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Pre-Op Diet Questions..HELP

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Sophisticated_Diva    15

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My surgery date has been set... 03/28/2017!!! I am not nervous about the procedure itself, I am more nervous about the pre-op diet (Liver Shrink Diet). I want to know some ideas around making drinking these shakes more appealing. I am on 2 shakes a day and a small meal (4 oz meat, steam veggies). I need help. I am on Day 2 of the diet, by choice since it actually begins on 03/14/2017.

HELP!!!

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ashleyelizabeth    25

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I am on day 1 of the diet and these shakes are not doing for me either! Every sip I take I chase it with Water. Still is a terrible after taste to me.

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Sophisticated_Diva    15

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I am on day 1 of the diet and these shakes are not doing for me either! Every sip I take I chase it with Water. Still is a terrible after taste to me.


I called the nutritionist and she suggested I use a Water flavor packet (peach mango). I did, and it was MUCH better.


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2 minutes ago, Sophisticated_Diva said:


I called the nutritionist and she suggested I use a Water flavor packet (peach mango). I did, and it was MUCH better.

What is the brand called? And I just noticed you live in Memphis too! Who is your surgeon?

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On 3/7/2017 at 10:41 AM, Sophisticated_Diva said:

My surgery date has been set... 03/28/2017!!! I am not nervous about the procedure itself, I am more nervous about the pre-op diet (Liver Shrink Diet). I want to know some ideas around making drinking these shakes more appealing. I am on 2 shakes a day and a small meal (4 oz meat, steam veggies). I need help. I am on Day 2 of the diet, by choice since it actually begins on 03/14/2017.

HELP!!!

Hi there! I'm in Memphis also... just wanted to say hey and good luck -- you are getting close. I am 4/17. Dr Wegner is doing mine

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DebiW    45

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Dr. Wegner did my surgery too 11/8, he was great. I absolutely hate the Protein Shakes now. Drink all you can now! Best of luck!


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Pam_2-06-2017    375

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Try different shakes. I used Premier Protein shakes during pre op and a bit of post op. They were horrible but I suffered through them as they were recommended by my nutritionist. I saw a post here that recommended Muscle Milk. I tried it and it was so much better. It is thinner and you can't taste as much of that distinct Protein flavor.

Others say they do better blending their own shakes.

Experiment. There are lots of products on the market.

Good luck


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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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      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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        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.

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