Complain on... let it out...

We are all here for each other..

In my case, I was told that my liquid diet is set to be three weeks, as I am having two hernia repairs, and room is needed in there for all of this.. Not cool...

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.

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!!

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 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!

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.

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.

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

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

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!

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.

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

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.

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

Day one down. 13 more to go.

Edited August 3, 201412 yr by jamesd22

The first 5 days were the worst for me - I'm not going to lie. I was also avoiding the shakes so that made it worse. LOL

Psyching myself up for Monday and starting Round 2 of full liquids. My insurance docs get submitted next week, so I want to be at my surgeon's pre-op goal by the time my approval comes through.