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Italian Girl1989    3

Italian Girl1989
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I'm not sure of my surgery date, they said I would start tests and classes in December. So I was wondering if I could follow the sample of a pre-op diet now? To lose weight and prepare my mind.

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higher    966

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I put myself on what I called a pre-pre-op diet. Very low carb, focus on Protein first. I did it best I could for about the month before my official 5 day pre-op diet started.

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Vinasu    621

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I did. Six weeks before surgery, I put myself on the bariatric food plan the best way I could. I started tracking food, limited calories to 1200 (couldn't go lower pre-op), and eating Protein first.

I lost nearly 35 pounds in the six weeks before surgery. It was worth it, and I'm glad I started my honeymoon phase at a lower weight so I can get to goal as fast as possible.

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Italian Girl1989    3

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I did. Six weeks before surgery, I put myself on the bariatric food plan the best way I could. I started tracking food, limited calories to 1200 (couldn't go lower pre-op), and eating Protein first.

I lost nearly 35 pounds in the six weeks before surgery. It was worth it, and I'm glad I started my honeymoon phase at a lower weight so I can get to goal as fast as possible.

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Should I wait and find out my surgery date?

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Hammer_Down    631

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You wouldn't be the first person who gave the preop diet a go before actually starting preop preparations.

The only concern, and IMO it's minimal, would be that preop isn't a nutritionally complete diet. It's designed to shrink your liver down so it can be clipped up out of the way for the procedure. The Vitamin and mineral profile of preop foods isn't ideal for long term, but some people are put on 6-8 weeks of preop and do fine. Humans are remarkable and we can survive long term on deficient diets (look how many people eat fast foods for years and don't suffer any serious hallmark Vitamin or mineral deficiency)

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I followed a strict low carb/high protein/high healthy fat lifestyle throughout the duration of the six month diet program that my insurance required. I lost 99 pounds (from 397 to 298) during that time, re-established my relationship with food, and optimally prepared myself for the surgery and post-op life. I have continued to follow the low carb/high protein/high healthy fat way of eating post-op (even throughout the food stages), and I have had continued success in the 2 months since my surgery (I weighed 259 this morning).

You'll do yourself a favor by getting started now. It was the best thing I ever did for myself. I look at the surgery as a tool that plays a major supporting role in the second half of my journey, not as a destination or as the journey itself.

Good luck!

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Italian Girl1989    3

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I followed a strict low carb/high protein/high healthy fat lifestyle throughout the duration of the six month diet program that my insurance required. I lost 99 pounds (from 397 to 298) during that time, re-established my relationship with food, and optimally prepared myself for the surgery and post-op life. I have continued to follow the low carb/high protein/high healthy fat way of eating post-op (even throughout the food stages), and I have had continued success in the 2 months since my surgery (I weighed 259 this morning).

You'll do yourself a favor by getting started now. It was the best thing I ever did for myself. I look at the surgery as a tool that plays a major supporting role in the second half of my journey, not as a destination or as the journey itself.

Good luck!

Thank you. And congratulations :) My hardest is going to be giving up carbs and Pasta. I could eat Pasta everyday. And my family doesn't eat that great so its hard. When I get paid ill be getting all healthy low carb food. I wanted to try and take it slow so I don't want to sabatouche myself.

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Vinasu    621

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I did. Six weeks before surgery, I put myself on the bariatric food plan the best way I could. I started tracking food, limited calories to 1200 (couldn't go lower pre-op), and eating Protein first.

I lost nearly 35 pounds in the six weeks before surgery. It was worth it, and I'm glad I started my honeymoon phase at a lower weight so I can get to goal as fast as possible.

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Should I wait and find out my surgery date?

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I think it depends on your BMI. If you're relatively low weight, you probably want to make sure you don't go below your insurance's threshold. If you're high BMI, start immediately.

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Italian Girl1989    3

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I did. Six weeks before surgery, I put myself on the bariatric food plan the best way I could. I started tracking food, limited calories to 1200 (couldn't go lower pre-op), and eating Protein first.

I lost nearly 35 pounds in the six weeks before surgery. It was worth it, and I'm glad I started my honeymoon phase at a lower weight so I can get to goal as fast as possible.

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Should I wait and find out my surgery date?

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I think it depends on your BMI. If you're relatively low weight, you probably want to make sure you don't go below your insurance's threshold. If you're high BMI, start immediately.

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Mine is 52.8

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Vinasu    621

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I did. Six weeks before surgery, I put myself on the bariatric food plan the best way I could. I started tracking food, limited calories to 1200 (couldn't go lower pre-op), and eating Protein first.

I lost nearly 35 pounds in the six weeks before surgery. It was worth it, and I'm glad I started my honeymoon phase at a lower weight so I can get to goal as fast as possible.

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Should I wait and find out my surgery date?

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I think it depends on your BMI. If you're relatively low weight, you probably want to make sure you don't go below your insurance's threshold. If you're high BMI, start immediately.

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Mine is 52.8

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Then you're likely not in danger of losing too much before surgery. Go for it.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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