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MamyBeth    27

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@@Adriane5Sims That sounds exactly like my diet..my surgeon requires all patients to do this for the 2 weeks prior to surgery in order to shrink the stomach and the liver to make surgery easier. I would think eating anything at all that close to surgery (Christmas/Eve) would defeat the purpose and undo all the shrinking we've been doing. I seriously considered scheduling mine 2 weeks later for that reason, but I have been waiting so long, I didn't want to wait 2 more weeks LOL!

I asked my sis-in-law to host Christmas dinner so I won't have to smell everything cooking or have a bunch of food in my house. It will be hard but so worth it to have the surgery go as smoothly as possible.

We can do this!!!

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Adriane5Sims    24

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That makes sense. Today is day 3 for me and I am starving. I had honestly considered getting one thing off allowable food list and eating it. That list is when people are allowed to have 1 meal a day.

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MamyBeth    27

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Yeah I was thinking a tiny slice of turkey would be great LOL! I think day 3 was when it got easier for me. I'm still hungry, but the end is in sight! We just have to do this for one week, then it's surgery day!!! YAY!!!

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SCSleeve    18

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We can totally do this, y'all! I'm on day 7 of the preop diet (lean Protein, no starchy veggies and protein shakes) and it has gotten better. The first 2-3 days were rough, but it's bearable now. Christmas will be the toughest, I think, but honestly now that I've detoxes from carbs, I'm not tempted to cheat because I don't want to have to detox again! Plus, next Christmas the same food will be there in tiny portions. We can all make it through this week, I'm sure of it. Next week we won't even be thinking about this part. ????

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msladyjj44    19

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I am scheduled for Dec. 30th!!! I don't have a "pre-op" diet for the week before, but I am still replacing at least 1 meal a day with a Protein Shake, and the day before I will have only Clear Liquids starting in the late afternoon, and nothing to eat or drink after midnight. The pre-op diets sure do seem to vary. Getting excited, but nervous too!!! :D + :unsure: Anyone else feeling that way?? I'm looking forward to it, but more to actually having the operation part over with, so I can begin my recovery and life on the other side of the sleeve!!! :)

I am having surgery December 30th as well. I am very excited and a lil nervous. I had my gall bladder taken out last November and I really don't want to go through that pain again. UUGGHHH...I'm just going to stay prayed up..Good Luck Girl!!

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MamyBeth    27

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Dec 29th is only a week away! Eeeek!! :D

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Brandie Harris    35

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Dec 29th is only a week away! Eeeek!! :D

cannot wait!!!!

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PaulaleeB    88

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Going to a work Christmas party tonight. I actually work at a cooking school so I'm sure the food will be fabulous. I've made an old Armenian family recipe but I've eaten my fair share of these through the years. Surprisingly I'm not worried about indulging. I'm days away from surgery and for today I am strong.

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Catcutie    64

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Struggling with nausea on my pre-op liquid Protein diet (have had Protein shakes before without this side effect). Dr. office said it could be too much acid build up (been struggling with GERD this past year) and to try an acid blocker, and it that doesn't work they will prescribe something for the nausea. Just took a prilosec and waiting to see if that helps. The good news is that the nausea is killing my appetite!

Hope everyone has a relaxing and enjoyable Christmas despite the limited diet so many of us are undergoing this last week before surgery!

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SCSleeve    18

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I've been having nausea with my Protein Shakes for a few days now, too. I'm going to try another brand tomorrow and see how it goes.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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