Hello all. So tomorrow is my pre op--yay!!! This is also when my 10 day diet starts. I decided to be ambitious and do a "trial run" today. Yikes. I work with small children, have been struggling with illness, and felt like I was going to crawl out of my skin by mid day. I know if I put my mind to it I will do it. But man, does your body begin to get used to it after a couple of days? Any tips? I got all my fluids in, just struggled with fuzzy thinking, no energy, etc... This too will pass????

I am on day 7 of my pre-op diet and it is hard! I'm not sure what your diet is, but mine is only liquids. I felt pretty crappy for the first 4 days- headaches, no energy. I started to perk up on day 5 and have been doing much better since then. I haven't had a headache since morning of day 4 and doing much better. This pre-op diet is no joke, that's for sure! Good luck to you!

Thank you Cassie! You as well

It DOES get better. The sugar is leaving your body kicking and screaming. Detoxing and shrinking your liver is a grueling process. The first 4 days are rough. However, the reward is great. Hang in there. Follow your plan to the letter. Vent to us on the board. it's hard work but so worth it.

I swear the first 3 or 4 days are the worst, once you get through them you really don't seem to care any longer. In fact I could not drink all the Protein shakes that I was allowed to by day 4.

I will say that good quality chicken broth saved my life, I sipped on that constantly and helped with the thickly sweetened taste of all the Protein Shakes.

Just focus on one day at a time and you will get through it.

I will say that by the end my brain was not as sharp as it usually was. I can remember how frustrating that was. My husband and I were paying the bills. I was writing the checks and I kept goofing them up. My husband griped at me about my mistakes and I remember literally yelling at him. I said "let me take all your food away for 10 friggin days and then see how sharp your brain is!!) I think I also called him a jackass! LOL!

We both started laughing and since then he decided he would try the liquid diet just to see if he could do it and to lose a few pounds. By 4pm on the first day, it was all over for him. He said, I cannot imagine you doing this for 11 days straight. I laughed and said, you just have to make it through the first 4 days and from there you really don't care so much anymore.

Best of luck to you! Keep your eye on the prize!