Liquid diet

[Egammage 15]

I am starting my liquid diet on Monday. I will let you know how it goes

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[crazynae1025 42]

I as well starting it Monday too!!! We can be encouragement to each other!!!

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[Egammage 15]

I'm going to make a shopping list of what I will need to have Sunday.

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[sleeveisa 333]

Good luck, I'm on 5th day.

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[Mimiof3 33]

I start mine on Tuesday...

[Egammage 15]

Starting out with Protein shakes broth Jello and crystal light.

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[crazynae1025 42]

I'm mentally ready for this! I may wanna shoot myself in a few days but I'll beat that head game!

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[dinman 0]

I start Monday the 5th as well. I'm a little nervous to be honest.

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[crazynae1025 42]

I'm nervous too the first day may be easy it's just continuing the liquid day after day may be the hard part

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[greycurls 11]

just keep your eye on the prize-- the end date to your liquid diet!

[Bohemian101 31]

Today is the last of my 10 day liquid diet. My surgery is tomorrow.

Just wanted to say to those going into the pre op phase that it DOES get easier once you get past the first few days. I started mine the Friday after Thanksgiving (guess if you're going to have a last meal, turkey day is the day to do it!) and it was really hard through the weekend. I was starving, cranky, and had a ton of cravings, plus I had to work 10 hour shifts and everyone in my office eats constantly. Then came a day around the 72 hour mark where I started having the ketosis headaches, fatigue etc, but I just drank a ton of Water to try to flush the junk of out of my system and it passed pretty quickly. Once I got over that hurdle, the past 6 or so days have flew by. Knowing that I'm risking an open procedure if my liver is not in tip-top shape definitely kept me from cheating.

I guess since I'm not on the carb roller coaster any more, I'm not having much cravings and am not thinking about food all the time. My hubby and son can even eat around me without me wanting to kill them. Surprisingly if anything, I'm craving protein/meat. The biggest thing I've realized over the past 10+ days is how much I was eating out of boredom and/or stress. I've noticed that the times I do think about food is when I'm either bored or worrying about something. I think the liquid diet not only prepares you physically for the surgery but starts the process mentally as well.

Good luck to all!