Call me crazy but I am practicing for my liquid pre op diet. My doctor requires a two week liquid diet pre operatively. The list says no fruit or yogurt?. I don’t want to go into the two weeks cold and set myself up for cheats and extreme bitchiness. Has anyone prepped for the liquid diet by doing a few days here and there leading up to surgery?

I just discovered that peppermint tea is an awesome appetite suppressant! I have been drinking it in place of coffee in the morning to cut back on calories (heavy cream) and caffeine. Late into the morning I wasn’t feeling hungry and was shocked. It was the tea.

The test runs did prepare me for the pre op diet. I am on day 5 and doing well. I have been able to not be hungry and extra cranky. I have been low energy and my sleep has been off but aside from that things are going well.