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I started my pre op diet on the 30th and I’ve been doing sooo darn good even lost 6 lbs already! Then tonight after one hell of a day at work my girlfriend left pb&j out on the counter so what do I do? Make my self one since she’s sleeping and can’t yell at me my surgery is on the 7th. I’m so scared I just ruined everything and I want to just puke

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Oye. Tons of carbs and sugar in a PB and J...and the whole point of your diet is super carb restriction so your liver can shrink and be safer in surgery. :(

Truthfully? I might actually consider puking for real in that situation.

Not a great choice.

For anyone else considering cheating on pre-op diet....cheat with protien or non starchy veggies. NOT CARBS. Otherwise, you've just shot yourself in the foot.

Better yet...don't cheat.

I know it sucks, but don't sabotage yourself!

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Shelby, you'll probably be ok...but for the love of Pete...don't sabotage yourself again.

Surgeons have been known to close you up and refuse to do your surgery if your liver hasn't shrunk.

Not saying this will happen to you....but it's worth doing everything in your power to comply and not mess with this one. This is a real safety concern. Eating PB and J on impulse when you know it's gonna make your liver swell up again...is crazy. It's dangerous and self destructive.

No carbs means no carbs.

I understand being naughty and cheating...everyone eventually does.....but yeesh....your surgery is on the line. No rebellion is worth playing with fire this close to surgery.

You'll probably get away with your indiscretion...but you have no wiggle room left. Zero. Time to be a model patient.

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4 hours ago, Shelby821 said:

I want to just puke

I hope you did end up vomiting. It would have helped protect the space around your liver.

The temptation must have been horrible but I do hope you have not sabotaged your surgery. It'd be a real tragedy to have the surgeon pull out now or up to the op time.

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I'm leaning toward the view that you know it wasn't a good choice, you shouldn't do it again, and you'll probably be fine. There is a lot of variation in the pre-op diet programs, though I don't think any of them allow high-carb foods. Still, be good and good luck.

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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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