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so i had a bad day yesterday, I am on a liquid diet leading up to surgery this coming monday... the day before, all I could THiNK about was my favorite pizza, since that's my favorite food, but I made it through that one, and THAT was a tough one...I was at my last series of appointments, had my 4 month old daughter who was fussy, and had not had any liquids for a few hours, had a SPLITTING HEADACHE and was RAVENOUSLY hungry... It was my first day of the fast... i felt delirious, SERIOUSLY... and had 4 beef Jerky sticks... WAH WAH... i don't think this will affect me, as I am ok now... and I am pretty confident my liver will still shrink prior to surgery as it should... I really think it was an isolated incident, plus I haven't had a binge episode in about 2 months... but I was weak... any advice moving forward, other than don't eat anything other than what's approved for the liquid diet which is basically liquid and Jello? ?

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stay strong!! You don't want to go thru all this just to be turned away!

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At least you did choose beef Jerky, which is a pretty healthy option! The liquid diet can be hard, so I have heard, I can not even imagine having to do that before surgery! Keep your head up, don't get down on yourself and get back on track!

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Do a Taylor Swift and shake it off. Don't mess around with your pre op protocol but don't dwell on it or get stuck in self blame. You're compliant right now and you've got this! So. Plan ahead. Have Protein ready the next time you are in that state. Some protein liquid shake or something that you are allowed. I was on Clear Liquids for the five days before my surgery but your protocol could be different. Even clear liquids can be found with protein like Isopure. If you need something reach for that. Then allow it to register hat you've had something. Protein holds you longer than Soup or Popsicles.

Pre op is very very hard but it's doable. Different discipline will be needed post op. We can handle these stages. We're not perfect but we worked way too hard to get surgical approval to lose it over food.

Good luck and stay connected here and you got this!!!!

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