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So miserable with pre-op diet

jultrim18

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jultrim18    132

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It is the second day of my pre-op diet. I can have three Protein Shakes, chicken broth, jell-o, ice pops, yogurt, and calorie free drinks. I am currently starving and miserable. I really need some encouragement. Surgery is on Friday. I am just so sad and want food 😭😭😭

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Trust me on this, IT IS TOTALLY WORTH IT! I don’t like to make promises, but THIS I can promise you. Six months post-surgery and I have absolutely NO regrets. I’ve dropped 75 pounds and EVERYTHING about my life has changed for the better. Stay the course until your surgery and you will be so happy that you did!

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jultrim18    132

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4 minutes ago, MyMojosBack said:

Trust me on this, IT IS TOTALLY WORTH IT! I don’t like to make promises, but THIS I can promise you. Six months post-surgery and I have absolutely NO regrets. I’ve dropped 75 pounds and EVERYTHING about my life has changed for the better. Stay the course until your surgery and you will be so happy that you did!

I do believe you, but at the moment I am so miserable and want Pasta and bread and pizza. I hate myself so much, but food definitely does make me so happy. I miss being skinny and fit, but this is just sooo hard. The only reason I am sticking with it is because I am so scared of the surgery. Do you still have food cravings?

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1 hour ago, jultrim18 said:

It is the second day of my pre-op diet. I can have three Protein Shakes, chicken broth, jell-o, ice pops, yogurt, and calorie free drinks. I am currently starving and miserable. I really need some encouragement. Surgery is on Friday. I am just so sad and want food 😭😭😭

Try Pep talking to yourself in the mirror, seriously. Remind yourself why you are doing it. "Ok, body I need you to hit ketosis/ketogenesis so that the fat around my liver disappears making surgery safer, we can do this!"

It works, every time I was hungry preop I did this ( I was even required to do the preop diet but I was scared so I did it anyways)

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The first few days is the hardest, it does get easier. sugar free ice pops help with having something to crunch on when the cravings get bad. It's mind over matter, try to distract yourself. I cleaned out closets to keep busy at one point during my pre-op diet, and I tried to just go to bed early when I could because night time is my worst snack craving time. When you get to your surgery day, you will look back and be glad you're at the next phase, and you'll probably be a few pounds lighter and on your way to your goal!

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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

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        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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