Hey everyone my liquid diet starts March 16th please let me know what worked for You guys

I"m starting mine on the 16th also! My sleeve surgery date is the 30th! I don't have any real advice yet obviously, but I am going to go shopping this weekend to get a bunch of premier protein, a variety of broths and some jello. It seems like that is going to be the extent of it! I'm so so so nervous but so excited to be getting closer!

I’m on day 4 of the pre-op liquid diet. I don’t want to scare you, but to manage your expectations, know it’s hard.

I have two Premier Protein shakes a day (sometimes I mix two flavors for variety).

Jello I got tons of variety, all sugar free of course. I have 10 calorie Jello brand, 5 calorie Snack Pack, and 5 calorie Winky (40 minute trip to Walmart to find these). The nice thing about snack pack is you don’t have to store them in the fridge. I bought a case of them and put them in the fridge as needed. Winky has several flavors in each package which I like.

Sugar free popsicles.

Broth... lots of flavors! Low sodium chicken, vegetable, Trader Joe’s Miso Ginger (my favorite), Pho (tasted terrible but makes me nauseous and less hungry)

Bone Broth: Swanson sipping broths are fantastic! They are easy to drink from their own package and how I get additional protein. They have lemon rosemary, Chinese 5 Spice, tumerick, etc. It’s a nice break from all of the sweets. Highly recommend.

Yesterday when I was freaking out about being hungry the nutritionist suggested eating ice chips. I blended my protein shake with ice once so that I could eat it with a spoon like ice cream. That was more filling. But, then I had an idea... snow cones!!! I have a snow cone maker for shaved ice. I also have zero calorie, sugar free snow cone syrups which the nutritionist approved, I was in heaven!!!!

im not a fan of Crystal Light, but that’s another option.

Good luck!!!

I am on day 11 of my pre-op diet. It has been tough for sure. My recommendations are to get a variety of protein shake flavors, depending on what you like. Also get some savory options; I am SOOO tired of sweet things so broth has really helped. I'm also allowed to have tomato juice, so I have a serving of that everyday. I would say I mostly live on actual liquids - I eat about 1 serving of jello a day and I don't really eat many popsicles (mostly because I'm tired of everything sweet). I would also recommend getting some unflavored protein powder to add to your broth. I use Genepro. I also haven't minded the Unjury chicken soup flavor.

4 hours ago, Jennie4315 said:

Hey everyone my liquid diet starts March 16th please let me know what worked for You guys

Mine diet was a liver shrinking for 14 days which was mostly meats and veggies and then a liquid diet for two days. During the liver shrinking diet I ate ALOT if pickles because they were allowed unlimited and during the two day liquid diet I had protein shakes and found that they actually filled me up. I did feel like I wanted to chew so I had the allowed Jello for each meal or a fudge sickle which I was also allowed three of each day. All in all it wasn’t too bad. I expected to be starving but I was not at all. I know I got far more anxious than necessary about the pre op diet as if you just do you shake and then do something to distract yourself I know I felt full enough like I had consumed a meal.

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1 hour ago, Jnfinney said:

I am on day 11 of my pre-op diet. It has been tough for sure. My recommendations are to get a variety of Protein Shake flavors, depending on what you like. Also get some savory options; I am SOOO tired of sweet things so broth has really helped. I'm also allowed to have Tomato juice, so I have a serving of that everyday. I would say I mostly live on actual liquids - I eat about 1 serving of Jello a day and I don't really eat many popsicles (mostly because I'm tired of everything sweet). I would also recommend getting some unflavored Protein Powder to add to your broth. I use GENEPRO. I also haven't minded the Unjury chicken Soup flavor.

I’m with you... only day four and tired of sweet.

The pre-op liquid diet wasn't so bad for me it was the post-op liquid diet and all the mental hunger where I struggled and I was on a liquid diet for 5 weeks total. Most people are on it for two to three weeks. But my surgeon was very strict

@victoriaciminelli111 I am actually really scared to be on liquids for another 2 weeks after surgery because I'm already so over it. I honestly just miss having anything solid at a meal time... I am actually counting down the days until I can have pureed food at this point. I would eat the most bland, unappetizing foods just to have something solid if I could.

Are you drinking the premier protein shakes? Sometimes you can freeze those and they're almost like ice cream and they technically are still liquid

Just now, victoriaciminelli111 said:

Are you drinking the Premier Protein shakes? Sometimes you can freeze those and they're almost like ice cream and they technically are still liquid

I have been doing Fairlife nutrition plan shakes... and I had never thought of doing that! I think I might try it!

