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April 14th!

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4 hours ago, Prioritizing Myself said:

Drink Gatorade Zero. Your electrolytes may be off.

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I'm doing that as we speak.

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2 hours ago, dskg said:

I'm doing that as we speak.

I've found I really like nectar brand electrolytes. No sugar, and has Calcium and magnesium, which gatorade is missing. The watermelon is pretty good. And small packets for travel and low volume fluids :)

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2 minutes ago, Slater! said:

I've found I really like nectar brand electrolytes. No sugar, and has Calcium and magnesium, which gatorade is missing. The watermelon is pretty good. And small packets for travel and low volume fluids :)

Thanks! Which exact product? Is that the Protein Powder or something else?

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2 minutes ago, dskg said:

Thanks! Which exact product? Is that the Protein Powder or something else?

you can get it on Amazon

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1 minute ago, Slater! said:

you can get it on Amazon

Thanks. All I see are Protein powders. Would you mind sharing a link to the product you recommend?

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Just got word. I'm having my lap band removed April 10. Then the plan is to do a gastric sleeve in three months. Just no success with band after 9 years. Plus my esphagus is in a snake figure and they had to remove most of the Fluid from the balloon and Ive gained back 20+ pounds in a year.

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2 hours ago, Slater! said:

I've found I really like nectar brand electrolytes. No sugar, and has Calcium and magnesium, which gatorade is missing. The watermelon is pretty good. And small packets for travel and low volume fluids :)

Thank you just ordered a 30 variety pack of nectar from Amazon! 🤗

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On 3/24/2023 at 8:07 PM, Renee K said:

I’m close! April 18th for me!

Awesome Renee, do you start pre op on the 4th? What kind of pre op are you doing?? I'm doing Robard🤷🏻‍♀️ tomorrow I go pick up my two weeks worth of shakes and Soups, oatmeal for $200 😨 so I hope I do it!

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On 03/27/2023 at 23:40, nancylockettmorrison said:



Mine is April 4.. Only one week of pre-op diet... Very excited but would love some ideas for the veg part of the pre-op


Hi Nancy! I’ve been drinking the OWYN brand shakes with 30g Protein. Also, Miso broth with silken tofu, 9g of protein. Zero Powerades and watermelon mint tea for some sweet flavors. bottles waters & my BariMelts 3X aday. I’m currently on day 10 of the preop diet and 15lbs down so far.

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@dskg i’m on my 2 week liquid preop diet and it has been challenging. Days 3-4 were my worst days. The Headaches & the exhaustion was immense. But I pushed through. Days 5-present, surprisingly are much better. The Higher energy levels and the mental clarity on how my body will change, for the better, has been my motivation this week.

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16 hours ago, Gigiheart said:

Thank you just ordered a 30 variety pack of nectar from Amazon! 🤗

Hooray! Enjoy! (as much as one can enjoy electrolyte water) 😂

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4 hours ago, rokse23 said:

@ADH868 Hey how’s your liquid diet going? I’m on day 10 🥹

Fortunately our program doesn't have a liquid diet, it's a 1400 calorie a day diet, thank God!

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