I’m into my pre op diet, good thing I started on Friday. Today, I’m tired and have been resting. They said it should only last a few days. Can someone tell me their experience with pre op diet. Strangely enough, I have not been hungry. Drinking premier protein 3X’s a day, water, and broth.

1 minute ago, angie_is_losing_it said:

Thank you so much!! This totally helps!!!

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You are welcome! Good luck!

I'm on day two of 14 day preop liquid diet to shrink my liver. The meal replacements I take are from my doctor's office (New Direction brand from Robard) and have 27g Protein and 200 cals each. I have 4 each day for 800 calories. It's not as bad as I thought it would be, so far. On Friday my BMI was 43.x and he thought I could get my BMI to around 40 before surgery on the 12th.

It's interesting how all preop plans seem so different. I suppose each doctor has reasons for each patient as to what the protocol will be.

Good luck!

On 2/24/2019 at 5:08 AM, Girly51 said:

I’m into my pre op diet, good thing I started on Friday. Today, I’m tired and have been resting. They said it should only last a few days. Can someone tell me their experience with pre op diet. Strangely enough, I have not been hungry. Drinking Premier Protein 3X’s a day, Water, and broth.

Most people I know in Australia go on a pre-op diet of 2-4 weeks just liquid protein using VLCD optifast shakes that's it..

3 hours ago, TeeBeau said:

I'm on day two of 14 day preop liquid diet to shrink my liver. The Meal Replacements I take are from my doctor's office (New Direction brand from Robard) and have 27g Protein and 200 cals each. I have 4 each day for 800 calories. It's not as bad as I thought it would be, so far. On Friday my BMI was 43.x and he thought I could get my BMI to around 40 before surgery on the 12th.

It's interesting how all preop plans seem so different. I suppose each doctor has reasons for each patient as to what the protocol will be.

Good luck!

I'm also on day 2 of Robard with New Directions and aside from the bar I haven't liked anything. I'm not getting in all of my protein by far as I can't finish most of the shakes/soups. Thank goodness I can have sugar free jello... its been my saving grace. I get 2 shakes, 1 soup and a bar a day (760 calories)

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17 hours ago, DelawareWoman said:

I'm also on day 2 of Robard with New Directions and aside from the bar I haven't liked anything. I'm not getting in all of my Protein by far as I can't finish most of the shakes/soups. Thank goodness I can have sugar free jello... its been my saving grace. I get 2 shakes, 1 Soup and a bar a day (760 calories)

Oh you do get more variety than I do. I can't have any bars or other foods, just the shakes/soups. I was on a modified version of New Direction diet (1 or 2 meal replacements per day plus 1 or 2 grocery meals) for my six month doctor supervised diet leading up to this point. That gave me the option to try many different things and figure out what I like. I don't like most of the puddings unless I mix with twice as much water for more of a shake consistency. I like the chocolate with fiber, the mixed berry, the pineapple apricot, and tortilla soup the best. I do mix all the drinks with more water than the directions call for--it cuts the sweetness for me. I also mix the soup with less water as I prefer the consistency better.

I keep telling myself It's not forever. It's temporary. I can drink these temporarily and eventually I'll be able to eat healthy food (in small portions) again.

Hang in there. I hope you find a flavor that's tolerable for you.

1 hour ago, TeeBeau said:

Oh you do get more variety than I do. I can't have any bars or other foods, just the shakes/soups. I was on a modified version of New Direction diet (1 or 2 Meal Replacements per day plus 1 or 2 grocery meals) for my six month doctor supervised diet leading up to this point. That gave me the option to try many different things and figure out what I like. I don't like most of the puddings unless I mix with twice as much Water for more of a shake consistency. I like the chocolate with Fiber, the mixed berry, the pineapple apricot, and tortilla Soup the best. I do mix all the drinks with more water than the directions call for--it cuts the sweetness for me. I also mix the soup with less water as I prefer the consistency better.

I keep telling myself It's not forever. It's temporary. I can drink these temporarily and eventually I'll be able to eat healthy food (in small portions) again.

Hang in there. I hope you find a flavor that's tolerable for you.

I only get meal replacements or broth or jello. The only soups are cream of chicken, cheesy broccoli or tomato. I have 4 or 5 flavors of shakes/puddings and 3-4 types of bars. I had the mixed berry this morning. I drank half then started to gag. I'm half tempted to have premier protein or fair life instead. 12 more days of these and I might not need surgery. LOL I'm down 6 pounds this week. I just started this diet. I don't have pineapple apricot. I have chocolate, chocolate mint(pudding/shake), mixed berry, hot cocoa and strawberry. For bars I have Fudge Graham, cinnamon, caramel cocoa, smores, double berry and vanilla caramel. The foaming really gets to me in the shakes/puddings.

My friend did optifast and her surgery was 2/13. She's just starting purees today. She has ricotta bake and pureed meatballs. I'm so jealous.

I’m getting hungry reading this thread! Ha! I’m on a clear liquid only pre-op diet so no shakes even! ? Basically sugar free jello/popsicles, broth, diluted 100%fruit juices, and protein water. I add unflavored protein powder to the broth to get enough in. I simmer the broth with onions, pepper and a tad of cumin and strain the onions out. Not bad! But BOY do I want a shake. Haha

On 02/28/2019 at 13:37, Neely said:

I’m getting hungry reading this thread! Ha! I’m on a clear liquid only pre-op diet so no shakes even! ? Basically sugar free jello/popsicles, broth, diluted 100%fruit juices, and Protein Water. I add unflavored Protein Powder to the broth to get enough in. I simmer the broth with onions, pepper and a tad of cumin and strain the onions out. Not bad! But BOY do I want a shake. Haha

This is almost identical to what mine was. I never knew there was a difference between clear liquid diet and full liquid diet which I had to do for my first week post op.
Yea, I got to where I’d only watch things I had DVR’d because of all the darn food commercials! You got this though! It’ll be here before you know it

Hi ladies, I had my sleeve surgery 2 days ago, and have been extremely nauseous. The thought of another protein shake makes me want to throw up. However, the thought of sugar free popsicles sounds amazing. I did have 3 sugar free popsicles, but read I should only have shakes for a week. Has anyone else does this? Of course I'm scared now. I feel fine though

2 minutes ago, Ks1983 said:

Hi ladies, I had my sleeve surgery 2 days ago, and have been extremely nauseous. The thought of another Protein Shake makes me want to throw up. However, the thought of sugar free popsicles sounds amazing. I did have 3 sugar free popsicles, but read I should only have shakes for a week. Has anyone else does this? Of course I'm scared now. I feel fine though

I had my surgery on Monday and my surgeon has me on clear liquids for 7 days, then on to shakes, and protein soups etc. I don't think I'm ready for anything thicker. I just want to give my stomach time to heal. Best wishes on your recovery.

On 02/28/2019 at 14:46, Ks1983 said:

Hi ladies, I had my sleeve surgery 2 days ago, and have been extremely nauseous. The thought of another Protein Shake makes me want to throw up. However, the thought of sugar free popsicles sounds amazing. I did have 3 sugar free popsicles, but read I should only have shakes for a week. Has anyone else does this? Of course I'm scared now. I feel fine though

Have you tried protein water? They were a life saver that week (as well as the SF popsicles!!). They did become way too sweet for me by the end of that week though.