Pre Op Diet

dideedo · October 30, 2007

HI ALL,

Just having a little trouble with pre op diet.Feeling very sick and shakey.Im only at the end of day two.Just wondering if anyone had similar experience.Im being banded in Murdoch WA on the 12 th of Nov 07....Thanks:sick

drailog · October 30, 2007

HI ALL,
Just having a little trouble with pre op diet.Feeling very sick and shakey.Im only at the end of day two.Just wondering if anyone had similar experience.Im being banded in Murdoch WA on the 12 th of Nov 07....Thanks:sick

what is your pre-opp diet? what are you eating or drinking?

dideedo · October 30, 2007

what is your pre-opp diet? what are you eating or drinking?

Hello, I started on Optifast 3 a day and 2 cups veges./..per day....now Ive canned the shakes temperarily,,and am just eating veges and veges in Soup form.Thanks

raph · October 30, 2007

my preop diet sucked...

i get banded tomorrow, and ive only had to be on Optifast for a week. in all honesty, the past 3 days, ive just been living on a small amount of green salad and Water. Simply because the Optifast is absolutely disgusting. Ive been taking Vitamins just to keep safe though.

I found the first 3 days were the hardest, it gets a little easier after a while.

dideedo · October 30, 2007

Thanks for the line.......goodluck tomorrow, hope all will be well for you.Look forward to reading from you after your op. Are you in Australia getting it done?

raph · October 30, 2007

getting it done at the epworth in richmond (melbourne) by dr frydenberg...

drailog · November 6, 2007

Ralph, I have some Optifast left if you want it... kidding, I liked the stuff.. Rick

jettacole · November 6, 2007

Ralph, I am also getting ready to start on my pre-op diet and have tried to talk to others that have had it done.

A lot of them told me they was allowed to drink sugar free carnation instant Breakfast and the high Protein slim fast shake for pre and post op.

Hope this helps and GOOD LUCK!

TashOZ · November 7, 2007

I found the Optifast shakes aweful but loved the bars. The cappacino and the chocolate were great.

raph · November 7, 2007

i hated everything about Optifast. i ended up just eating a small amount of vegies and that was it. In 7 days i lost 9 kilo. Had the surgery now, and 7 days afterwards, still no appetite.

ejlaca · November 7, 2007

Hello all. I am scheduled for my banding on Nov 20th with Dr. Quilici in Burbank, CA. I just started on my liquid diet yesterday after my McDonalds Breakfast. I figure McDonalds helped get me into this jam, it was only fitting that they send me off. I haven't had my nutrition appt at my surgeons office yet (Friday) or gotten the official 2-week diet info in the mail. Based on reading this board about what other's 2-week diets consist of, I have a feeling I am in for a rude awakening about what I can and can not eat. For the past 24 hours I have been having low-fat yogurt, low-fat Soup (with stuff in it), crystal light, and soda (I am not ready to give up Diet Coke until the last second).

Anyway just checking in. Look forward to keeping track with this board.

DebC · November 7, 2007

I found the low carb high Protein Shakes by Atkins are not too bad. I was on a pre-op diet of 3-5 shakes a day and only crystal lite, tea or coffee in between. Then they said if it got hard then I could substitute a boneless, skinless chicken breast for 1 shake. Which I did. It helped me get through the 2 weeks. I would grill my chicken breast for my evening meal and eat it really, really slow to make it last. Man I even wanted to lick the plate! LOL. The first few days was the hardest.