1 hour ago, Jnfinney said:

@victoriaciminelli111 I am actually really scared to be on liquids for another 2 weeks after surgery because I'm already so over it. I honestly just miss having anything solid at a meal time... I am actually counting down the days until I can have pureed food at this point. I would eat the most bland, unappetizing foods just to have something solid if I could.

DITTO!!!

For me it helped to freeze the shakes because it felt like icecream. Especially the chocolate or strawberry ones.

20 hours ago, newyorklady20 said:

I"m starting mine on the 16th also! My sleeve surgery date is the 30th! I don't have any real advice yet obviously, but I am going to go shopping this weekend to get a bunch of Premier Protein, a variety of broths and some Jello. It seems like that is going to be the extent of it! I'm so so so nervous but so excited to be getting closer!

Yes the same with me March 30th.. I did go get some protein shakes and some powder I feel like this will be the hardest part lol.. I’m super excited to get it done.. I’m actually so excited I’m not even scared I just want it so bad. But I will think of you that day and keep you in my prayers. It’ll be neat to reach out to you after we are out of surgery.. ttys ?

19 hours ago, HeatherE said:

I’m on day 4 of the pre-op liquid diet. I don’t want to scare you, but to manage your expectations, know it’s hard.

I have two Premier Protein shakes a day (sometimes I mix two flavors for variety).

Jello I got tons of variety, all sugar free of course. I have 10 calorie Jello brand, 5 calorie snack Pack, and 5 calorie Winky (40 minute trip to Walmart to find these). The nice thing about snack pack is you don’t have to store them in the fridge. I bought a case of them and put them in the fridge as needed. Winky has several flavors in each package which I like.

Sugar free popsicles.

Broth... lots of flavors! Low sodium chicken, vegetable, Trader Joe’s Miso Ginger (my favorite), Pho (tasted terrible but makes me nauseous and less hungry)

Bone Broth: Swanson sipping broths are fantastic! They are easy to drink from their own package and how I get additional Protein. They have lemon rosemary, Chinese 5 Spice, tumerick, etc. It’s a nice break from all of the sweets. Highly recommend.

Yesterday when I was freaking out about being hungry the nutritionist suggested eating ice chips. I blended my Protein Shake with ice once so that I could eat it with a spoon like ice cream. That was more filling. But, then I had an idea... snow cones!!! I have a snow cone maker for shaved ice. I also have zero calorie, sugar free snow cone syrups which the nutritionist approved, I was in heaven!!!!

im not a fan of Crystal Light, but that’s another option.

Good luck!!!

Thank you so much for all the advice..I’m definitely going to look into it today when I go shopping for more stuff.

6 minutes ago, Jennie4315 said:

Yes the same with me March 30th.. I did go get some Protein Shakes and some powder I feel like this will be the hardest part lol.. I’m super excited to get it done.. I’m actually so excited I’m not even scared I just want it so bad. But I will think of you that day and keep you in my prayers. It’ll be neat to reach out to you after we are out of surgery.. ttys ?

yeah the excitement for the surgery is definitely what got me through the pre-op liquid diet it was the post-op liquid diet that I really struggled with

On 3/12/2021 at 5:48 AM, Jennie4315 said:

Thank you so much for all the advice..I’m definitely going to look into it today when I go shopping for more stuff.

Absolutely! About one week into the liquid diet.. it’s still hard, but not as impossible as the first four days were.

i tried Muscle Milk 100 calorie shakes. I was excited since I could have three instead of two... until I tasted it. The taste an lingering aftertaste were just gross. Two dips into it, I decided it wasn’t worth it.

I tracked down the highly touted Farlife Nutrition Plan shakes on sale now at Costco. These are the best. They’re not as sweet as the Premier Protein which I was told may be preferable post surgery. It tastes like chocolate milk. Sending my husband back today and a couple other days this week to get the limit of four items. At $5 off, they were a steal.

Broth had been my saving grace. On my quest to find more flavors, I came across Good and Gather Soup Starters, I tried the Ramen and it had a ton of flavor. Excited to track down the other flavors we took a field trip from the DC area all the way to Baltimore suburbs to track down the Tuscan and Tortilla varieties of the chicken broth. It was worth the drive!!! I tried the Tuscan last night and it had so much flavor I felt like I had actually eaten a meal! I sent an email to the nutritionist to confirm on Monday that it’s fine to continue with. It’s a clear broth, I just felt guilty having something with so much flavor. The Mexican one is 5 calories. Best of luck to you! You’ve got this!!!