I am scheduled for February 18th. I will be first in. Wow, this process takes forever.

On 01/22/2019 at 15:56, Greg White said:

This is so exciting. I have my date for Feb 5th and I am getting myself prepared. I have my gym membership going and I am actually going. I am getting my routine down so that when I have those 2 weeks post-op I can really make the most out of them

When do you start your pre op diet?

Welcome to the Feb club!

6 hours ago, ldawn said:

7 hours ago, Greg White said:

This is so exciting. I have my date for Feb 5th and I am getting myself prepared. I have my gym membership going and I am actually going. I am getting my routine down so that when I have those 2 weeks post-op I can really make the most out of them

When do you start your pre op diet?

I started today so it’s day 2 now

Feb 13th here! I start my liquid diet on Jan 30. So excited/nervous!!

On 1/19/2019 at 3:20 AM, TheMarine79 said:

Sleeveless, I have the same date for my surgery. February 18

Great! I have a sleeve buddiversary?. I’m looking forward to the changes 2019 brings. I’ll post a quarterly timeline starting with 2018, pre-op day, June, Oct and Feb 2020 for 1 yr anniversary. I meet with Nutritionist for pre-op diet instructions next week. I don’t think I will do liquid diet right away since there will be about over two weeks before surgery date though. If I lose too much, may interfere with insurance qualifications.

Edited January 23, 20197 yr by SleevelessinAK

I understand where you are coming from

I got my preop diet after talking with the dietician on the phone. Two weeks prior I have to cut out dairy, sugar, and carbs. I can eat as much meat and veggies throughout the days

So my surgery is scheduled for February 7th...
I’m new to this site, but I look forward to hearing about all of your experiences.

Congrats I have my surgery Feb 6 ... I am from Boston

Just did my nutrition class and pre admit testing today surgery date Feb 13th pre op diet starts Feb 6th

Same day as me BigBari!

2 hours ago, TheMarine79 said:

I got my preop diet after talking with the dietician on the phone. Two weeks prior I have to cut out dairy, sugar, and carbs. I can eat as much meat and veggies throughout the days

That's amazing. I guess all surgeons have different requirements. I have to be on a complete all-liquid diet 10 days before surgery. Its gonna be hard!

Forgot to mention the ladt 2 days is liquid diet

Hi hi hi February buddies!

So I had my last meeting with my surgeon pre-op earlier this week... we're all go for the 15th (that'll be the 14th your time--as we're ahead here in NZ). He's put me first on the list because of anxiety, so it'll be nice to get it out of the way early!

I had a misstep and a half-day "break" from my pre-emptive pre-op diet. Said goodbye to a few delicious carby things. Surgeon said 2 weeks of Opti, Dietician said three... doesn't matter much, as I'm back on it now anyway. 10kgs down, and after my day off earlier this week I'm back to losing!

I don't know if anyone here is doing Optifast or powdered shakes... but I thought I'd share a few tips and tricks I've learned over the past couple weeks:

• Make up chocolate shakes with coffee, or orange low-calorie cordial/juice for different flavours.
• Make up vanilla shakes with tea, and/or 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp each of nutmeg and ginger for 'chai' and 'vanilla spice' flavours.
• Make up low-cal jelly with half as much water, cool it down, and whizz it up (while it's still liquid) with an ice-cold shake to make a 'flummery' style pudding.
• Make up low-cal jelly with half to quarter as much water and set in a tray. Cut up into small pieces and add to shakes or tea to get a kind of 'bubble tea'.
• It's summer over here, but I'm loving making spicy roasted eggplant soup, roasted tomato soup, and zucchini noodles in homemade tomato sauce for my 2c vegetable allowance!
• Above all, keep tea and coffee and other mixers in the fridge! And try to stay away from artificial sweeteners as much as possible... diet coke and low-cal cordials in large quantities give me killer carb cravings!

Anyways, I hope this might help... if not, sorry for tantalizing you with food talk! ?

Emzbee,

Congrats on a date! You will be going two days ahead of me. Thanks for all the great liquid-diet ideas. I know I will need them come February 3 when I start my all-liquid diet. So, just curious, how long has the process been in NZ? For me in the States, it took about 4-5 months once I had my first visit with the surgeon. Is it longer is NZ? Are you required to lose a certain amount of weight prior to being accepted for surgery? I ask because I am wondering how the program works in other countries. I'm fascinated by how different it is depending on who you have as a surgeon. Some folks, I understand, don't even have to go on a pre-op diet, or maybe just a 24-hour one. You live in my favorite country, by the way. ?

How is everyone doing?

Today is Friday, been on liquids since Monday. Much better now than in the beginning. My stomach is not happy today. I’m out of my favorite protein flavors until delivery on Tuesday. I think a revolt is being staged w my stomach leading the way.