Hi! Today was the first day of my liquid diet. Surgery scheduled for 12/19! HELP! How do I get past this? It is hard & tempting...

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bananashake---thanks so much. ur words help! im soooooo picky tho. i have a bunch of diff flavored stuff. at this point, im starting to think its more of a mental challenge. i went food shopping w my husband tonight n cried bc everyone was getting food they like n i put nothing but broth n liquids on register belt. with technology these days, why do they make u suffer?? do u have any recipes for shakes u can share? the stuff my dr told me i can drink is nasty: Isopure, purr Protein, muscle milk. yuck!!

any suggestions? im going bananas over here!!!

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hi NIGHT!!! yes, Philly it is for Aj! good guess ... couldnt think of anything else

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sill21----thanks! it really is hard. not even hungry, just depressed and feel deprived. is surgery worth it? or should i give up now???

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hi NIGHT!!! yes, Philly it is for Aj! good guess ... couldnt think of anything else

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Hey we are Philly buddies!!!

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Hi Philly buddy!!

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I gained 70 pounds in about a year and half with undiagnosed hypothyroidism. After it was diagnosed and I started treatment, I thought the pounds would melt off. Wrong!

I've been trying for nearly ten years now to lose this weight. I did four months of boot camp, two years of personal training including a year and half of private personal training four months out from a rough c-section. My trainers were young and hot and I was sleep deprived (baby), sore, sweaty and fat and embarrassed, but I soldiered on three times a week, 60 minutes, for 18months. And I went to all my sessions (too expensive not to)!

I've skipped social events at my son's preschool, avoided my extroverted husband's dinners with friends, avoided fun, big city goings-ons, I don't even like to walk around my own neighborhood like this. The people in my life love me as I am, but I do not, and my weight has impacted those relationships because it bothers me. My size is never not on my mind. I could go on and on, this is just the tip of the iceberg, but if your weight is holding you back, I probably don't have to. Anyway, my world is very, very small now, and it's because of my weight.

I figure I've gone through ten years of hell already, another two weeks isn't going to kill me.

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im so sorry bananashake.

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I gained 70 pounds in about a year and half with undiagnosed hypothyroidism. After it was diagnosed and I started treatment, I thought the pounds would melt off. Wrong!

I've been trying for nearly ten years now to lose this weight. I did four months of boot camp, two years of personal training including a year and half of private personal training four months out from a rough c-section. My trainers were young and hot and I was sleep deprived (baby), sore, sweaty and fat and embarrassed, but I soldiered on three times a week, 60 minutes, for 18months. And I went to all my sessions (too expensive not to)!

I've skipped social events at my son's preschool, avoided my extroverted husband's dinners with friends, avoided fun, big city goings-ons, I don't even like to walk around my own neighborhood like this. The people in my life love me as I am, but I do not, and my weight has impacted those relationships because it bothers me. My size is never not on my mind. I could go on and on, this is just the tip of the iceberg, but if your weight is holding you back, I probably don't have to. Anyway, my world is very, very small now, and it's because of my weight.

I figure I've gone through ten years of hell already, another two weeks isn't going to kill me.

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That's how I look at it. I've been dealing with self esteem and health issues for years. I can do a two week liquid diet along with surgery! It's all a mental game.

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sill21----thanks! it really is hard. not even hungry, just depressed and feel deprived. is surgery worth it? or should i give up now???

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I haven't had surgery yet. My date is the 16th of December. I'm on day 6 of my liquid diet. Do not give up! Read success stories every time you want to give up. I suggest premier Protein. Best tasting shake by far.

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AC3----ur date is sooooo close!!! im grumpy too!

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I hate this lmao I can't function at all. I'm soooo hungry and I have horrible headaches. Idk how people can do it two weeks.

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PhillyAj,

No, no I wasn't sharing that for sympathy, I was trying to help you, or others, who are struggling with this liquid diet, to help you keep it in perspective. I'm having this done and I am not looking back. There's nothing that tastes good enough for me to say "You know I was wrong, this is totally worth being fat for the rest of my life."

I hasten to add, any of you on liquids who truly feel like you just cannot do the liquid diet -- CALL your DOCTOR. They *might* permit you to have a small bit of something, but I guarantee it isn't going to be something very exciting. You -might-be allowed, once, a piece of plain, lean chicken breast prepared at home, or poached fish with no oil or anything like that. You are not going to be permitted to have bread, breading, or a fry from someone else's plate, or sweets or pizza or something. It can't hurt to ask. But it can hurt not to ask.

The right way to do it is to call and tell them you are struggling with the diet. They may say just tough it out, or drink more Water, or they may say you can have a few steamed carrots. They might give you the number of a support person.

I personally cannot imagine living with myself if I flubbed this diet. I have to have this surgery.

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Bananashake-I understand. I appreciate ur words of encouragement. Thank you. I just think im mentally hungry, which i will overcome. I totally dont want to cheat! I cant come this far and risk a fatty liver during surgery. Its not forever, rt? I need to change my habits, why not start now? I will admit, the 2 wk pre-op liquid diet has been the hardest part of this journey, for me. I do want to lose 200 lbs-i just have to stay positive!

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PhillyAj, exactly! You're totally on the right track. And yes, God, is it ever a mental challenge.

I just read a book about the sleeve and the author said that most sleevers find this preop diet to be the hardest part of the entire sleeving process.

We both started at about the same time, so we're almost 1/3 through anyway-- we don't have two weeks to go anymore.

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U r totally rt!

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I'm down five pounds since starting the liquid diet. I started Tuesday. When I wake up in the morning, I have to remind myself that I can't go have three cups of coffee and eat something tasty -- but I'm learning to look forward to seeing the number on the scale go down every morning. That feels better than anything. And omg guys, it's just going to keep going down! (Stalls aside, naturally.)

PhillyAj, I wish I had some recipes that taste just like what we'd all rather be eating, but the best we can hope for is just to keep it interesting. I have some butter flavoring (not actual butter, not made with butter, just an artificial extract) and some maple flavoring (again, just a bottle of flavor extract from the baking aisle) and I put in a vanilla shake. I enjoyed it, I'll do it again. I've never been a big pancake eater, but it was nice to have a maple and butter flavored shake for a change.

Also, orange extract in a vanilla shake for a creamsicle flavor... Peppermint extract in a chocolate shake blended with ice for a change in texture (or not). I've read you can make a coffee flavored one with a single serve packet of decaf instant coffee granules dissolved in a tablespoon of hot Water and added to a vanilla or chocolate shake. I've read that a sugar free lemonade packet in a strawberry or vanilla shake is good.

I use the McCormick Italian herb grinder to give my broth a nice flavor.

Nothing too exciting given the strict parameters of the diet, but it helps.

(BTW PhillyAj, try the Premier Protein shakes if you haven't already-- they're actually good and I think they meet your doctors criteria based on the other brands he suggested).

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