THE LIQUID DIET COMPLAINING/SUPPORT LOUNGE

[John.L 25]

Am on my second month of "pre-op" diet and no date set yet. I still have a mandatory 4# left to lose. Had to cut out all bars and my once daily Protein food for more nasty shakes. Getting discouraged a bit. Have to make weight by Monday so he will schedule me. God give me strength.

You can do this! You are so close! You still have 5 days before your weigh-in. It may be a miserable 5 days but if you eat right (and cheat the scale a bit by avoiding fluids and stuff the day before), you can totally do that! Make sure to post back on Monday with your success and due date!

[NoDramaLlama 38]

Day 11. I have been feeling much better since about Day 4. This liquid-only thing feels like my new normal now. Except for one moment yesterday in an airport when a 15 year old sat down next to me, opened a bag of McDonald's and pulled out a large order of fries. I realized..I'm not that strong. Rather than tackle her or sit there with a stream of drool coming out of the corner of my mouth...I moved across the gate area out of smell's reach. Disaster averted.

[Huggies123 28]

I'm laughing so much at these posts (tackling children for mcdonalds or hitting your own mother with a brick for a cheeseburger). Lol omg these made my day!! Just proves we all go thru these same emotions to get where we need to be. Thank you for posting!!

[Ddelrio 1]

I know this is a little gross....TMI, but I need to know...Is anyone else constipated from the Pre-op liquid diet? I've been doing 2 Protein Shakes a day and a small dinner (4oz. lean meat and greens), and I cannot use the restroom. It is killing me! Do you think I could take anything to make me go?

[astalsby 31]

I know this is a little gross....TMI, but I need to know...Is anyone else constipated from the Pre-op liquid diet? I've been doing 2 Protein shakes a day and a small dinner (4oz. lean meat and greens), and I cannot use the restroom. It is killing me! Do you think I could take anything to make me go?

I am the exact opposite. I am kinda worried tomorrow when I can start eating real food. Not sure I am wanting to give up liquids. I have lost weight and it feels great!

[invalidID 14]

I have taken to smelling my kid's food. I try to tell myself it is just a wonderful smell...not food. It's just a weird room freshener that happens to smell like pizza or bacon or potato Soup. (I have to admit my only cheat was taking my daughter's soup spoon and dumping out the soup and liking the back of it.) My kiddos have quickly adjusted to their crazy mom sniffing their food.

[Urbanlamb 56]

I'm on day four...poor kid at work, he's the youngest here. I growled at him yesterday, and today whenever he needs to talk to me, he does it with so much hesitiation, and with a very soft voice and a lot of 'please' and 'only if you are ok with it' and 'if it's ok with you'.

I'm ready to smack him today.

I truly, really, do feel bad for the poor kid...normally, I'm a really sweet person and he's not sure how to handle this change in my demeanor.

[almosthome 91]

@@Ddelrio - I've had a similar problem and plan to take generic colace if I go more than 24 hours without any action.

[missamoo83 2]

I had that problem but I wasn't eating enough Protein. Now I go like every three days.

[Lexibelle 18]

I think I may just have to call this thread home for the next few weeks, if that's okay. I'm at the end of my food week and facing 3 weeks of liquids. My first 2 weeks didn't go so well. I hated the taste of the powder so much I was just not 'eating', which isn't healthy and resulted in feeling even worse.

Has anyone found a reasonably priced powder that doesn't taste horrible? I've tried 3 so far and had absolutely no luck. I broke down and got a case of Premier Protein, which my surgeon isn't a fan of, but at least I can stomach it. Trouble is, I'm getting very tired of chocolate and don't like the vanilla. It'd probably help if I didn't totally hate the taste of sucralose.

I just ordered some packets of powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury in hopes that it's as good as people say. The next one is Syntrax - I gotta find something!

[missamoo83 2]

Body fortress at Walmart isn't bad they even have a Cookies and cream & Peanut Butter chocolate. I use light vanilla soy milk with it.

[Timothy Gibson 2]

looking for menu suggestions for pre op diet..... please help just started yesterday...........

[alwaysvegas 702]

looking for menu suggestions for pre op diet..... please help just started yesterday...........

Did your doctor provide a list of liquids that you can and cannot have? That makes a difference on the recipes.

Also, check out the recipe sub-form here.

[aidansmom 12]

Day 2.....I'm miserable!!!! I will mot give up!!!!! On to day 3 of this crap!!

[jamesd22 1]

Day one down. 13 more to go.

Edited August 3, 2014 by jamesd22