I'm day three of 2 weeks. I'm about to go crazy! How do you guys do it with out cheating!?!? I'm praying I can make it without doing that. [emoji24][emoji30]

18 hours ago, mw2543 said:

Coffee will make you hungry.

I know that lots of people say coffee makes them hungry...but I think it helps me. It is one thing that I won't give up. It hasn't hindered my WL at all. Gotta have my yummy coffee everyday!!!

Edited September 30, 20178 yr by mw2543
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Here you go then. I am giving the stuff up.

I wasn't hungry on my liquid diet. I made sure to have a protein shake every 2 to 3 hours. The hardest thing was getting over mentally wanting to eat. But that is something I am going to struggle with even know post op.
You can do this! Stay strong!

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[mention=324238]theresa_86[/mention] I’m 2 weeks and a day today. I change it up with different types for creamy soups. Tomato bisque, butternut squash soup, and creamy tomato is the best. I also buy different seafood chowders and I take the chunky stuff out. I’ve had collard greens/ham pot liquor, baked chicken drippings as a Sunday dinner treat. Whole Foods has good soups with tasty broths. It takes forever to take the broth vs the other soup content but it’s worth it. Because I miss the taste of seasonings, sometimes I’ll lick boullion cubes PLUS I love my pop cycles and bombpops. There’s a fat free butterscotch pudding out thatscquite tasty. My mom makes a chicken and veggie stew and once she’s served it to the family, she saves the juice from that and it makes the BEST meal. It help to switch it up a but. I gotta do the liquid meal for another 5 weeks. I had to get creative.

This does not follow the guidelines given to me at all! Sure would of been a lot easier!

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@theresa_86 I’m 2 weeks and a day today. I change it up with different types for creamy soups. Tomato bisque, butternut squash soup, and creamy tomato is the best. I also buy different seafood chowders and I take the chunky stuff out. I’ve had collard greens/ham pot liquor, baked chicken drippings as a Sunday dinner treat. Whole Foods has good soups with tasty broths. It takes forever to take the broth vs the other soup content but it’s worth it. Because I miss the taste of seasonings, sometimes I’ll lick boullion cubes PLUS I love my pop cycles and bombpops. There’s a fat free butterscotch pudding out thatscquite tasty. My mom makes a chicken and veggie stew and once she’s served it to the family, she saves the juice from that and it makes the BEST meal. It help to switch it up a but. I gotta do the liquid meal for another 5 weeks. I had to get creative.

@DisplacedYankee Don’t get me wrong. I do the 2-3 shakes a day and there are times that I HAVE felt hungry. However, the different liquid options I mentioned are on a detailed meal plan that was given to me pre- and post op. By switching things up so far as other liquids I’m able to easoer the already difficult task of changing eating habits so abruptly after 47 years. Another difference between you and I is that I’m not a sleever. I have band over bypass. Perhaps aside of having different surgeons, the regimen for your procedure is quite different from mine.

[mention=326722]DisplacedYankee[/mention] Don’t get me wrong. I do the 2-3 shakes a day and there are times that I HAVE felt hungry. However, the different liquid options I mentioned are on a detailed meal plan that was given to me pre- and post op. By switching things up so far as other liquids I’m able to easoer the already difficult task of changing eating habits so abruptly after 47 years. Another difference between you and I is that I’m not a sleever. I have band over bypass. Perhaps aside of having different surgeons, the regimen for your procedure is quite different from mine.

I can understand all of that, plus my liquid diet was for one week. If I had to do 5 I would of been pulling my hair out!

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This reminds me of a drug addiction. I love cooking and eating. lol That is how I got into this mess. We need to keep in touch and support each other!

I saw a bariatric patch vitamin. I think I am going to order some. Is the hair loss from lack of certain vitamins?

@DisplacedYankee Don’t get me wrong. I do the 2-3 shakes a day and there are times that I HAVE felt hungry. However, the different liquid options I mentioned are on a detailed meal plan that was given to me pre- and post op. By switching things up so far as other liquids I’m able to easoer the already difficult task of changing eating habits so abruptly after 47 years. Another difference between you and I is that I’m not a sleever. I have band over bypass. Perhaps aside of having different surgeons, the regimen for your procedure is quite different from mine.

Food can be addictive too. As a matter of fact, for me it is. I just don’t know if I’m being rehabilitated or am I just a dry drunk. TBH, I wanna eat so bad this very moment that I’ve contemplated pushing myself to the limit to test this 2 and a half week “clean time” (sobriety) to eat a fried chicken wing or two. It doesn’t help that I have to cook for my 16 yr old. In fact that’s what put me in this talespin. I’m n bed and just wanna sleep to end this torture. My eye is on the prize and my head is in the gutter. GOD HELP ME.

You can do THIS!!!! Don't give in. Today is my day 1 of liquid and I'm trying to just stay busy. You got this

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I hope everyone is counting his/her carbs. The preop diet is supposed to be low fat and low carb and low calorie. If you aren't sure, ask your program peeps.

My preop has no guide on how many carbs or calories. Instead it has a list of foods allowable, none of which could cause the diet to be too carby or caloric.

I am sooooo not thinking scout carbs right now. This liquid diet is torture. Although I said a few posts ago that I was versatile with my liquid choices. I’m 13 days GLB post op and I want to sink my teeth into some food. I’m sooooo depressed right now. And please don’t tell me to hang I’m there. I don’t have a choice. I know that. All I know is that this is one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to endure in my entire life. I know what rock bottom feels like. All I want to do is watch tv just to keep my mind occupied, living vicariously thru the characters on the screen. I guess that’s what the next 4 weeks will be like...cooking scrumptious meals for my son and going to bed at 6 to excape the torture of knowing I can’t touch any of it. Sure, I’m 23 lbs lighter at this very moment I’m crying and miserable. PLEASE DONT RESPOND WITH A HANG IN THERE or IT GETS BETTER!!!