Hi all-- I am on day 6 of my 2 week pre op liquid diet. I am a Normally stable person but the past 2 days I am an emotional mess. Crying over stupid things, etc. is this normal? Are my hormones all out of wack because of the liquid diet??

As you lose weight, the chemicals and hormones that were stored in your fat cells are being released into your body. These will pass through your kidneys and are expelled in your urine. But they can generate a flush of hormones during the weight loss phase. They should simmer down once you transition into maintenance. It is important to meet your daily fluid requirements, because it take fluids to flush these hormones from your system.

But since you are still in the pre-op stage, I am not sure this is the exact cause. It may be the stress associated with the fact that you will soon undergo major surgery.

Hiya Christina109

I am four sleeps away from my surgery, and don’t start my liquid-only until tomorrow. But I have also noticed pretty obvious mood change - in my case, I have become grumpy b***h from hell! I have a pretty stressful job but (usually) a very even temperament which makes me very good at the job. But the last week - eek.

So, for me, definitely not hormones, just stress. I felt a bit relieved when I read posts here - it is a big unknown. Giving up my great life comfort (food), a bit of pain etc to start, and the big unknown.

Lucky we have each other, I reckon......

xxxx

Best of luck Biddynz! I do agree part of it might be stress related. I am traveling all next week for work, so I need to bring all my shakes, etc with me. It also doesn't help that each evening I am expected to join networking events, which will be horrendous on this liquid diet. I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels like I am losing my mind

I feel like someone I don’t like very much!

I am glad I only have three liquid days - the only benefit I can think of by having a surgeon who does RNY by open surgery - I am having an old broken gastric band taken out.

i hope no one will notice the liquid diet - I have recently developed a new ‘love’ for miso soup at lunch, so I will just add protein to that.

what date is your op?

I feel like someone I don’t like very much!
I am glad I only have three liquid days - the only benefit I can think of by having a surgeon who does RNY by open surgery - I am having an old broken gastric band taken out.
i hope no one will notice the liquid diet - I have recently developed a new ‘love’ for miso Soup at lunch, so I will just add Protein to that.
what date is your op?

Dec 18!

But just to celebrate - you lose weight FAST on the liquid only diet!!