Hello everyone! This is my first time posting on a forum of any kind. I want to make sure I am doing things right, and looking for help and support. I have done a lot of things on my own, without success; now I want to give myself the best chance of success by reaching out to others.

My two-week pre-op diet ends on Sunday. It has been a real struggle, mostly smelling the foods others are preparing and eating. I also had to help prep for a birthday party, I even had to bake the cupcakes! It was torture the entire time. I really had a tough time taming my urge to eat.

The first week of my pre-op I was allowed to eat 4 Oz of lean meat. I tried to teach myself to chew my food more thoroughly than is my tendency. Anyone have any good advice on how to make sure you do this? I know I have a while before I will even be able to consume solids, but this will be one of my bigger issues since I have always been more of a "mash, mash, swallow" type.

Another big issue of mine is that I am not very good at prepping. I have a tendency to go for convenience. Any convenient food items you can purchase and stick in your car or purse?

That's it for now, wish me luck on Monday!

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I have my surgery on the 21 as well

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Good luck and speedy recovery!

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Same to you

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Good luck to you both @@tran and @sherelle28441. But I was told to cut my food up the size of an eraser head of a pencil in the beginning and that did help. Because I'm a month post-op bypass today and I eat slow anyway but I did have 1 incident when I was able to eat hot Cereal and I chose grits and I only ate like 2-3 spoons in 15 min(it should've taken like 30min -an hr) and it got logged in my chest and I couldn't breathe!???? I ended up having to throw up(not a good feeling)! Take your time! And good Luck again????

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Using baby/toddler utensils for everything helps as well! Even starting in your clear liquid phase. It slows you down dramatically and only lets you put a tiny bit of food in!

You quickly become acclimated in order to avoid the pain.

Surgery date- 11/8/16, Height- 5'6", HW- 249, SW- 235, GW- 160

The fear of complications was enough to get me in line.

Using baby/toddler utensils for everything helps as well! Even starting in your clear liquid phase. It slows you down dramatically and only lets you put a tiny bit of food in!

You quickly become acclimated in order to avoid the pain.

Surgery date- 11/8/16, Height- 5'6", HW- 249, SW- 235, GW- 160

Smart advice, thanks!

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My surgery is on the 21st as well (: good luck to all

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I've heard to chew each bit about 20 times, pretty much getting it as mushed as can be.

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I was sleeved on the 21st as well!

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