Starts tomorrow, surgery 1/23, this time has flown by. There was a time I thought this was never going to happen, and now I'm getting down to the wire. So excited/nervous/anxious/happy to start this journey! Losers bench here I come!

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Good luck. My surgeon told me not to cheat on the pre-op diet at all. He said that the first 3-4 days will be rough, but after that, I shouldn't be hungry anymore. If I cheated, i would be hungry the whole time. It turned out to be true. So much so that the last day of Clear liquids was a breeze.

Yeah I definitely don't plan on cheating I don't want to risk anything during this surgery, but good thing is my preop diet isn't completely liquid

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Yeah I definitely don't plan on cheating I don't want to risk anything during this surgery, but good thing is my preop diet isn't completely liquid

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I'm on day 4, (surgery on the 19th).

I am allowed 3 Protein shakes and 250 cal worth of veggies. I do drink some sugar free calorie free non carbonated liquids, like decaf tea.

Good luck!

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Yeah I definitely don't plan on cheating I don't want to risk anything during this surgery, but good thing is my preop diet isn't completely liquid

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I'm on day 4, (surgery on the 19th).

I am allowed 3 Protein shakes and 250 cal worth of veggies. I do drink some sugar free calorie free non carbonated liquids, like decaf tea.

Good luck!

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Thanks! And your preop is kind of like mine. First week is two shakes one high protein and veggie meal 350 cal and under and second week two shakes one meal.

How is your preop diet going? Was it hard at first?

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Yeah I definitely don't plan on cheating I don't want to risk anything during this surgery, but good thing is my preop diet isn't completely liquid

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I'm on day 4, (surgery on the 19th).

I am allowed 3 Protein Shakes and 250 cal worth of veggies. I do drink some sugar free calorie free non carbonated liquids, like decaf tea.

Good luck!

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Thanks! And your preop is kind of like mine. First week is two shakes one high protein and veggie meal 350 cal and under and second week two shakes one meal.

How is your preop diet going? Was it hard at first?

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I start my pre-op diet Tuesday (surgery the 24th) - mine is one lean meat & veg meal and Meal Replacements the rest of the day. I'm also allowed up to one cup of fruit per day which I figure will make great Snacks for those time my body thinks it is starving. I was really afraid I was going to have to have a full liquid diet for two weeks, so this diet was both a relieve and seemed easy in comparison.

Good luck!

I agree, I was worried about a full liquid preop diet as well, buy I'm relieved it isn't

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Starts tomorrow, surgery 1/23, this time has flown by. There was a time I thought this was never going to happen, and now I'm getting down to the wire. So excited/nervous/anxious/happy to start this journey! Losers bench here I come!

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I can't wait to be a loser also, good luck you'll be great!

Good luck. My surgeon told me not to cheat on the pre-op diet at all. He said that the first 3-4 days will be rough, but after that, I shouldn't be hungry anymore. If I cheated, i would be hungry the whole time. It turned out to be true. So much so that the last day of clear liquids was a breeze.

Nice to know, I'm reading up as much as I can so I can be as prepared as possible and not have too many surprises, all the posts are so important for me. Tyfs

Good luck. My surgeon told me not to cheat on the pre-op diet at all. He said that the first 3-4 days will be rough, but after that, I shouldn't be hungry anymore. If I cheated, i would be hungry the whole time. It turned out to be true. So much so that the last day of clear liquids was a breeze.

This is great advice! Thank you so much

Just thought I'd leave some motivation for you all! We can do this! Mind over Matter! Good luck everyone!!!

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Want to know how to totally succeed on your first day of your pre-op diet? Get a REALLY nasty stomach bug! I recommend it for NO ONE. OMG I feel like I did a thousand crunches, but I also went from 314 to 306 in like 36 hours! Like I said, I don't recommend it. It was not fun.

I hope everyone else is doing good on their pre-op diets!

Day 3 for me, the first two days were pretty hard, but hopefully it'll be easier today. Also hope you're feeling better!

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I am better now, but sadly it took a round at the ER with 2 IV bags of fluids to get my dehydration under control. I hope no one else gets this nasty virus! I was able to have some solid food tonight - 1/2 chicken breast and some tomatoes.

I start my liquid diet tomorrow but I've been getting in practice since Friday. shakes throughout the day and a small meal in the evening.

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@@TeresaD That's what I had to do for the first 12 days of my pre-op diet. Starting today it went to liquids only. I'm almost done with the first day of that and I'm very thankful my surgeon only does it for two days. Though I do like the 11 pounds I've lost already.