Greetings, I received my surgery date in mid December. It took about four weeks with the Thanksgiving holiday to get approval from my insurance company. My pre-op diet is not a full liquid diet thankfully. There is an emphasis on protein shakes, but I am also allowed to have hard boiled eggs, low fat yogurt, fruit, and frozen meals such as Lean Cuisine, etc. I will have to stop having decaf coffee as of the 31st as I drink it with milk, though I can have decaf tea with stevia.

I haven't lost a ton of weight previous to this, but I have done a good job cutting out sugar and caffeine. The holidays were a little touch and go but they are over now. I know it will all be challenging, and I am a bit nervous about surgery (who wouldn't be), but for me with two bone on bone knees, I am out of options and the pros outweigh the cons. So I am ready.

My surgery is at Newton-Wellesley Hospital with Dr. Chahal. Impressed with the program and care team so far.

May everything go WELL for you.

Congrats! Mine is Jan 7th. I've been officially on diet since Christmas eve, but truthfully I'm always under 40 grams of carbs for past year so technically been on it the whole time. My preop is just stay under 40 grams. Liquid diet 24 hours the day before.

Congrats on getting a date! We're surgery twins ? I started my pre-op diet yesterday. It was supposed to be 14 days, but my first day would have been on Christmas and my surgeon didn't think that was fair. I also get to eat food during my pre-op diet.

Best of luck to you. It's the best decision I've made. This has helped my knees and back.

Keep up the good work.

Thanks for the kind welcome. When I get a chance, I will fill out the profile part about weight, etc. I don't know all the numbers right now. I am looking forward to less stress on my joints as I suffer from chronic back and knee pain. I thank God that I am not diabetic, though a high A1C earlier this year spurred me to cut back on carbs and sugar. Now the A1C is normal, and I hope to get it even lower. I have been a lifelong member of WW and I have eaten healthy for many years, but too much healthy food is obviously a problem for me! Only my WW leader knows I am getting this surgery, and she is very supportive. The meetings are the most important part of WW and I hope to attend more support groups at the hospital once I am cleared to drive and work again. My therapist is also on board to support me. So I feel very blessed.

Will be saying goodbye to coffee on Tuesday for at least 6 months. I got used to decaf and so this will be a bit tough for me. Just one of those habits that becomes ingrained. They told me decaf tea is OK, so that is a good thing. I feel like these last few days before the pre-op diet kicks in are a kind of farewell.

Looking forward and trying to shed old habits will be a big challenge. Glad to have this community.

I also quit coffee. It's been 7 days. I am sober from alcohol 13 months. Quit smoking 1 year ago and now coffee. Coffee has been the hardest! No caffiene or coffee in 7 days...I really wanted one today.

I agree about the caffeine. Way harder than sugar for me. It took about a week before the withdrawal symptoms disappeared and now I have plenty of energy, but that first week was all about headaches and fatigue.

I still haven’t gone back to caffeine- and don’t miss it ?

You’ll do great!

I snuck a bit of diet coke last night. We moved yesterday and I had 18,000 steps in I was so drained from jt and limited food. And of course, no weight loss this am.

because I ate this way before, I am barely losing on this preop diet

On the second day of the pre-op diet. The first day went well and I wasn't hungry. Today is a different story. Even though I had lunch 90 minutes ago, I am already counting the minutes until I can have a snack. Is this a normal reaction when you are used to a larger volume of food? Also bummed that my fruit is limited to once a day. The lack of fiber is not helping matters is all I can say. Also finding I am so thirsty. Drank five cups of decaf green tea already and a ton of water. That is another thing, to always feel thirsty because I am not getting the hydration I am used to from fruit.