2 weeks of a liquid diet and Surgery on the 18th. need to stock up on a few more things that i have coming from bariatricpal, need to hit up a dispensary (high CBD to low THC stuff) and get some pain medication as well just incase.

So much fun! Where's the sugar free jello?

1 hour ago, BypassingMyPhatAss said:

So much fun! Where's the sugar free Jello?

i hate jello lmao. it gets old very quick. Need to get me some popsicles tho Spending my first day on a boat fishing off the coast of Florida haha. gotta keep distracted

Haha fair enough!

Catch me some grouper while you're out there!

Are the Carnation Breakfast and Frosted Flakes drinks sugar free? I've never seen those brands sugar free! Or are you allowed to have sugar on your liquid diet?

1 hour ago, lizonaplane said:

Are the Carnation Breakfast and Frosted Flakes drinks sugar free? I've never seen those brands sugar free! Or are you allowed to have sugar on your liquid diet?

No they have sugar and the shakes the bariatric center provided also have sugar. They said sugar is fine on the pre op liquid diet. Just not more than the shakes have.

22 minutes ago, liveaboard15 said:

No they have sugar and the shakes the bariatric center provided also have sugar. They said sugar is fine on the pre op liquid diet. Just not more than the shakes have.

Wow, we were told to avoid carbs during pre-op to shrink the liver. We were allowed to have solid food, but no carbs/sugar. It's so ridiculous how different surgery centers have completely different plans.

8 minutes ago, lizonaplane said:

Wow, we were told to avoid carbs during pre-op to shrink the liver. We were allowed to have solid food, but no carbs/sugar. It's so ridiculous how different surgery centers have completely different plans.

So the funny part is we were told specifically not to avoid carbs. That we should not use premier protein or fairlife because those have almost no carbs. After surgery then to avoid sugar and carbs. This picture was part of the pre op class we had to take.

So what protein shakes does your team recommend after surgery? The same ones or lower carb/higher protein shakes?

23 minutes ago, BypassingMyPhatAss said:

So what Protein Shakes does your team recommend after surgery? The same ones or lower carb/higher Protein shakes?

correct. Premier protein, fairlife and as for mixing my own they said to use isopure Isolate protein powder that the isolate absorbs better. Its currently 12:30pm and i am starving lol and this is only day 1 ugh... I need a punching bag to get thru these two weeks lol

3 minutes ago, liveaboard15 said:

correct. Premier Protein, fairlife and as for mixing my own they said to use Isopure Isolate Protein Powder that the isolate absorbs better. Its currently 12:30pm and i am starving lol and this is only day 1 ugh... I need a punching bag to get thru these two weeks lol

It gets easier. After a few days your body adapts to fewer calories. My first pre op diet was the most difficult, the second one was easier. I'll let you know how the third goes in a few weeks, lol.

I am a Keto diet veteran (for my sins lol) and have an electronic blood sugar meter at home. And I eat carbs pre and post op and I'm still in ketosis. Reality is, on a VLC diet you're likely to be in liver shrinking ketosis no matter how much of your diet is composed of carbs. A bottle of that Kellogg's stuff is 41g carbs of which 15g sugars. I mean the second ingredient is glucose Syrup so I wouldn't make it a lifestyle choice but even so, you'll still shrink your liver with 2 of those a day.