Anyone else here having to do a two week diet before there surgery and if so how’s it going for you ?

I had to do a 4 week optifast diet before surgery. The worst part was the first 4 days. It got a little easier after that. Try and drink as much liquid as you can hold. It helps.

Good luck and hang in there!

The two week liquid diet is harder than the actual surgery

HW: 256
SW: 238(4/25/18)
CW: 226
GW: 165

It’s going pretty bad lol


Yo-Yo Girl from New York City

I am on day 4 of mine now. Based on everything I have seen and heard, I expected it to be hell. Maybe going in expecting the worst helped me, but I feel pretty okay. The first two days were challenging because I felt like I was getting the flu. I slept about 10 hours the second night and that really helped. I feel fairly normal now, just weak.

I started incorporating shakes before the pre op diet to get used to them as meal replacements so the physical hunger is not really getting to me. The mental struggle is SUPER real though. I feel like all I do is think about food and how I can't have it right now. I have found myself almost heading towards grabbing a snack or a bite of something and freak out. I am realizing how much of a habit food has become. Hopefully my new normal sinks in soon, because this is frustrating.

It really hard especially making food for my family and me not being able to eat it I don’t mind the shakes but it just my stomach and my mind telling me I need and want solid food lol I feel sick to my stomach I hope this goes away .

I started my pre-op diet on May 11th, for some reason my doctor wants me to do it for 3 weeks! I'm one week in, some days I feel like I can change the world, other days I don't have it in me to change my clothes. It's made me very aware of how often I turn to food for everything; when I'm REALLY wanting to just say eff it all I start to go into mild panic attacks thinking of how I may never get to eat my favorite ice cream again, then I feel embarrassed for feeling such attachment to food. In order to cope with all of my emotions I have to keep busy, do the dishes, fold the infinite pile of laundry; I recently started trying to garden, right now it's just digging up weeds but getting dirty and sweaty and feeling sore the next day really feels good, like I really DID something. I'm a lot of things but strong-willed has never been one of them, its been hard but my advice to anyone for what it's worth is to just keep busy, don't give your mind a chance to wander on its own and start thinking of all the things that are triggers for us.

Thank you I will definitely try to stay busy keep my mind off food and in the long run I got to think this is worth it I can’t wait to have my surgery it just 10 more days away.

Im on day 7 of a two week liquid diet, its going ok. Not great, not terrible. Its mostly a mind game. Drinking lots of water helps me, so far I've lost 9lbs. So ready for surgery May 29th. Good luck to us all keep us posted on your progress.

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My surgery is tomorrow and I’m so hungry.. I decided today I’ll have as many protein shakes as I need to not be hungry. I’m only supposed to have 5 but I may need another 2. My cravings are also out of control, I’m dying for pizza with pepperoni and cheesy fries with wings and a cold soda with ice.


Yo-Yo Girl from New York City

Yo yo girl the only thing i have been craving is a jalapeno popper with cheese. That's it, theres a place here in tulsa that has the best. I want one so bad

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Yo yo girl the only thing i have been craving is a jalapeno popper with cheese. That's it, theres a place here in tulsa that has the best. I want one so bad

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Welp.. now I want that too [emoji28]


Yo-Yo Girl from New York City

I’m on my second day of my liquid diet so far so good my surgery just 5 days away does anybody know are you allowed to have cream of chicken soup as long as you strained it first ? I have not ate any but would love it if I could

??‍♀️ day 5 for me. Surgery next Thursday

Im not allowed any soup at all.. i wish. Lol

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PCOSSUCKS good luck ?