Anyone on there preop care to have a little support group for each other through the next few weeks?

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I'm on Jan 31st as well

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Bill this is my kik user name, you can add me to the list please. Ywent79

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Bill my kik username is biginjapan17 (apparently biginjapan is already taken )

Bill my kik username is biginjapan17 (apparently biginjapan is already taken )

Ok sent you a message

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My surgery is on the 25th of January and I had to do three weeks of liquid diet. It consists of five shakes a day Water,sugar free Jello and sugar free ice pops. I like the shakes but getting sick of drinking water and can have tea. It can be done.

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I'm on day 7 of my liquid diet & today is my clear liquid day with surgery tomorrow.. I'm so ready for this new adventure in my life... but still quite nervous...

Day 13. Down to 320.6 as of this morning. That's about 16 pounds since I started the pre-op diet. Tomorrow is my clear liquid day and surgery Wednesday morning. Mildly freaking out, but doing okay.

I started my pre op diet on Saturday. On 3 shakes a day about 600 calories and I am really struggling. Band surgery booked for 4th of February.

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Day 13. Down to 320.6 as of this morning. That's about 16 pounds since I started the pre-op diet. Tomorrow is my clear liquid day and surgery Wednesday morning. Mildly freaking out, but doing okay.

Yay!!! you're in the homestretch now...keep at it!!!!

Day 4 of my liquid diet begins! I am down 7lbs but one thing this had showed me is that I definitely need the surgery. There is no way I could pull on Oprah and do a liquid diet for months like she did. It must have been heart breaking to gain it all back after going thru that. I personally am glad to be going back to work today to keep me distracted for the rest of my liquid diet. Surgery is on Friday and I am ready. For me it is the waiting that's the hardest part. I just want the surgery done so I can begin my healing.

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Day 4 of my liquid diet begins! I am down 7lbs but one thing this had showed me is that I definitely need the surgery. There is no way I could pull on Oprah and do a liquid diet for months like she did. It must have been heart breaking to gain it all back after going thru that. I personally am glad to be going back to work today to keep me distracted for the rest of my liquid diet. Surgery is on Friday and I am ready. For me it is the waiting that's the hardest part. I just want the surgery done so I can begin my healing.

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Going through this pre-op diet I've asked myself multiple times that maybe I should just do this for a few months and avoid the surgery, but I know I'd gain it all back in due time. Went from almost 400 down to 265 by living at the gym, and then slowly crept back up to almost 350. I'm tired of the yo-yo. Been overweight since I was a kid and I'm ready to be done with it.

Day 4 of my liquid diet begins! I am down 7lbs but one thing this had showed me is that I definitely need the surgery. There is no way I could pull on Oprah and do a liquid diet for months like she did. It must have been heart breaking to gain it all back after going thru that. I personally am glad to be going back to work today to keep me distracted for the rest of my liquid diet. Surgery is on Friday and I am ready. For me it is the waiting that's the hardest part. I just want the surgery done so I can begin my healing.

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Going through this pre-op diet I've asked myself multiple times that maybe I should just do this for a few months and avoid the surgery, but I know I'd gain it all back in due time. Went from almost 400 down to 265 by living at the gym, and then slowly crept back up to almost 350. I'm tired of the yo-yo. Been overweight since I was a kid and I'm ready to be done with it.

Exactly my sentiments!

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So day 3 of liquid diet and I have cheated already was so tired and dizzy at work i had some of the luch that was put on for staff at a training day. I am so glad I am getting this surgery to end this crazy relationship I have with food. Just worried that I have cheated and the risks.

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So day 3 of liquid diet and I have cheated already was so tired and dizzy at work i had some of the luch that was put on for staff at a training day. I am so glad I am getting this surgery to end this crazy relationship I have with food. Just worried that I have cheated and the risks.

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It is something to be concerned with. I cheated with about a dozen saltines on day 3 or 4. I know...I'm so wild...lol. Point is that afterwards I realized what in the hell am I doing risking everything I've done over the past 6 months. Isn't worth it. It really does get easier. Days 3 & 4 were hardest for me. My doc is a hard case so I don't doubt for second he'd scrap the surgery if he saw that my liver was still enlarged.

Time will pass. Keep yourself busy and walk away when things get hard. You can do it! Use that fear to keep you on the up and up from here on out.

I am on day 3 out of 12 on my pre-op diet. 4 Protein shakes or bars a day plus one high protein/low carb meal.

I really struggled yesterday with feeling SO HUNGRY... but today I'm feeling more confident. I think a lot of my anxiety on this diet is caused by me being so used to eating and snacking on things that taste a certain way.

The shakes and bars are NOT tasty... in fact, they are kind of gross. But they DO make me feel full... so I'm trying to get used to the fact that if I'm feeling full and craving other stuff at the same time, it's really not HUNGER... it's HEAD hunger and it's essential that I train my body to deal with it better.

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Have you tried the Eas shakes they are pretty good tasting

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No, I haven't been able to find those around here. I do Premier Protein Shakes... the only flavor I am starting to be okay with is chocolate... I can't do the bars anymore at all, or other brands of shakes (the bars are too dry & take too much chewing to be able to swallow and other brands of shakes make me gag because they are so icky).

I'm on day 11 of my luver shrinking diet now... I did better after day 3... but I admit it... my surgery is the day after tomorrow, so after lunch tomorrow I'm on Clear liquids only... and I gave in to temptation today and ate a donut :-(

Why? Maybe because my brain was telling me I may never eat anything enjoyable again so one last donut wasn't going to kill me. Maybe because last night my husband commented that I "take everything to to extremes unnecessarily"... including this diet, and how he is sure I could have eaten half a cheeseburger and some fries one day and it would have been fine. I don't know, but I did it and I feel guilty and am determined to stay on track the rest of today and tomorrow.

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My surgery date is January 25th, for Gastric Sleeve Surgery in St. Louis. I started my two week clear liquid diet last Wednesday, im on day six. It's been rough, but getting through it. I've been adding lemon pepper to chicken broth, also two to three Protein shakes. I've been told not to add any red dye that's like Water flavors to drinks, was curious as to why not ?

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The dye stays in your system, xoats your organs, and can make it look like you are bleeding internally when you're not. Same reason they don't let you do red or purple stuff before a colonoscopy or EGD.

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