I have one week left before starting my liver shrinking diet. Did any of you just eat everything you wanted that week or did you continue to watch what you ate? My doctor wants me to loose 5-10 pounds before surgery and I know the 2 weeks before surgery I will do that.

I didn't go out and eat like a maniac, but i did do what I called my "Going Away Tour". There were a few things I knew I wouldn't be having for awhile and enjoyed them one last time- a margarita, a chimichanga, a certain pasta dish from a certain restaurant.

I still regret that the night before the start of my 2 week preop diet I was "good". I went put with some coworkers to a fun Mexican restaurant and got a salad. A salad! And no appetizer, no dessert! This was after not eating much during the day because I had a preop upper endoscopy scheduled that morning. I still remember one of my friends saying to me "you choose a salad for your last meal???" Lol. I lost 18 pounds during the 2 weeks before surgery, I totally could have indulged that night. Now that I know what post op life is like I wish I could go back and have a really great last meal. Not that postop has been that bad, but it's definitely different.

I had a few food funerals. Fruity pebbles cereal, pop tarts and my mother-in-laws amazing lasagna. The night before my two weeks we went out for an amazing steak dinner. I ate every bite and finished my desert. I'm on day 4 of the pre op diet and all in all glad I did. Yesterday was ROUGH today I am doing better. My thought was enjoy it while you can.

Ugh I'm going thru this right now! I lost 14lbs before submitting to insurance and getting my date of Oct. 5th for surgery. After that last weigh in, I started "cheating," or allowing myself to eat foods that I really won't ever eat again, because they are unhealthy. So far in the last 2 weeks, I have had pizza, Chinese, a turkey hoagie, and threw my daughter a 1st birthday party and indulged. Well, now I am up 5lbs!!! I'm feeling really low about it, but I know that I'm starting my pre-op liquid diet soon, and I'll lose that weight again in no time. I guess it's really my last hoorah. ???? pathetic, I know.

I have had my last hoorah the past few days. I am not to a point that I feel ready to go! Today I was good. I will start my two weeks on Monday. I guess I got it all out of my system.