I stuck throught the 10-day liquid diet and went in for my surgery, without complications. A girl hat shared my room with me cheated on her liquid phase and they cut her open to put the band in and were unable to get it in because her liver didn't shrink enough. So, it you are thinking about cheating DON'T DO IT. I felt so bad for her, because she had to get cut open for nothing. The liquid diet is ROUGH but it's important to stick with hit.

Everybody"s different. I wasn't given a pre-op diet and just kept eating until I was banded.....

I just wanted to let everyone know that even though I did not do a stellar job with my pre-op liquid diet, I did fine. My banding was yesterday and the surgeon said everything was perfect and it was a "textbook" case. He was very pleased that everything went so well.

I cheated a few times on my liquid diet. The reason I felt the need to mention this is that I read this post the evening before my surgery and it scared the hell out of me. Seriously. I was so scared that this would happen to me and there was nothing I could do about it.

So, while I do not advocate cheating (you really should follow your doctor's orders) I just wanted people to know that if they do slip, it isn't necessarily the end of the world. Everyone is different and has different cases.

Congrats, LilMonkey!!

We just had a guy in the office today concerned that he had cheated. I wanted to tell him about this thread at the time, but I didn't want to scare him.

LilMonkey how much weight did you lose before the surgery? I have not been as careful as I should have been with my liquid diet but I have been staying under 500 calories a day.

I ended up losing about 14 pounds. 10 pounds were during a few months of "practice" diet we had and the other 4 were from the liquid diet.

I think an important aspect of the liquid diet is the lack of sugar and carbs. That's what my doc stressed anyhow.

lilmonkey - GREAT, how are you feeling today? Did you stay overnight? Keep us posted on how you are doing. What post op diet are you on?

I agree with others, all doctors are very different. Just listen to yours and take what you learn hear as support and options! I plan to still drink a cup of regular coffee a day. I can't cut it out all together. I don't drink soda at all, so I don't think this should do anything. Has anyone else drank coffee during the liquid diet phase?

Well, have a good one!

Janine

Yes, I stayed overnight, but I really didn't need to. I stayed because I'd already paid for it and their drugs were better than mine. Plus, my husband went in for his band the next day, so I gave him a little break to prepare for his own surgery.

Right now, I'm on liquids. 1 oz every 10 minutes and not more than 6 oz an hour. I'm mostly drinking broth, watered down juice and Water. I have no plans on cheating now that I have the band, and I'm definitely an advocate of following your surgeron's orders. So far I'm doing well, haven't really been hungry yet, so we'll see.

The only thing I'd see wrong with your coffee is caffeine and I've never really felt caffeine was all that bad. That's just me though.