Pre-op liquid diet

[Tracy6035 6]

I'm currently doing Optifast for 4 weeks.My surgery date is May26.I would like to know how much weight did you loose on your pre op liquid diet.< /p>

[OregonTeacher 63]

Hi Tracy,

I only had to do one week of a full liquid diet and on the 8th day was all Clear liquids. I lost 9.5 lbs. The amount lost may be impacted by current body weight. I started that week at 273.5 and ended at 264. I am 5' 5".

It really was not as bad as I had thought it would be. I made sure that I was 'eating' something every 2-2.5 hours so that I didn't really get the chance to be too hungry. Make sure you 'eat' something within 2 hours of going to be so that you can sleep.

Good luck!

[Tracy6035 6]

I'm doing five shakes, one meal.I can have no sugar or bread .

[TXMissy 211]

I lost 21 lbs on my 2 week preop liquid diet. I was on Bariatric Advantage shakes for 2 weeks preop.

[Kimberly Bouche-Perez 48]

I had to do a 2 week pre op diet. It was a long 2 weeks, lol. I was allowed kind of what you would call a meal.

I could have once a day a cup of chicken broth with those really NY dots. I would measure 1\4 a cup. I would look forward to that so much, lol.

I was also allowed a half of pita bread. So I would take that 1\2 pita wheat bread and put a touch of mayo ( they never said I couldn't have it, lol) and I would put a Kosher dill spare into tiny pieces. I would slowly enjoy that.

I would switch up everyday.

My husband would see me eating the pita and laugh cause I would just go yum yum yum, lol.

I would have 2 shakes a day and that made up 3 meals.

I lost about 9 lbs.

The worst part was the liquid Laccadive the nig before surgery.

That was NOT n at all. If I literally breathed the wrong way I was running to the bathroom. I took a napandhadan accident.

So you might want to wear a depends after you drink it. It cost .99 at Walmart. I got the lemon lime flavor. It didn't taste t bad actually.

But I wish I had listened and wore depends.

Good luck with your surgery

[beachgal2935 596]

I lost 15 lbs. on my 2 week pre-op. I had 5 Optifast shakes per day and no food. I loved it because I made it interesting. I chose the pre-made shakes over the powder because to me they tasted better. The keys to my success were flavored liquid Stevia, coffee, chai tea and my Nutribullet! If I was cold, I'd add the chocolate to plain coffee with a few drops of chocolate liquid Stevia and a teaspoon of Splenda and I had the most delicous large cup of hot chocolate. I'd add the vanilla to a hot cup of Tazo cinnamon chia tea and it was heavenly. With the Nutribullet I'd add the vanilla with a cup of ice and any of my flavored Stevia's (English toffee, pumpkin spice, mandarin orange, cinnamon, vanilla cream or root beer) and make a delicious frozen treat. The choclate could be added with the chocolate Stevia and a little more ice and it tasted like ice cream. I also went out to lunch 3 times with my girlfriends and simply ordered a cup of ice for lunch and enjoyed my shake. Later on we'd go to Starbucks and I'd order a tall hot Oprah chai tea in a venti cup, add my vanilla shake and it was purely decadent. My nutritionist said she'd never heard of someone being so creative and having to much fun with the liquid diet. She said she mostly heard complaints about how hard and bored most people were with it. I've learned this whole eating thing is more in my mind than anything. I'm on my 6th day post-op and I can't believe how easy it is so far. I had bypass surgery last Tuesday, April 21st and was home the next evening. Pain pills Thursday and Friday and by Saturday I was back to my old self. Thank you Dr. Bowers at mayo Hospital!!! Best of luck on your journey

[dawnyoung872 42]

I'm also doing Optifast for a month. My surgery is May 19. I've been on it for about 2 weeks and so far I've lost 11.5 pounds.

I'm doing five shakes, one meal.I can have no sugar or bread .

That's exactly what I'm doing.