I have never been on a liquid diet but I have tried low carb diets in the past and they leave me feeling weak, nauseated, tired, foggy headed, headachy.....just basically feeling like total crap. Was this the case with the liquid diet pre-op or post-op for any of you? I know we are supposed to exercise to help get rid of fat around the liver before surgery but I know, based on past experience, there was no way I could exercise on the low carb diets I have done in the past because I felt so weak....I mean, I could barely go to work and make it home to go to bed. Is this the case with the liquid diets? Also, was low blood sugar a problem for any of you during the liquid diet? Thanks.

I have been on the Optifast 800 for a week now, with no ill effects. I do feel that I have lost weight, however. In addition to the diet, I am also on Vitamins reccomended and perscribed by my doc.

Jim

Don't have a date yet . . . but working on it!

Remember, if you keep your Protein up you should be fine. Fat is stored energy. When you use up your carb reserves and start burning fat, fat IS stored energy.

It's really hard for we fatties to comprehend not eating a lot of food. It can be done, 99.9999% of low carb side effects are mental. It is what we have conditioned ourselves to believe for all our fat years. It's what Mom used to tell us, but you know what? It wasn't true. Never was. But we believe it thus we feel the side effects.

You don't have a choice but to follow this diet if you want a band so the best thing you can do is mentally prepare yourself. We tend to talk ourselves into feeling bad because we don't have the calories we want and are used to. We can talk ourselves out of this as well.

Good luck!