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Make sure that you include in your liquid diet fluids that are sugar free or low in sugar and calories. The idea is that your diet should be high in Protein but low in fat and carbohydrates and therefore low in calories too.
Some of the fluids you can include in your diet are:
 Water
 G2 ®
 Propel ®
 Power Ade Zero
 Crystal Light ®, Clight ®, etc.
 Dark coffee, preferably decaffeinated
fruit juices without sugar or low sugar
 Tea / Iced Tea, preferably decaffeinated
 Sugar free Gelatin (Jell-O®)
Premier Protein ®
 Gold Standard 100% whey
 Beef, poultry or vegetable broth (bouillon can be used)
Water with Proteins like: Special K ® O2 or similar
 Sugar free water Popsicles no seeds or fruit pieces
 Kool-Aid ® unsweetened Tang ® unsweetened, etc.
 Carnation ® Instant Breakfast Sugar free made with skim milk, soy or almond milk
Soups / low Carb (example: Campbell’s ® veggie soups or chicken noodle, the creamed soups are much higher in carbs) pureed with water
** You can use the whey Protein Powder as a substitute for a full meal, three times a day, supplementing with other options during the day. Mixing this powder with skim milk tastes better than with water.
**Being only liquids it can seem that there is no way to overdo but it is possible, so you must ensure that the total intake of calories per day does not exceed 1000 calories.

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Make sure that you include in your liquid diet fluids that are sugar free or low in sugar and calories. The idea is that your diet should be high in Protein but low in fat and carbohydrates and therefore low in calories too.
Some of the fluids you can include in your diet are:
 Water
 G2 [emoji768]
 Propel [emoji768]
 Power Ade Zero
 Crystal Light [emoji768], Clight [emoji768], etc.
 Dark coffee, preferably decaffeinated
fruit juices without sugar or low sugar
 Tea / Iced Tea, preferably decaffeinated
 Sugar free Gelatin (Jell-O[emoji768])
Premier Protein [emoji768]
 Gold Standard 100% whey
 Beef, poultry or vegetable broth (bouillon can be used)
Water with Proteins like: Special K [emoji768] O2 or similar
 Sugar free water Popsicles no seeds or fruit pieces
 Kool-Aid [emoji768] unsweetened Tang [emoji768] unsweetened, etc.
 Carnation [emoji768] Instant Breakfast Sugar free made with skim milk, soy or almond milk
Soups / low Carb (example: Campbell’s [emoji768] veggie soups or chicken noodle, the creamed soups are much higher in carbs) pureed with water
** You can use the whey protein powder as a substitute for a full meal, three times a day, supplementing with other options during the day. Mixing this powder with skim milk tastes better than with water.
**Being only liquids it can seem that there is no way to overdo but it is possible, so you must ensure that the total intake of calories per day does not exceed 1000 calories.

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Mine is very similar to those above.

I'm starting on Wednesday... for surgery day of November 15!

  • Unlimited Protein Shakes
  • Chicken/Beef/Veggie broth
  • Low-fat cottage cheese/plain Greek yogurt (1/2 cup limit/day)
  • Skim/unsweetened almond/soy/cow's milk
  • Egg whites
  • Lean meats (white fish/chicken breast/turkey)
  • sugar free syrups/water flavors
  • Sf jello/pudding/instant carnation breakfast
  • Sf Popsicles
  • NO caffeine, carbonation, coffee or tea
  • Herbs, salt and pepper for the meat (No sauces or oils)

I'm already anticipating the caffeine withdrawals that will be kicking my butt for the first couple days....

I'm thinking I will be mainly be eating the Protein shakes, 1/2 cup cottage cheese, deli turkey, turkey burgers, egg whites and LOTS of sf jello/pudding and Popsicles :D

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I have a 2 week (14 days) pre-op diet. 5,10,15 rule which is a Protein Shake that has less than 5 fat grams, less than 10 carbs and more than 15 grams of Protein.< br /> i am drinking the Premier Protein shakes vanilla and the caramel ones.

1 protein shake for breakfast
1 protein shake for lunch
4 oz of lean meat for dinner (2 shot glasses worth or 2 small bites)
46oz of Clear Liquids, no carbonation, no caffeine
The day before surgery it is clear liquids only, no shakes no food.< br />
I started my diet Oct. 25, it has been super rough but i have lost 8.8 pounds already.
I still have the normal size stomach as i haven't had surgery yet and i am still very hungry everyday, but i know in just 1 week more it will be all better and I will have the surgery done and then I won't worry so much about food anymore. I was never a big eater to begin with, usually ate only 1 time a day and that was at dinner, I suppose that is why my metabolism got so slow to begin with?

Anyways, I just keep up on fluids every time i feel hungry and try to make myself full that way. :) Good luck to everyone

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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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      1. summerseeker

        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.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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