So I start preop diet in three days .. Should I feel bad that I want to eat everything I will be missing or should I be a good girl and maintain ?? How many of you pigged out prior to surgery ? I'm sorry , my NUT calls it grazing ????

A lot of people, myself included, have a sort of food funeral before the preop diet. It's perfectly normal to be aware that there are foods you won't be able to eat for a long time after surgery or ever again and to want to eat those foods as one last hurrah but believe me, you'll want to take it easy. The more crap you put into your body right before you "de-junk" on the preop diet the harder it's going to be and the worse you're going to feel. Especially if these are very carby or surgery. Caffeine is another thing to be careful for. The withdrawal has been awful for some people who drank it regularly and then had to stop. Not to mention, the whole point of the preop diet is to prepare your body for surgery.

So depending on what you want to be pigging out on, just be careful. Most likely maintaining discipline now would help you a lot when the real hard part comes. Honestly sometimes I wish I had eaten a whole 6 pack of ramen noodles by myself before surgery, but looking back now I'm really glad I didn't. Dealing with the changes that come with surgery takes mental fortitude and stamina, and putting an addictive substance into my body in large amounts right before having to give it up forever would have just been unnecessarily cruel to my body and my mind. My "last meal" was a bourbon street chicken and onions with red skin potatoes at Applebee's.

Edited December 9, 201510 yr by Cervidae

Secret -- you can eat a lot of what you age presurgery after surgery. You just eat much smaller amounts.

I went out to a few of my favorite places that last week, but I didn't really "pig out". I kept it to "normal" person portions. But like someone said above, I can eat a lot of the foods again - just in (much) smaller amounts

Thanks for the comments ????. I'm looking for a nice Chinese buffet, maybe a cheeseburger with bacon, and a nice dessert.. I appreciate the " secret" that's sweet to know..I'm sure going to miss my pasta ????..not much of a soda drinker but I've become sooooo addicted to yoohoos. I can clean a 12 pack in 2 days.. Again, glad to know in moderation I can one day enjoy them again . I guess with my big day coming ,I'm feeling like I'm never ever going to be able to enjoy some foods again.. Woooooosssaaaahhhhhh. I'll try to relax ????

Gluttonous eating 'one more time' won't make life better. Someone who is serious about losing significant weight won't indulge a pointless exercise. Beyond that, It's often a sign of magical thinking: That one has no responsibility for losing weight, that the surgery is what loses weight.

Gluttonous eating 'one more time' won't make life better. Someone who is serious about losing significant weight won't indulge a pointless exercise. Beyond that, It's often a sign of magical thinking: That one has no responsibility for losing weight, that the surgery is what loses weight. If you're embarking on a grown-up endeavor, why not put away the juvenile and/or disordered behavior now?

Really ????????????

I actually started my pre-op diet early. Before that I slowly started removing things from my diet. First I removed coffee, (I knew that would be the toughest)...then bread, Pasta. Bread and pasta were a weakness of mine but honestly I don't miss them now. I try to limit my coffee to once a week now because it makes me hungry whenever I drink it. ???????? I'm not a big sweet eater so that wasn't difficult for me.

Good Luck with your pre-op diet...remember that it does get easier after the third day.

And good luck with surgery.

Gluttonous eating 'one more time' won't make life better. Someone who is serious about losing significant weight won't indulge a pointless exercise. Beyond that, It's often a sign of magical thinking: That one has no responsibility for losing weight, that the surgery is what loses weight. If you're embarking on a grown-up endeavor, why not put away the juvenile and/or disordered behavior now?

. I'm sorry, but I don't even know how to respond to this but feel like I must. Are you serious? This is the most demeaning thing I have ever read on this forum.

To @dlh. Hang in there. Good luck on your pre op and on your surgery!

@@dlh16, @@Dar200 --

I meant what I wrote, but didn't intend to be harsh or demeaning. Had I had more time I would have edited myself. After hearing the "last meal" question for six+ years of support groups at four local medical centers and a couple of months at BP, my eyes can't help but cross.

DLH, don't do it. A big splurge before heading to the OR really won't mean a thing to you and isn't something you'll remember fondly (e.g., unlike the first date), but it is a day's setback from new ways of thinking about food and your relationship with it. Excelsior.

Thanks for the comments ????. I'm looking for a nice Chinese buffet, maybe a cheeseburger with bacon, and a nice dessert.. I appreciate the " secret" that's sweet to know..I'm sure going to miss my pasta ????..not much of a soda drinker but I've become sooooo addicted to yoohoos. I can clean a 12 pack in 2 days.. Again, glad to know in moderation I can one day enjoy them again . I guess with my big day coming ,I'm feeling like I'm never ever going to be able to enjoy some foods again.. Woooooosssaaaahhhhhh. I'll try to relax ????

If you like Yoohoos, you might be pleasantly surprised when you try premier protein. Just saying.

Gluttonous eating 'one more time' won't make life better. Someone who is serious about losing significant weight won't indulge a pointless exercise. Beyond that, It's often a sign of magical thinking: That one has no responsibility for losing weight, that the surgery is what loses weight. If you're embarking on a grown-up endeavor, why not put away the juvenile and/or disordered behavior now?

. I'm sorry, but I don't even know how to respond to this but feel like I must. Are you serious? This is the most demeaning thing I have ever read on this forum.

your awesome.. I just didn't know how to respond and that comment really struck me hard !! I mean I didn't say I was going to pig out, I just asked if I should feel bad that I wanted to. Oh well, thank you for bringing the words out of my mouth..

Thanks for the comments ????. I'm looking for a nice Chinese buffet, maybe a cheeseburger with bacon, and a nice dessert.. I appreciate the " secret" that's sweet to know..I'm sure going to miss my Pasta ????..not much of a soda drinker but I've become sooooo addicted to yoohoos. I can clean a 12 pack in 2 days.. Again, glad to know in moderation I can one day enjoy them again . I guess with my big day coming ,I'm feeling like I'm never ever going to be able to enjoy some foods again.. Woooooosssaaaahhhhhh. I'll try to relax ????

If you like Yoohoos, you might be pleasantly surprised when you try premier Protein. Just saying.

Premier Protein IS EXCELLENT !!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH.. 30G OF PROTEIN !!! TASTES DELICIOUS ????

So I start preop diet in three days .. Should I feel bad that I want to eat everything I will be missing or should I be a good girl and maintain ?? How many of you pigged out prior to surgery ? I'm sorry , my NUT calls it grazing

i did this , lol , its a mind thing. . i ate until i felt sick then reality hit , i was gaining weight. its a phase , be strong. and good luck