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Cheated on my liquid diet but proud!

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Sprinkles1    358

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So, today was difficult for me. I'm 9 days into a 30 day liquid diet but today... I was so hungry. I thought of a million ways to cheat. I was waiting for my roommate to leave so I could head to burger king or taco bell. I thought about binging on Cookies, pop & chips.

On my liquid diet I'm only allowed Protein Shakes (4) and raw veggies. That's it. I had no energy at all day today... I wanted to binge eat everything.

Instead, I compromised. I boiled some carrots, onions and peppers with a little seasoning and ate that instead. It's still cheating but... I'm proud of myself. I'm not beating myself up about it. The old me would have caved and ate junk food... Progress!

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aNYCdb    310

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Good for you. That said the whole raw veggies sounds like bunk to me. I can't think of a single reason that cooked veggies shouldn't be allowed other than lazy doctors/nutritionists find it easier than having to explain that they don't want you eating starchy vegetables (nobody is going to eat raw potato).

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Miss_Tee    56

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I had such a horrible time, myself. I had a headache that wouldn't go away. I ate 2 scramble eggs. My headache went away almost immediately. The struggle was real.

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Sprinkles1    358

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Good for you. That said the whole raw veggies sounds like bunk to me. I can't think of a single reason that cooked veggies shouldn't be allowed other than lazy doctors/nutritionists find it easier than having to explain that they don't want you eating starchy vegetables (nobody is going to eat raw potato).


Right! They said it's because when people cook things they add other ingredients that they shouldn't like salt, pepper, butter, ect. I feel like my liquid diet is tougher than most! But everyone probably feels that way [emoji31]

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Sprinkles1    358

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I had such a horrible time, myself. I had a headache that wouldn't go away. I ate 2 scramble eggs. My headache went away almost immediately. The struggle was real.

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2 eggs doesn't sound too bad. Better than junk food! Just don't make it a habit. That's what i keep telling myself. What does your liquid diet consist of?

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2 minutes ago, Sprinkles1 said:

Right! They said it's because when people cook things they add other ingredients that they shouldn't like salt, pepper, butter, ect. I feel like my liquid diet is tougher than most! But everyone probably feels that way

I think objectively your liquid diet is tougher than most (the only one worse was someone here posted that they had to drink nothing but skim milk for a month). Most people only have a two week one and many more still can still have at least one sensible meal a day on the diet. Mine was 2 weeks, shake for breakfast, shake for lunch, and then a dinner with lean Protein, vegatables (cooked), and a small bit of starch.

At the end of the day the point of the preop diet is to get you into Ketosis so you shrink you liver quickly (which usually takes about a week) everything else that they do to us on these diets are because we are too stupid to understand carb=bad and/or too undisciplined to stick to it for a week.

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Sprinkles1    358

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Stage 2....protein shakes, broth, Water, and Powerade zero.

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That's it??? That is tough... at least I get veggies. Stay strong!!

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Miss_Tee    56

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Oh and sugar freedom Jello. My doctor didn't mention anything about veggie. I hope an egg doesn't harm me lol

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Sprinkles1    358

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I think objectively your liquid diet is tougher than most (the only one worse was someone here posted that they had to drink nothing but skim milk for a month). Most people only have a two week one and many more still can still have at least one sensible meal a day on the diet. Mine was 2 weeks, shake for Breakfast, shake for lunch, and then a dinner with lean Protein, vegatables (cooked), and a small bit of starch.

At the end of the day the point of the preop diet is to get you into Ketosis so you shrink you liver quickly (which usually takes about a week) everything else that they do to us on these diets are because we are too stupid to understand carb=bad and/or too undisciplined to stick to it for a week.


Skim milk only?? Yuck.... and that's pretty true. I would love a small meal for dinner... :( just gotta be strong!

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2 hours ago, Sprinkles1 said:


Skim milk only?? Yuck.... and that's pretty true. I would love a small meal for dinner... :( just gotta be strong!

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Makes even less sense when you factor in Skim milk is a decent source of carbohydrates and contains no Fiber.

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I gotta say yours is hard like really hard for mine it is 3 weeks of lean meat and veggies no starch and then 2 days of Clear Liquids but I do get clear Protein Water.

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Miss_Tee    56

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Its been rough but tomorrow is surgery day, so my liver betta be super model tiny[emoji2]

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I gotta say yours is hard like really hard for mine it is 3 weeks of lean meat and veggies no starch and then 2 days of clear liquids but I do get clear Protein Water.

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It's so hard!! I wish I could have SOMETHING... anything :'( idk how they expect me, a fat person with an eating disorder, to go cold turkey like this! But I'm looking at it like a test. If I can do this, then I'll do great after the surgery!

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Its been rough but tomorrow is surgery day, so my liver betta be super model tiny[emoji2]

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That's soooooo exciting!! What time is your surgery?? Are you nervous?! Update us as soon as you can :)

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