day. The second week I didn't cheat but I was miserable. The weekend before I was basically in bed because I was avoiding anything food related and I felt like crap.

Some surgeons only make their patients do shakes and veggies, some only do three days of liquids.

You will be fine. It will be ok.

After surgery you won't be able to eat anything. You won't want to. Don't be so hard on yourself.

Hey I cheated several times and had a small plate of food for Christmas dinner and was still sleeved three days later. It's not worth going through the process again so do your best and show up surgery day with your big panties on and don't look back. The worst your surgeon can do is tell you no try again. Don't go in on surgery day like your trying to confess your sins either (lol) Keep your head up and don't sweat the cheating. You will be just fine!!! I'm 3 months out 54 lbs down and I weigh 143lbs. Hope this motivates you

Edited April 14, 201412 yr by cbwalker79

My dr did not require any liquid diet before surgery. I was just not allowed to eat or drink anything after midnight the day of surgery. I ended up eating a sub to say goodbye the night before surgery. I was sleeved 4/3.

I'm so overwhelmed right now. I started this Journey in Feb and I have a date scheduled for the 23rd. I am supposed to be on my 2 week liquid diet and I keep cheating. Granted i'm not cheating with anything bad, I am eating Protein (egg white, chick peas) but none the less, I am not sure if I should tell my dr. i'm cheating or not. If I can't do this, how can I manage post-op???

I know I have to do this, I just know I can't do 2 weeks of no food and straight Protein shakes (which make me gag soo bad). What do I do??? I know some dr's do the 2 week some don't, I asked my dr. and he said they do recommend it but "do as you wish" which basically is telling me, your a grown up suck it up.

I"m confused, sad, alone and just friggin disappointed.

I'm on day 3 of Protein Drink for 10 day diet. Premier is the best flavor. costco has them. I did ALOT of taste tests. I like vanilla because you can add non sugar pudding to flavor it for variety. You only need a teaspoon for flavor change! You can have the chocolate and add instant coffee for a coffee treat.

My dr did not require any liquid diet before surgery. I was just not allowed to eat or drink anything after midnight the day of surgery. I ended up eating a sub to say goodbye the night before surgery. I was sleeved 4/3.

Same for me. No food or drink after midnight so I have planned a few food funerals for everyday this week until surgery date 4/23 but only for dinner...starting with Carrabbas chicken Bryan!!! Yummy

It's amazing how different practices have different requirements. Before surgery, I had to do two weeks of 1200 calories a day, & 2 days of a full liquid diet.

My doc only required a preop diet for 2 weeks and it wasn't liquid, but it was very high Protein and very low carb. (and obviously, I couldn't eat after midnight the day of surgery) The point is to shrink your liver to make surgery easier. If you aren't eating snickers bars and are eating healthy protein, I wouldn't sweat it at all.

I'm so overwhelmed right now. I started this Journey in Feb and I have a date scheduled for the 23rd. I am supposed to be on my 2 week liquid diet and I keep cheating. Granted i'm not cheating with anything bad, I am eating Protein (egg white, chick peas) but none the less, I am not sure if I should tell my dr. i'm cheating or not. If I can't do this, how can I manage post-op???

I know I have to do this, I just know I can't do 2 weeks of no food and straight protein shakes (which make me gag soo bad). What do I do??? I know some dr's do the 2 week some don't, I asked my dr. and he said they do recommend it but "do as you wish" which basically is telling me, your a grown up suck it up.

I"m confused, sad, alone and just friggin disappointed.

The first couple of days are the hardest! You can do it you just need some variety. I like the GNC vanilla Protein powder it has more protein then premier and I added a teaspoon of instant decaf coffee. After 4 days I wasn't even hungry.

I hate the use of the word, "cheating". You are making choices, period. If you set yourself up to fail, you will. If you are lingering in indecision about the choices you are making, then yes, postpone the surgery. Once you are healed 3-4 months out, you will start making bad choices again if you don't decide that you can do this successfully.

Dear Hopeful,

DON'T QUIT! DONT'T QUIT! DON'T QUIT! Oh my goodness, you are going to have SUCH A TOTALLY DIFFERENT food EXPERIENCE AFTER YOUR SURGERY - YOU ABSOLUTELY CANNOT look at how you are feeling now and come to the conclusion that you can't do post-op nutrition properly!! It's a completely new game afterwards, hon! That's why you're going to succeed!

You said yourself that not all doctors require the 2 weeks post-op liquids. Mine sure didn't. I ate a normal Breakfast everyday (Kashi Go Lean with skim milk), then I ate Protein, fruits & veggies for lunch & dinner. I tried to make 1/2 of my meal protein, which is what I do now at 4 1/2 months post-op. I dropped a pound a day on this diet, and I was so psyched for surgery that I didn't even worry about eating microscopic size portions. You'll be doing that afterwards by choice, believe me! If it makes you feel better, my partner from work actually gained 10 pounds during the month before surgery, and she still lost 100 pounds in 8 months and achieved her goal. It sounds to me like you are doing GREAT! Now stop torturing yourself and enjoy the solid food while you can. You won't want anything like that after you wake up from surgery!

Oh, and don't panic about protein shakes tasting like garbage! Your tastes will change so much after surgery - it's really hard to know what might appeal to you afterwards. I did enjoy a book by the Bariatric Foodie - her Guide to Perfect Protein Shakes gave me lots of clever ideas about how to make protein shakes tastes less like discount store melted ice cream stored in the trunk of my car for a week.

Thanks for the pep talk

@@biggietosmaller

good luck on your pre-op diet

i have a good feeling about you

you will be successful with pre-op and post op

I do have support from family, especially hubby

but the truth is i'm the one that initiate having the sleeve

and i have always been my greatest supporter

next two weeks of shakes, or whatever doc prescribes???

you can do it!!!

this too shall pass

good luck with all

speedy recovery

kathy

Edited April 15, 201412 yr by proudgrammy

... how to make Protein shakes tastes less like discount store melted ice cream stored in the trunk of my car for a week.

That made me laugh.

Thanks! Kinda made myself smile on that one, too!

... how to make Protein shakes tastes less like discount store melted ice cream stored in the trunk of my car for a week.

That made me laugh.

If anyone has Trader Joe's in their area, they carry Gourmet protein powder. It is excellent.