I’m a week away from surgery and this liquid diet is rough!!!

Hang in there. It’s well worth it. ?

Evangeline.....I think you need something to distract you. During my "liquid diet" which is not really a liquid diet because you can east one meal at night, correct? The protein shakes should help a lot to quell the hunger and if you start to feel like you are hungry, which you are probably not hungry for real, go for a walk or something to take your mind off it. You should be seeing some weight fall off and that should motivate you. I am rarely hungry and more. The first sign of what feels like hunger I have a glass of water or clear protein drink and it seems to pass pretty quickly. You have to get over the "hunger" or you will be fighting this forever and it will not work. Unfortunately, the surgery is not a magic bullet and if you do not show willpower and control of your "hunger" you are going to lose it and gain it right back. Scroll through all the many posts on this forum and you will see just that. The people who are struggling with the weight are the people who focus on eating and hunger. Without tackling that, the new "tool", your sleeve or bypass will not work properly. A good screwdriver only works if you use it properly. If you do not, you strip the screw head and are in a worse position than before.

Hey Evangeline, I'm in in my pre-op diet phase, too. Surgery 10/1. Started pre-op diet on Friday, so today is Day 3. Day 1 went ok, but Day 2 OMG!!!! I woke up with horrific headache, was jittery and had hunger pains most of the day. Better today though and plan to stick it out.

I think Tony is right about keeping ourselves distracted so I intend to do that. I get 1 light meal a day in addition to the 2 protein shakes and hope you do, too. Best of luck to you!

Let's Keep Our Eyes on That Prize!!!!

22 hours ago, Lulu728 said:

Hey Evangeline, I'm in in my pre-op diet phase, too. Surgery 10/1. Started pre-op diet on Friday, so today is Day 3. Day 1 went ok, but Day 2 OMG!!!! I woke up with horrific headache, was jittery and had hunger pains most of the day. Better today though and plan to stick it out.

I think Tony is right about keeping ourselves distracted so I intend to do that. I get 1 light meal a day in addition to the 2 Protein Shakes and hope you do, too. Best of luck to you!

Let's Keep Our Eyes on That Prize!!!!

Good luck!!

23 hours ago, Lulu728 said:

Hey Evangeline, I'm in in my pre-op diet phase, too. Surgery 10/1. Started pre-op diet on Friday, so today is Day 3. Day 1 went ok, but Day 2 OMG!!!! I woke up with horrific headache, was jittery and had hunger pains most of the day. Better today though and plan to stick it out.

I think Tony is right about keeping ourselves distracted so I intend to do that. I get 1 light meal a day in addition to the 2 Protein Shakes and hope you do, too. Best of luck to you!

Let's Keep Our Eyes on That Prize!!!!

Well, I’m in a holding pattern now. My surgery has been canceled until the Covid numbers trend downward more.

Oh no!

On 9/20/2021 at 1:22 PM, Evangeline1205 said:

Well, I’m in a holding pattern now. My surgery has been canceled until the Covid numbers trend downward more.

OMG! I am SO SO sorry!!! I have a covid test on Tuesday, but so far all systems go for surgery on Friday. I just don't know what to say other than I know how I'd feel if they called me right now to cancel....MAD, DISAPPOINTED, SAD...and then I'd probably go eat something like a huge bowl of ice cream!!!!

Liquid diet has been very rough. I agree, I spoke to the team and they said I wasn't get enough protein with the soups I made so I brought some protein shakes and it has got better but I really REALLY cannot wait for the next stages!!

On 9/20/2021 at 2:22 PM, Evangeline1205 said:

Well, I’m in a holding pattern now. My surgery has been canceled until the Covid numbers trend downward more.

I'm so sorry this happened to you! That was one of my biggest fears going through this process, as I kept hearing it was happening to others. I hope you are able to get back on track and use this time to practice post-op life a bit and that your surgery will be rescheduled soon!!!! Good luck!