I'm two months out from surgery and I was thinking about doing some test trials with the liquid pre-op diet to see what works and what doesn't. Has anyone tried to do this and what were your results? Did it make it easier when it came time to do it for reals?

Do you even have to do one (many do not) and you are assuming by other posts that you do? Many programs that do them tend to wait until the last minute to tell their patients (for fear of scaring them off, understandably.) Some programs specifically don't want their patients doing any of those fasting diets, preferring that they concentrate on learning how to eat sensibly.

If you do need to do one, then yes, playing with different protein shakes to find one that you like, or at least tolerate, is a good idea, but it's not worth going overboard on it. If liver shrinking/condition is their goal (it usually is) then simple low carb will do as well as anything - lean meats and green veg; the liquid aspect is pretty much irrelevant to that goal (and I have never understood why some insist on that, other than they don't have to do it themselves!)

6 hours ago, I Am Enough! said:

So this is a very interesting concept! So you were only eating the 4 ounce meal that are recommended type diet for that prior five-weeks? COuld you please explain this a little more? Thanks!

I had two protein shakes a day typically breakfast and mid afternoon. I would eat a pouch of tuna (2.6oz) at lunch or have a bone broth with quest protein chips. At dinner, I ate around 2oz of protein and 2-3 oz of vegetables. I stayed in my surgeons guideline for 600-800 calories and less than 30 net carbs.